Welcome to Impulse and thank you for taking the next step into the digital dance studio with us!

Installing Unreal Engine

If this is your first time using Unreal Engine, welcome! We recommend you start here to go through the steps of setting up an account, installing the engine, making a new project, and navigating around the editor before going further.

Module 1: Install UE and Create Your First Project | Unreal Engine 5.7 Documentation | Epic Developer Community

Below are the initial steps installing the engine and Impulse plugin

1. Download the Epic Games Launcher, then create or login to your Epic Games Account

Download the Epic Games Launcher - Epic Games Store

1. Go to the Unreal Engine Page, then the library tab
2. click the plus button next to “Engine Version”. A box will appear showing an engine version with a yellow install button below. Use the dropdown arrow next to the number to select a compatible version of Unreal Engine.
3. Impulse currently supports any version of 5.6.1 and 5.7.3, but is updated regularly to support the most recent engine version. You can always add or remove installed engine versions

Installing the plugin

Download one of our sample projects for your respective computer and Unreal Engine version

• i.e.- if you are on a mac computer and installed Unreal Engine 5.7, download the “ImpulseSample_mac57” project zip

Once you have successfully opened a project with the Impulse Plugin, you are ready to setup your motion capture, start recording, and follow your Impulse!

Motion Capture Setup

LiveLink / Realtime Mocap Workflow

Impulse Workflow

Or if you are prerecorded animations, head to this page to learn how to configure your files for use with Impulse

Notes on Linear Mocap Workflow