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Documentation

CRYENGINE 3 Manual

Installing CRYENGINE

System Requirements

Installing CRYENGINE Through Steam

Installing CRYENGINE Plugins and Tools

CryToolsInstaller

Installing the 3ds Max Tools

Installing the Maya Tools

Installing CryTIF Plugin for Photoshop

Starting CRYENGINE Sandbox

CRYENGINE Sandbox Interface

Viewport Navigation

Manipulating Objects

Advanced Vertex Snapping

Viewport Window

The ToolBar Menu

Toolbar - Environment Modes

Toolbar - View Modes

The Selection Strip

The DataBase View

The Select Objects Window

Information Icons

Level Creation

Level Creation Quick Start

Creating a New Level

Creating a level using World Machine Tutorial

Lighting Levels using Physically Based Shading

Modifying Terrain

Terrain Import and Export

Painting Terrain

Creating Terrain Textures and Materials

Layer Import and Export

Terrain Painting Tips and Tricks

Texturing Terrain with Blends

Vegetation Creation

DBView Vegetation Tab

Setting Up Grass

Setting Up Time Of Day

Environment Panel

Terrain Lighting Tool

Setting Up Weather Effects

The Road Tool

Road and Decal Sorting Priority

Grouping and Linking Objects

Preparing a Level for Playing

Creating Mini Maps

Asset Creation

Art Pipeline

Art Pipeline Roadmap

Art Asset File Types

DCC Tool Basics

Phys Proxy Tool

Measurement Reference - (DCC Unit Setup)

Troubleshooting

Common 3ds Max Export Errors

Entities, Shapes and Tools

Archetype Entity

Area Objects

Light Boxes and Light Shapes

VisArea and Portals

Designer Tool

Gallery

Gallery[Office]

Gallery[Zen Garden]

