UE5 Spine Runtime Instructions

Mohawesome

I've been trying for a while but I can't seem to get Spine working in Unreal Engine 5. I've tried both the 4.1 branch and the 4.2 beta branch.

I've followed the instructions UE4 Runtime instructions which works fine for UE4 but give the below error for UE5. I've tried with both UE5.0.3 and UE5.1.1.

I've seen on other posts that people have it working so I have no idea what's going wrong. Any help would be appreciated...

Mario

Just to make sure: you did create a C++ UE project, and you modified your Build.cs file to include the plugin in the PublicDependencyModuleNames?

Mohawesome

Finally managed to get it working! Unfortunately I did a couple of things so I'm not sure which one it was that finally caused it to work. I think #1 is what fixed it but putting the other two just in case:

1) Install the latest version of Dotnet Runtime Link from Epic
2) Start with a blank project, not one of the pre-made ones like top-down or shooter.
3) Make sure "SpinePlugin" goes before "InputCore" in the PublicDependancyModuleNames

Mario

Glad you got it working. I think the pre-made projects are not C++ projects, which would explain why it doesn't work. It is however weird that you have to put SpinePlugin before InputCore.

SirArtorias

Hi, I am having the same issue, but I cannot seem to start the project at all. I did all of the steps, and nothing works. I make a new C++ project, edit the PublicDependancyModuleNames, but it doesn't seem to work. I tried all 3 steps above as well, but doesn't work

Any ideas?

Nate

Mario is unavailable for a little while. Unfortunately he has most of our UE5 knowledge! I'm afraid I'm not of much use here. Mario can help out as soon as he's back. Otherwise it may be helpful to ask on the UE forums. I can't tell if the problem is specific to Spine or something more general to UE project setup.

Mario

Did you copy the sources of the plugin and spine-cpp?

PinoDF

Hi, I'm evaluating the product, but I need to know if Spine is still not officially supporting UE5? What is the situation?

Misaki

PinoDF You can use the spine-ue4 runtime with UE5. Our tutorial video showing how to install the spine-ue4 runtime with UE5.2 can be found here: Getting Started with spine-ue4

Mohawesome

PinoDF Yeah OP here - it works perfectly fine just gotta follow the instructions and make sure all the dependencies are installed.

PinoDF

OK, thank you guys 🙂

Doxia

Hello everyone! I'm having issues with the Unreal Engine 5.3 version.

I've done all the instructions mentioned above by Mohawesome.
But I'm still getting the compiled error. Even tried to open the example project without success.

Can anyone help me out? Or it does not support UE5.3? I'm installing 5.2 at the moment to test if it opens.

Thank you for your time!

Mario

Please post the error you get.

Dg2134

@Mario Hi there! I am also getting an error when trying to import the PlugIn into UE 5.3. Here is the exact error.
I have copied the Plugins folder into my project, made sure the spine-cpp file is in the plugins public source file, and added "SpinePlugin" into my publicdependencies.

Looks like the main issue is that it does not recognize UBodySetup in line 152 in the SpineSkeletonRendererComponent.cpp
Hope this provides enough information

Mario

Sadly, UE 5.3 broke a lot of things, including asset imports. I've filed an issue with Epic Games, we'll see how that goes.

I'll investigate the compilation error, though I don't see it on macOS. I'll try on Windows.

Mohawesome

Mario Hi Mario, has there been any update on the UE5.3 side? I noticed the Asset issue... looks like the files are just missing in the content browser!

H3LLOH3NRY

is 5.2 broken as well?
or just 5.3 for now?

Misaki

H3LLOH3NRY No, the spine-ue4 runtime works on UE 5.2. At least the error as reported by Dg2134 has not been identified in UE 5.2.

SilverStraw

5.2 might be broken as well.

Bug Fix:

Prevented UBodySetup's cooked collision data from being generated for Landscape visual-only elements.

https://docs.unrealengine.com/5.2/en-US/unreal-engine-5.2-release-notes/

H3LLOH3NRY

What the reason behind needing to now add Spineplugin to the Build.cs?
I don't remember having to do this before.

Misaki

H3LLOH3NRY It is not a recently added requirement; it has always been required to install the spine-ue4 runtime. Adding SpinePlugin to PublicDependencyModuleNames in your project's Build.cs file allows you to add the runtime into your project as a plugin. If you have never done that step before, I guess you may have started your project from the example project at that time.