Uploaded April 2022 | Updated September 2026, 24 minutes ago
Learn the creation workflow for Ragdolls in Unity, how to toggle between an Animator and Ragdoll, and think through some optimization ideas when you have a large number of potential ragdolls in your game!
Ragdolls are a hugely popular mechanic in games that add, usually a funny mechanic into your game. What they always do though, is allow you to have models go limp and flop around procedurally!
While the tool we look at for auto-attaching Colliders, Rigidbodies, and CharacterJoints to the Transform "bones" of our 3d model, you can manually add these and have any model go into a Ragdoll by following the same process we followed to set up the hands and feet!
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📚 Resources
🟠 Unity Ragdoll Documentation: docs.unity3d.com/Manual/wizard-RagdollWizard.html (pretty short)
🟠 Zombie Asset to import: assetstore.unity.com/packages/3d/characters/humanoids/zombie-30232?aid=1101l9QvC
🟠 Physic Material Documentation: docs.unity3d.com/Manual/class-PhysicMaterial.html
🟠 Active Ragdoll Video: youtube.com/watch?v=L-kFL2iQ3os
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Chapters:
00:00 Ragdoll Introduction - Components Involved
04:05 Getting a Model
05:05 Ragdoll Creator Tool
07:41 Generated Ragdoll - Fixes Required!
08:49 Adding Hands and Feet to the Ragdoll
10:56 Toggle Between Animated Model and Ragdoll
12:00 Addressing Strange Ragdoll Behavior
14:55 RagdollEnabler.cs - Toggle Animated vs Ragdoll & Initial Optimizations
16:30 Performance Analysis & Other Optimization Ideas
Learn the creation workflow for Ragdolls in Unity, how to toggle between an Animator and Ragdoll, and think through some optimization ideas when you have a large number of potential ragdolls in your game!
Ragdolls are a hugely popular mechanic in games that add, usually a funny mechanic into your game. What they always do though, is allow you to have models go limp and flop around procedurally!
While the tool we look at for auto-attaching Colliders, Rigidbodies, and CharacterJoints to the Transform "bones" of our 3d model, you can manually add these and have any model go into a Ragdoll by following the same process we followed to set up the hands and feet!
🔶 ALL THINGS LlamAcademy now available at: https://llamacademy.dev/support including latest tutorials, courses, ways to support, and more! Check it out 🙂
👨💻 Get the FULL FREE PROJECT on GitHub: github.com/llamacademy/ragdolls
🏷️Save 25% on the ultimate C# IDE: JetBrains Rider with code LLAMACADEMY: jetbrains.com/store/?section=personal&billing=yearly
📚 Resources
🟠 Unity Ragdoll Documentation: docs.unity3d.com/Manual/wizard-RagdollWizard.html (pretty short)
🟠 Zombie Asset to import: assetstore.unity.com/packages/3d/characters/humanoids/zombie-30232?aid=1101l9QvC
🟠 Physic Material Documentation: docs.unity3d.com/Manual/class-PhysicMaterial.html
🟠 Active Ragdoll Video: youtube.com/watch?v=L-kFL2iQ3os
Some links may be affiliate links, which at no additional cost to you, gives me a small portion of the purchase.
Chapters:
00:00 Ragdoll Introduction - Components Involved
04:05 Getting a Model
05:05 Ragdoll Creator Tool
07:41 Generated Ragdoll - Fixes Required!
08:49 Adding Hands and Feet to the Ragdoll
10:56 Toggle Between Animated Model and Ragdoll
12:00 Addressing Strange Ragdoll Behavior
14:55 RagdollEnabler.cs - Toggle Animated vs Ragdoll & Initial Optimizations
16:30 Performance Analysis & Other Optimization Ideas
