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.

Operating system Windows 10 / 11 (64-bit) Editor-only plugin — no runtime, Mac, or Linux target

Unreal Engine 5.5 – 5.8 Match the binary build to your engine version, or build from source

RAM 16 GB minimum Sequential is stable on 16 GB; 32 GB+ suits 2 concurrent workers, 64 GB+ for 3–4

GPU Discrete GPU required The MetaHuman solver needs real hardware — headless -nullrhi is unsupported; RTX-class recommended

Disk SSD, take-dependent Stereo depth EXR sequences run tens to hundreds of MB per take

Network Only for Identity Create The cloud AutoRig login runs in an interactive editor session (see Job Types)

Concurrency is controlled by Max Concurrent Jobs in Global Settings — leave it at 1 (sequential) unless you have the RAM and a workstation-class GPU. Optional Epic plugins are needed only for specific job types; the dependency tables below cover them.

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.

Find the plugin in your Vault

Scroll down past your engine installations to the Fab Library section. Find MHA Manager — use the search bar if you have many items. If it isn't in your library yet, purchase or claim it on Fab first.

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/MHAManager/

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/MHAManager/

Let the editor enable the dependency plugins

The engine plugins MHA Manager requires are declared as dependencies — when you enable MHA Manager, the editor offers to enable them for you. Accept the prompt and restart when asked. These are the auto-enabled dependencies:

MetaHuman Engine (UE 5.6+); on UE 5.5, free from Fab — MetaHuman Plugin All job types — the MetaHuman Animator pipeline

CaptureData Engine All job types — footage import assets

ImgMedia Engine Image and depth sequence loading

Two Epic plugins are optional — the related UI hides or labels itself when they are absent, and Mono/Audio jobs need neither. Both are free from Fab; install them to the engine via the Epic Games Launcher or into your project's Plugins/ folder.

MetaHumanDepthProcessing MetaHuman Animator Depth Processing Stereo/depth jobs — depth generation and the depth solve path

MetaHumanBodyTracker MetaHuman Animator Markerless Motion Capture Body tracking and the framing probe (UE 5.8)

Capture Manager: auto-queue of takes ingested through Live Link Hub / Capture Manager uses the engine's CaptureManager plugin (UE 5.7+, included with the engine). It produces the Footage Capture Data assets the watcher picks up.

Verify the plugin is active

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

Download the plugin archive

Grab the latest release from the GitHub Releases page. Download MHAManager-v2.6.1.zip (or the latest version available).

Copy to your project's Plugins folder

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

YourProject/
└── Plugins/
    └── MHAManager/       ← paste here
        ├── MHAManager.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 Manager in the Plugins browser — it should show as enabled. Then open Tools → MHA Manager. 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/mha-manager.git

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

Copy to your project's Plugins folder

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

YourProject/
└── Plugins/
    └── MHAManager/       ← paste here
        ├── MHAManager.uplugin
        └── Source/
            └── MHAManagerEditor/

Enable required engine plugins

The build needs the MetaHuman and CaptureData headers present. Make sure the MetaHuman, CaptureData, and ImgMedia plugins are enabled in your .uproject (they are declared as dependencies, so the editor offers to enable them when you enable MHA Manager). On UE 5.5, install the free MetaHuman Plugin from Fab first — it ships with the engine on 5.6+.

Optional plugins: Stereo/depth jobs need Epic's free MetaHuman Animator Depth Processing plugin, and body tracking (UE 5.8) needs MetaHuman Animator Markerless Motion Capture — both free on Fab. Mono and Audio jobs need neither, and the related UI hides itself when they are absent.

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.

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)

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 Manager in Edit → Plugins — it should show as enabled. Open Tools → MHA Manager to confirm the panel loads.