# HEAT Animations with State Machines When trying to utilize HEAT animations within a State Machine you may run into issues with the skeleton of the animation not being compatible with the state machine. Follow these steps to resolve: 1. Make sure you have imported a HEAT animation properly by either drag and dropping the animation from the plug-in window into your scene or into an animation sequence. Use the '**Unreal Mannequin**' import option when bringing in the animation. The HEAT animation will now appear in the Content Browser at **'All -> Content -> HEAT\_Animation'**. 2. In the content browser you can open your newly imported animation and see that, while it is retargeted to the SK\_Mannequin skeleton, it is targeting to a SK\_Mannequin skeleton within the HEAT directory. We need to change this to be compatible with a system wide Unreal SK\_Mannequin skeleton. 3. With the animation asset window open click the '**Skeleton**' button (

) at the top of the window. 4. Now in the '**Skeleton**' window navigate in the top menu to '**Window -> Asset Details**'. 5. In the '**Asset Details**' window click the + sign next to '**Compatible Skeletons**' and using the drop down choose the correct skeleton with the proper file location. In this situation we are looking for '**SK\_Mannequin**' within the '**Game/Characters/...**' directory. 6. HEAT Animations pulled in on the mannequin skeleton will now work properly with state machines.