Select Tools

Vertex/Edge/Face

Shape Tools

Edit Tools

Extrude Multiple

Modify Tools

Subdivision Tool

Texture Tools

Smoothing Group

Texture Mapping

Misc Tools

Designer Shortcuts

Designer Mode

UV Mapping Editor

Entity Library

Common Entity Parameters

Elevator Entities

Environment Entities

WaterRipplesGenerator

Light Entities

Point Light Volumetric Effects

Multiplayer Entities

Others Entities

Physics Entities

Setting up a RigidBodyEx Entity

Render Entities

Geom Caches

Geom Cache Technical

Triggers Entities

GameCustom

GameVolumes

Moveable Water Volumes

Setting Up Ledges and Vaults

Misc Objects

Decals

Creating Decal Textures and Materials

Deferred Decal Setup

Environment Probes

Reference Pictures

Prefabs

Prefab Communication

Run-Time Prefabs

Measurement Tool

AI Setup and Navigation

AI Actors Logger

AI Control Objects

AI Debugger

AI Debug Viewer

AI Territories and Waves

AI Tutorials

Basic Navigation

Spawning AI Characters

Modular Behavior Tree Editor

Multi-layer Navigation

Navigation Areas

Run-Time MNM Regeneration

Off-mesh Navigation

Debugging and Memory Statistics

Smart Object System

Setting Up a New Smart Objects Behavior

Obsolete AI Documentation

Advanced AI Behavior

Behavior Selection Tree Editor

Setting Up a Simple AI in Flow Graph

Gameplay Setup

Basic Game Logic

Setting Up Mission Objectives

Setting Up Equipment Packs

Multiplayer

Setting Up a Multiplayer Level

Flow Graph Editor

The Flow Graph Window

Adding and Editing Nodes

Creating and Editing Links

Creating and Managing Flow Graphs

Importing and Exporting Flow Graphs

Flow Graph Module System

Flow Graph Debugger

Flow Graph Node Composition

Flow Graph Tokens

Flow Graph Node Reference

AIAssignments Nodes

AISequence Nodes

Animation Nodes

Environment Nodes

FeatureTest Nodes

Input Nodes

ActionMap Nodes

Inventory Nodes

Multiplayer Nodes

Vehicle Nodes

Vehicle Nodes Use Cases

Material Editor and Shaders

Shader Reference

Common.Cloud Shader

DistanceClouds Shader

GeometryBeam Shader

HumanSkin shader

Lightbeam.LightBeam Shader

Particles Shader

ReferenceImage Shader

TemplBeamProc Shader

Terrain.Layer Shader

Vegetation Shader

VolumeObject Shader

Waterfall Shader

Watervolume Shader

Obsolete Shaders

WaterSurface Shader

WaterVols Shader

Creating Material Files

Using the Material Editor

Basic Material Parameters

Blend mapping in Cryengine

Parallax Occlusion Mapping

Tessellation and Displacement

Displacement mapping in Cryengine

Video Playback with GFxVideo

UI Elements as Dynamic Textures

Creating New Material Effects

Tutorial - Creating Mud Splatter

Decal Opacity Map

Rendering and Graphics

Height Map Based Ambient Occlusion

Material Setup

Physically Based Shading

Physically Based Shading - Debugging

Shadows

Per Object Shadows

Particles

Particle Editor Overview

Particle Editor Params

Particle Reference

Using Particles in Animations

Particle Editor Advanced Techniques

Particle Tutorials

Creating a Simple Particle Effect

Adding More Details to a Particle Effect

Creating a Fireworks Particle Effect

Particle Entities

Characters and Animation

Character Tool

Interface Overview - Character Tool

Creating Character Definition - Character Tool

Character Attachments - Character Tool

Animation Import - Character Tool

Animation Compression - Character Tool

Animation Events - Character Tool

Attachment System Tutorial - Character Tool

Mannequin

Mannequin Introduction

Mannequin Concepts

Procedural Clips

List of Procedural Clip Types

Mannequin Tags & Tag Definitions

FragmentID-specific Tags (fragtags)

Mannequin TagState

Mannequin Transitions

Mannequin Scopes*

Fragment Selection Process

Mannequin Trumping

Mannequin Parameters

Mannequin Editor

Mannequin Editor Overview

Mannequin Fragment Browser

Mannequin FragmentID Editor

Mannequin Fragment Editor

Mannequin File Manager

Mannequin Animation Clip Properties

Mannequin Track Properties

Mannequin Transition Browser

Mannequin Transition Editor

Mannequin Sequence Browser

Mannequin Previewer

Mannequin Animation DB Editor

Mannequin Tag Definition Editor

Mannequin Context Editor

Mannequin Error Report

Mannequin Editor Preferences

Mannequin List Used Animations

Mannequin Flowgraph

Mannequin Debugging

Mannequin Technical Topics

Entity Setup From Scratch

Mannequin ActionController

Mannequin Actions

Programming New Procedural Clips and Procedural Contexts

Mannequin Synchronizing Characters

Mannequin Files

Controller Definition File (xxxControllerDefs.xml)

Animation Database File (ADB)

Tag Definition File (xxxTags.xml)

FragmentID Definition File (xxxActions.xml)

Preview Setup File (xxxPreview.xml)

Sequence File (xml)

Mannequin CTagDefinition

Mannequin SubContexts

When Not to Use Mannequin

Procedural Clip Parameters using Serialization Framework

Mannequin Audio

Mannequin Tutorials

Mannequin Editor Tutorial 1 - Preview Setup, Fragments and Saving

Mannequin Editor Tutorial 2 - Tags & Previewing

Mannequin Editor Tutorial 3 - Transitions

Mannequin Scripting Tutorial

Controlling Looking (and Aiming) for AI in Mannequin

Animation Content Creation

Basics (animation)

Exporting Animations

Animation Manager

Creating Seamless Animation Loops

Procedural Motion Baker

Animating Turn Animations

Additive Animations

Creating Additive Animations

Animation Events (animevents)

Footstep Markup

AimPoses and LookPoses

Mapping Animation Assets

Database File (dba)

