Installation

Two ways to get the plugin into your project. Precompiled binaries are the fastest path — no Visual Studio required. Build from source if you need to modify the plugin or target a specific engine build.

Recommended for most users. No compiler or Visual Studio needed.

Open the Epic Games Launcher

Launch the Epic Games Launcher and sign in. Navigate to Unreal Engine → Library using the left sidebar.

launcher-library-tab.webp Epic Games Launcher with "Unreal Engine → Library" selected in the left sidebar

The Library tab in the Epic Games Launcher

Find the plugin in your Vault

Scroll down past your engine installations to the Vault section. Find MHA Batch Processor — use the search bar if you have many items. If it isn't in your Vault yet, purchase or claim it from the Unreal Engine Marketplace first.

launcher-vault-plugin.webp Vault section showing the MHA Batch Processor plugin card with "Install to Engine" and "Add to Project" buttons visible

The MHA Batch Processor card in the Vault — two install options are shown

Choose how to install it

You have two options on the plugin card:

Install to Engine

Installs the plugin engine-wide for a specific UE version. Available in every project using that engine — but must be enabled per project via Edit → Plugins.

Engine/Plugins/Marketplace/MHABatchProcessor/

Add to Project

Copies the plugin directly into a single project's Plugins/ folder. Only available in that project, but auto-enabled on install. Best if you only need it for one project.

YourProject/Plugins/MHABatchProcessor/

launcher-install-dialog.webp "Install to Engine" engine version picker dialog — showing UE 5.7 selected

Selecting the engine version when using "Install to Engine"

Enable required engine plugins

Go to Edit → Plugins and verify that all of these are enabled. If any are disabled, enable them and restart the editor when prompted.

MetaHumanCharacter MetaHuman All job types

MetaHumanCharacterUAF MetaHuman All job types

MetaHumanCalibrationProcessing MetaHuman Stereo jobs, camera calibration

MetaHumanCalibrationDiagnostics MetaHuman Stereo jobs, calibration validation

MetaHumanDepthProcessing MetaHuman Stereo depth generation and cleaning

CaptureData Virtual Production All job types — footage import assets

ImgMedia Media Stereo depth image sequences

MetaHuman Core Data: If you plan to use MetaHuman characters in-game (not just for performance capture), also download MetaHuman Core Data from Quixel Bridge or the MetaHuman Creator export flow. This is not a plugin — it is a content package that provides the base skeleton, materials, and LODs your MetaHuman characters depend on at runtime.

Verify the plugin is active

Search for MHA Batch Processor in the Plugins browser — it should show as enabled. Then open Window → MHA Batch Processor from the menu bar. The queue panel should appear. You're ready.

install-plugins-browser.webp Edit → Plugins → search "MHA Batch Processor" — show it enabled

The plugin showing as enabled in the Plugins browser

install-window-menu.webp Window menu open — highlight "MHA Batch Processor" entry

Opening the batch processor from the Window menu

Download the plugin archive

Grab the latest release from the GitHub Releases page. Download MHABatchProcessor-UE5.7-Win64.zip (or the version matching your engine).

Copy to your project's Plugins folder

Extract the archive. Inside you'll find a single folder named MHABatchProcessor. Copy it into your project's Plugins/ directory, creating it if it doesn't exist:

YourProject/
└── Plugins/
    └── MHABatchProcessor/       ← paste here
        ├── MHABatchProcessor.uplugin
        └── Binaries/

Open your project

Double-click your .uproject to open Unreal Editor. If prompted that modules need to be rebuilt, click No — the precompiled binaries should load without recompiling. If this prompt repeats every launch, use the From Source path instead.

Enable required engine plugins

Go to Edit → Plugins and verify all dependencies are enabled. See the table in the Epic Launcher tab above — the same plugins apply here.

Verify the plugin is active

Search for MHA Batch Processor in the Plugins browser — it should show as enabled. Then open Window → MHA Batch Processor. The queue panel should appear.

Prerequisites: Visual Studio 2022 with the Game development with C++ workload and .NET desktop development workload installed.

Get the source

Clone the repository or download the source archive from GitHub:

git clone https://github.com/hawaiianspawn/MHABatchProcessor.git

Alternatively, download the Source code (zip) from the Releases page and extract it.

Copy to your project's Plugins folder

Copy the MHABatchProcessor folder into your project's Plugins/ directory:

YourProject/
└── Plugins/
    └── MHABatchProcessor/       ← paste here
        ├── MHABatchProcessor.uplugin
        └── Source/
            └── MHABatchProcessorEditor/

Enable required engine plugins

Before generating project files, make sure these plugins are listed as enabled in your .uproject file, or enable them via Edit → Plugins after the first editor launch. The build will fail if the MetaHuman or CaptureData headers are not present.

MetaHumanCharacter MetaHuman All job types

MetaHumanCharacterUAF MetaHuman All job types

MetaHumanCalibrationProcessing MetaHuman Stereo jobs, camera calibration

MetaHumanCalibrationDiagnostics MetaHuman Stereo jobs, calibration validation

MetaHumanDepthProcessing MetaHuman Stereo depth generation and cleaning

CaptureData Virtual Production All job types — footage import assets

ImgMedia Media Stereo depth image sequences

MetaHuman Core Data: If you plan to use MetaHuman characters in-game, also download MetaHuman Core Data from Quixel Bridge or the MetaHuman Creator export flow. This is not a plugin — it is a content package providing the base skeleton, materials, and LODs your characters depend on at runtime.

Generate Visual Studio project files

Right-click your .uproject file in Windows Explorer and choose Generate Visual Studio project files. This produces a .sln solution file in the same directory.

source-generate-vs-files.webp Windows Explorer right-click context menu on .uproject — highlight "Generate Visual Studio project files"

Right-click the .uproject to generate Visual Studio project files

If you don't see this context menu option, open the Unreal Editor first (it will prompt to rebuild), or run UnrealBuildTool.exe manually via the Engine's Build/BatchFiles/ directory.

Build in Visual Studio

Open the generated .sln in Visual Studio 2022. Set the build configuration to Development Editor and the platform to Win64, then build:

Configuration: Development Editor
Platform:      Win64
Build:         Build → Build Solution  (or Ctrl+Shift+B)

source-vs-build-config.webp Visual Studio 2022 toolbar — show "Development Editor" config and "Win64" platform dropdowns highlighted

Set configuration to Development Editor and platform to Win64 before building

A full build typically takes 5–15 minutes depending on hardware. Subsequent incremental builds are much faster.

Open the editor and verify

Launch the editor by double-clicking your .uproject. Search for MHA Batch Processor in Edit → Plugins — it should show as enabled. Open Window → MHA Batch Processor to confirm the panel loads.