‣ ‣ ‣

Background

Recently someone found a git commit of the Unreal Engine ue5-main branch, which points out that Epic is working on breaking a limitation of the Nanite virtual geometry system: doesn’t support skinned mesh.

https://twitter.com/Skylonxe/status/1772967167983603866

I did some tests on 2024/4/5, and all the following contents are based on what I found at this time.

All the contents may be changed after.

A Short Summary of Current Status

https://twitter.com/ldl19691031/status/1775911003794075773

Based on my recent test result, it can:

• Render a skeletal mesh component with Nanite
• Play animation on the skeletal mesh component

But there are still many problems:

• The rendering result is not right

If You Also Want to Try

This feature is still under development and is hidden by Epic. If you want to test:

• Get the newest ue5-main source code, if this is the first time compile the unreal engine’s source, check this page: https://docs.unrealengine.com/4.27/en-US/ProductionPipelines/DevelopmentSetup/BuildingUnrealEngine/
• Modify the SkeletalMesh.h header file It seems like you don’t need to modify this any more