Animation Layers

Wrinkle Maps Tutorial

Animated Blendshapes Tutorial

Facial Animation

Facial Animation Basic Concepts

Facial Editor

Facial Editor Reference

Facial Editor Tutorial

Facial Animation Asset Files

Phonemes and Visemes

FBX import of facial animation

Animation Compression Editor

The Character Editor

GameSDK Animation Topics

Procedural Weapon Animations

TrackView Cutscenes

Track View Editor

Track View Basics

Creating a Basic Cinematic Scene

Using Track Events

Sequence Toolbar

Animating Entity Position and Rotation

Basic Cinematic Optimization and Profiling

Track View General Tips

Track View Nodes

Color Correction Node

Radial Blur Node

Console Variable Node

Cameras

Animating the Camera by Moving the Viewport

Camera blending in and out of Camera Controlled Events

Making the Camera Point at a Target

Proper Depth of Field Setup and Usage

Setting up First Person Camera

Characters and Animations for Cinematics

Actors in Cinematics

Facial Animations in Cinematics

Attaching Entities to Character Bones

Look IK for Cinematics

Animation Blending in Track View

Animation PreCaching

Interactivity

Jumping Ahead or Back in a Scene

How to add interactivity to cinematics

Player Free Look Ranges

Using PlayerCinematicControl node in FlowGraph

Track View Additional Features

Force Feedback in cinematics

Using Capture Track to render an Image Sequence

Importing and Exporting Trackview Nodes

Lighting Cinematics Tutorial

Camera Exporter

Export and Import Trackview Nodes with 3ds Max

Export and Import Trackview Nodes with Maya

Audio

ATL - Audio Translation Layer

ATL for Designers

ATL Console Commands

ATL Control Types

ATL Default Controls

ATL Play/Stop Behavior

Audio Entities and Flownodes

Sandbox Editor and the ATL

Ambient Sounds in Levels

Reverbs in Levels

Sounds and Merged Meshes

Sounds and Physics

Sounds in Animations

Animation Based Footsteps and Foley

Applying Audio To Mannequin

Applying Audio to Characters Using the Character Tool

Audio for Mannequin in Sandbox Editor

Sounds in Particle Effects

Sounds in Trackview Sequences

Sound Obstruction/Occlusion

The Audio Controls Editor (ACE)

ATL for Programmers

ATL and Audio Middlewares

Implementing Audio using SDL Mixer

1 - First Steps with the Audio Translation Layer (ATL) and SDL Mixer

2 - SDL Mixer and SpotFX

3 - SDL Mixer and Ambiences

SDL Mixer Implementation Specific Console Commands

Implementing Audio using Wwise

1 - First Steps with the Audio Translation Layer (ATL) and Wwise

2 - Wwise and SpotFX

3 - Wwise and Ambiences

4 - Time of Day and Ambiences

EaaS Subscribers - Installing the CRYENGINE Wwise Project DLC

Setting Obstruction/Occlusion Parameters in Wwise

Wwise Implementation Specific Console Commands

Vehicles

Vehicle Creation

Max Vehicle Setup

Maya Vehicle Setup

Helicopter Setup

Extra Vehicle Setup

Vehicle Entities

Vehicle XML Implementation Reference

Advanced Effects

Color Grading

Colorgrading Tutorial

Flow Graph Effects

Lens Flare Editor

Optical Flare System

Water Volume Caustics

Voxel-Based Global Illumination

Stereoscopic Rendering

Stereoscopic Rendering Fundamentals

Sandbox Stereo Usage and Manipulation

Outputting Stereoscopic Videos

Tips, Tricks and Experiences using Stereo-3d

Performance

Rendering Performance Guidelines

Level Optimization For Consoles

Asset Performance Guidelines

Layer Streaming

Profiling

Profiling Quick Guide

Debugging and Profiling Tools

Worker Thread Profiling

Rendering Statistics - r_stats

Occlusion - How to Prepare a Level

Resource Compiler

Batch Processing with Resource Compiler and Job XML

Binary XML conversion

Settings Manager

Using the Resource Compiler

User Interface

Adding Difficulty Settings

Localization

Localization System

Texture Localization

The Dialog System

Geometry

Animated (chr)

Basics (animated)

Modeling (animated)

Character Budgets

Physics (animated)

Ragdoll

RagDoll Setup: Maya

Wrinkle Map Setup

Rigging (animated)

Character Rigging Guidelines

Setting up Locomotion Locator in 3ds Max

Exporting Characters to Engine

Character Debugging

Character (animated)

DCC Setup (animated)

Character Authoring in 3ds Max

Character Authoring in Maya

Engine Setup (animated)

Character Parameters File (chrparams)

Inverse Kinematics

Bone Requirements

Animation Driven IK

Leg and Foot Ground Alignment

Look IK (lookposes)

Aim IK (aimposes)

Attachment Setup

Boids (animated)

Static (cgf)

Basics (static)

