Methods and systems for re-mastering animation files used in a video game includes identifying a rig used for representing a virtual character of the video game. Virtual markers are applied to the rig to generate a modified rig. Animation files for the virtual character are executed using the modified rig and a virtual camera is activated to capture images of the animation of the modified rig. Images of the modified rig are used to define performance data. The performance data is applied to a new rig of the virtual character to generate re-mastered animation files. The re-mastered animation files are used in the video game to generate gameplay data.