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June 11, 2021
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My character won't load in auto-rigger

  • June 11, 2021
  • 11 replies
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Hello everyone, I have been trying for the past week to upload a character created with Human Generator in Blender. I exported the character into a wavefront format (.obj). When I enter Mixamo and click on upload, I upload the .obj file but all I can see in grey and no character. I have tried googling for an answer or a workaround and nothing has helped. Why won't my character load properly please and how do I fix it so it doesn't happen again? I am using Blender 2.92 and 2.93 with the same results. Thanks

    Correct answer Ussnorway7605025

    Skeleton only means just the bones and a Wavefront Obj doesn't have bones so you are literally making a blank file... That is why Mixamo shows the screen it does

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    Kiran_Joy8730
    Participant
    May 28, 2025

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9d6YEy3LPg&t=120s

     

    This solved my problem. Just give this a try

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    Palo_ve
    Participant
    May 16, 2025

    Another solution: scale up your model by x2 and boom! solved!

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    Jackson32010491w6q0
    Participant
    September 1, 2023

    I also have a problem, my character is without colors and is missing eyes for some reason...

    schroef
    schroef
    Inspiring
    September 4, 2023

    @Jackson32010491w6q0 

    Did export it with textures and as the documentation showed how to load model with textures?
    Perhaps you had "only selection" enabled when exporting. Another option could be the eye balls have perhaps a scale set different than the body. Ive never tested this, im just thinking out load.

     

    PS there is a new kid in town called AccuRig. The GUI is way better, though it doesnt have as much free animations as Mixamo, but rigging it way better and easier

    https://actorcore.reallusion.com/auto-rig

     

    Heres a great video from CGdive. He has tons of free and very good videos about different rigging addons for blender and some other software

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    Er260728997dyw
    Participant
    September 15, 2022

    believe me just go and download ----Actor Core AccuRIG--- try it  

      nphillips82
      nphillips82
      Inspiring
      September 15, 2022

      Yep. Surprised I'm still getting notifications for this thread but then... not surprised. Came here to say the same thing get Accurig from Actor Core!! Works out of the box each time.

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        Samuel23714325a2jb
        Participant
        September 12, 2022

        I have the same challenge my character won't even come up

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        werq2583789055bf
        Participant
        August 27, 2022

        hello. changing browser can be useful. chrome or mozilla or ...

         

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        Nolan5FFE
        Participant
        March 19, 2022

        Im not sure why But I will upload a character, It will show up, and Ill place the perportion markers in the proper areas, it loads for a few minutes and then it just says "Error" and says "Please place all markers on the model" I triple checked and they were all on the model, so I'm not sure why its doing this.

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        defaultueit2aoxa3yr
        Participant
        March 22, 2022
        use the .obj format ur file maybe taking a lot more load than what the
        website intakes
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        THOMAS232045817apn
        Participant
        February 17, 2022

        I finally solve it, su have to set your character in the origin location, x:0 Y:0 z:0

         

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          kitty24089371pav3
          Participant
          July 8, 2022

          tysm u saved my life

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          defaultwv006t6wddux
          Participant
          October 28, 2021

          I am having similar problems.  The right side stays blank whether I am uploading or just trying to see the animation by clicking on it.  I checked Chrome and followed the steps to enable WebGL and same result.  Tried in Explorer and same result. When I tried to upload, the right screen spun around for 2 days.  Instead of being a learning experience, it is more like World War 3 over this which is very frustrating and patience is starting to wear very thin.  Can someone tell me what is going on?

          Ussnorway7605025
          Ussnorway7605025
          Legend
          October 28, 2021

          hi J

           

          that error message means your browser doesn't have or doesn't allow WebGL... normally now days its the 2nd one

           

          please take a screengrab of your model as it looks uploaded to Mixamo or share the actual model

          Ussnorway7605025
          Ussnorway7605025Correct answer
          Legend
          June 14, 2021

          Skeleton only means just the bones and a Wavefront Obj doesn't have bones so you are literally making a blank file... That is why Mixamo shows the screen it does

            SgtDannySgt
            SgtDannySgtAuthor
            Participating Frequently
            June 14, 2021

            OK thanks alot. I will upload in .fbx format from now on. Cheers

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