Getting Started Modeling

Basic Asset Setup and Export out of Max

Basic Asset Setup and Export out of Maya

Exporting Basic Geometry

LOD (static)

Cloth Merged Mesh Deform

Hard Surface Rendering with Xnormal

How to Use Custom Normals

Automatic Geometry Instancing

Breakable Objects

Jointed Breakable Objects

Maya Breakable Object Tutorial

Destroyable Objects

Maya Destroyable Object Tutorial

Breakable Glass

Jointed Destructable Object

Deformable Objects

Boolean Destructibles

Pre-Baked Physics

Fractionalizing Objects Tutorial

Automatic Generation of Breakable Joints in Sandbox

Pickable Objects

Vegetation

Vegetation Budgets

Tree and Bush Setup

Grass Asset Setup

Vegetation Material Setup

Bending Setup

Weapons

Weapon Modeling Basics

Creating Weapon Assets

Weapon Creation Tutorial

My First Weapon - Asset Creation

My First Weapon - Scripting

My First Weapon - Asset Refinement

My First Weapon - Material/Proxy Setup

My First Weapon - Sandbox Material Setup

My First Weapon - Particle Effects

Third-Person Weapons

Texturing

Textures Types

Displacement Maps

Preparing Displacement Maps

Ambient Occlusion and Normal map bake using Xnormal

Common XNormal Baking Errors and How to Solve Them

Creating Armor Assets

How to Create Layered Moss

Animated Textures

Creating Textures for Physically Based Shading

Texture Creation Guidelines

Useful Photoshop actions and Color swatches for PBS

Using Decals for Destroyed Structures

xNormal CryTIFF plugin

Skybox Texture Setup

SkyPaint Tutorial

Texels Per Meter

NoMaps - Normalmap Conversion Tool

Customizing CRYENGINE Sandbox

Customizing Editor Layout

Changing Sandbox Preferences

Keyboard Shortcuts

Restoring Default Settings

Command Line Arguments

Starting CRYENGINE on other platforms

External Learning Resources

Free3Dee Video Tutorials

Obsolete

Obsolete Animation

Cooperative Animations System

First-Person Weapons

Locomotion Group Editor (Pre 3.5)

Mannequin 3.5.0

Adding Animations In Mannequin

CryMannequin Editor Guide

Introduction for Programmers

Mannequin Overview 3.5

Procedural Clip

Setting up an entity from scratch

Visual Guide To Mannequin Import

Mannequin 3.5.9

CryMannequin Editor Guide 3.5.9

Posing Characters for Screenshots

The Animation Graph 1.0

Conditional Playback

Transition Sequencing

Event Notification

Randomized Motion

Tips and Pitfalls

The Animation Graph 1.5

1. Getting Started**

2. Basic Concept of State Selection

3. Modifier System

4. Animation Graph Layers

Animation Graph Reference

AG Modifier Reference

Animation Graph Tutorials

Tutorial 1 - Setting Up a Simple Graph

Tutorial 2 - Basic Locomotion

Tutorial 3 - Simple Transitions

Tutorial 4 - Ladder Climbing

Tutorial 5 - Idle Turns

Tutorial 6 - Death Animations

Tips and Tricks

Transition from CBA to AnimSettings

Using Limb IK inside a Level

Obsolete Materials and Shaders

Anisotropic Specular Highlights

Detail Bump Mapping

Eye Shader (Pre-3.6)

Generating Environment Cubemaps

Hair Shader (Pre-3.6)

HumanSkin Shader (Pre-3.6)

Subsurface Scattering

Obsolete Entities

Fire Entities - CE3.5 (deprecated)

Irradiance Volumes - CE3.6 (deprecated)

Ladder Entity - CE3.4 (deprecated)

Sound Entities (deprecated)

Obsolete Asset Creation

Animation Startup Guide

4C Steps before SDK 3.3.0

Debugging (animated)

Environment Maps

Creating a Cubemap Manually

Locomotion Groups

Normal map baking with xNormal

Occlusion Proxy

Optimizing Vegetation Assets

Pre 3.5-Hinged Attachments

SceneRoot in SDK 3.6.8 and older

CAL File Reference

Fat Thin Variations

Exporting a Character Head

Morph Transfers Between Meshes

The FaceAnim Tool

Morph Transfers Between Characters

Mirroring Morphs

CryTools

CryAnim Tools

CryAnim Installation

CryAnim Quadmenu

CryAnim Main Dialog Box - New

CryAnim Main Dialog Box - Old

Using the Batch Export

Using the Align Tool

Setting Up Bone Detection

Setting Up Models

Setting Up Weapons

Photobump

Photobump User Manual

Fixing the Bone Scale

Obsolete Texturing

Ambient Occlusion with Mental Ray

Polybump

Polybump Standalone Tutorial

Polybump 3ds Max Plugin

Polybump Basic Usage Guide

Polybump Tool Reference

Chamfering Edges

Unified Detail Mapping

Unified Detail Mapping in Cryengine

FMOD Ex Audio (deprecated)

Dialog System

Dialog Editor and Dialog Browser

Localization Manager

General Audio topics

Profiling Audio

Triggering Audio in game

Useful Audio Console Commands

Character Type Filter Parameter

Music System

MusicLogicGraph

Music Organization

Sound System

Audio File Cache Manager (AFCM)

Getting sound into the engine

Ambient Sounds

Advanced Features of Ambiences

Area Shape and Box Sound Obstruction

RandomSoundVolume Entities

Using Reverb Volumes

Sound and Animations

Animation Based Foley and Footsteps

Weapons and Sound

Sound and Particle Effects

Sound and Physics

Sound and Ropes

Sound and Vehicles

Sound and Weapons

Sound Event System

The FMOD Designer

Training Slides

Solid Tool

Creating Simple Structures with Solids

Creating Complex Structures with Solids

Importing Solids in DCC Tools

Terrain Ambient Occlusion

Crytek UI in XSI - Obsolete

Installing the XSI Plugin - Obsolete

XSI Tree Setup - Obsolete

Obsolete PAK Manager

Appendix

Voxel-Based Global Illumination Updates

Technical Documentation

Getting Started

Getting Started with Game Code

Implementing a Game DLL

Using Console and Config Files

Directory Structure

Level Files

Using Different Game Folders

Visual Studio supported versions

AI Technical Documentation

AI System Concepts

AI System Overview

Cluster Detector

Pathfinding Costs

AI Bubbles System

Tactical Point System

Navigation Q & A

Movement System

Obsolete AI Documentation

Coordinating Agents with Behavior Trees

Triangulation-based Navigation

How to Create a Simple Flying Entity

Flight Navigation

AI Scripting

AI Communication

Modular Behavior Tree

Modular Behavior Tree Nodes

Signals

Signal Reference

Obsolete AI Scripting Documentation

General Logic Scripts

Character Scripts

Behavior Scripts (Obsolete Version)

AI Wander Behavior

Behavior Selection Trees

Create A Simple AI Behavior

Behavior Scripts

Behavior Scripts and Goal Pipes

Goal Pipes

Goalop Reference

Goalpipes - From Lua to XML

Animation

CryAnimation Overview

Animation Events

Limb IK Technical

Facial Animation Programming

Animation Streaming

Animation Debugging

Time in CryAnimation

Builds and Scripts

WAF Build System

Getting Started with WAF

WAF File Structure

WAF Branch Spec (waf_branch_spec.py)

WAF Project File (projects.json)

WAF Spec File (*.json)

WAF Default User Settings (default_settings.json)

WAF Code Folder

WAF Module File (wscript)

WAF File List (*.waf_files)

WAF Tutorials

WAF Adding a Project

WAF Adding a Spec

WAF Adding a Module

WAF Linking Modules

WAF Interaction

WAF Interface

WAF Command-Line Interface

WAF Build Options

WAF Extensions

WAF with IncrediBuild

WAF with Visual Studio

WAF with Recode

WAF References

WAF Supported Platforms

WAF Supported Compilers

WAF Supported Project Configurations

Compiling Assets for Multiple Platforms

Creating Resource Lists and Build Paks

Creating LevelCache Files

Guide to releasing EaaS-based projects (3.8.6)

Callback References

Entity System Script Callbacks

Game Rules Script Callbacks

Controller Devices and Game Input

Setting Up Controls and Action Maps

Controller mapping

CryCommon

CryExtension

CryExtension Samples

Serialization Library

Demo and Video Capture

Capturing Video and Audio

Recording Time Demos

Entity System

Entity Property Prefixes

Creating a New Entity Class

EntityID Explained

Adding Usable Support on an Entity

File Access

CryPak

Accessing Files with CryPak

Tracking File Access

Game

Flowgraph

Adding Flownode Inputs and Outputs

Creating a New Flow Node

FlowNode Substitutions

Vehicle System

Vehicle Scripting

Vehicle Setup Tutorial

Adding a Driver Seat

Adding a weakspot

Adding attachments

Lets Have It Blow Up

XML Setup Guide

Vehicle Scripts

Weapon System

Weapon Scripts

SCAR Example Script

ItemPackages Scripting

User Interface

UI Event System

Scaleform GFx and CRYENGINE

Scaleform GFx Video Playback

Lua and the UI system

Flash UI Lua functions

Using FlashUI from C++

UI Localization

Examples

Creating A Crosshair For Top-Down Games

Creating UI Using Vectorian Giotto and FlashDevelop

Invoking Flash Functions

Tutorial - Adding a Speedometer to a Vehicle

UI Action playing videos

UI Element Fading In and Out

GameRules

Creating a new GameRules

Sample GameRules

TeamInstantAction

GameRules Precache

Game Characters

Hit and Death Reactions System

Implementing Hit Reaction

Reactions XML Format Description

Body Damage and Destruction

Body Destructibility

Player Movement Tutorial

Graphics and Rendering

RenderNode Interface

TrueType Font Rendering

Generating Stars DAT File

Anti-Aliasing & Supersampling

VR - Oculus Rift

Lua Scripting

Common Lua Functions

EntityUtils Lua

Integrations Between Lua and C++

Learning the Lua language

Using the Lua Debugger

Using the Lua XML Loader

Network

Setting Up a Multiplayer Server

Network Serialization and Aspects

Network Scheduling

Bandwidth Profiler

Platform Specific

Linux

CRYENGINE on Linux

PC

Physics

Physics System Programming

Retrieve physical entities in a volume box

Collision Classes

Script Entity

Structure of a Script Entity

Using Entity State

Using the Entity Slots

Linking Entities

Exposing an Entity to the Network

ScriptBind Reference

CryENGINE Functions

ScriptBind_Entity

ScriptBind_Movie

ScriptBind_Particle

ScriptBind_Physics

ScriptBind_Script

ScriptBind_Sound

ScriptBind_System

CryAction Functions

ScriptBind_Action

ScriptBind_ActionMapManager

ScriptBind_ActorSystem

ScriptBind_GameStatistics

ScriptBind_GameToken

ScriptBind_Inventory

ScriptBind_ItemSystem

ScriptBind_Network

ScriptBind_UIAction

ScriptBind_Vehicle

ScriptBind_VehicleSeat

ScriptBind_VehicleSystem

Game Functions

ScriptBind_Boids

ScriptBind_GameRules

ScriptBind_HitDeathReactions

System

Memory Handling

Streaming System

Text Localization & Unicode Support

CryConsole

C++ Tutorial - How to create a new cVar (Console Variable)

Feature Tests

Create Modify and Remove Feature Tests

How to Run Feature Tests

Tools

Statoscope

Connecting Statoscope

Logging Data in Statoscope

Using the main graph window

Filtering the graph

Creating new Data Groups

Obsolete

Animation Graph Programming

Flash UI System

Static vs. Dynamic Lighting

Lighting

Light Material Interaction Basics

Shadows in CryENGINE

Tangent Space Normal Mapping

Image Based Lighting

Lighting Art Hints

Rendering

Culling Explained

Deferred Rendering Techniques

Gamma-Correct Rendering (sRGB)

CRYENGINE 3
CRYENGINE 3 Manual
Geometry
Animated (chr)
Character (animated)
Engine Setup (animated)
Character Parameters File (chrparams)
Inverse Kinematics

Inverse Kinematics

Bone Requirements
Limb IK
Animation Driven IK
Leg and Foot Ground Alignment
Look IK (lookposes)
Aim IK (aimposes)

Update Order

This is the update order of the Animation System in regards to Inverse Kinematics:

FK Animation Queue/Layers (including Aiming).
Animation Driven IK (set up in .chrparams File and Animation).
PostProcess Callback to the game.
GroundAlignment.
LimbIK (set by SetHumanLimbIK at any point during the frame).
Individual Overrides for Joint (set via SetPostProcessQuat).

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