How to import skeletal mesh ue4?

• In the Content Browser, click the Import button.
• Locate and select the FBX file you want to import.
• Click Open to begin importing the FBX file you want to import to your project.
• Update the appropriate settings in the FBX Import Options dialog.

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This tutorial is still a rough draft. While I have checked the steps of the tutorial they are still written in a terse style that may make them hard to follow. Still I am posting this draft in the hope that even in its rough form it can prove helpful to other UE4 users. I plan to plan to edit the prose for clarity and add diagrams in the near future.

This tutorial is geared toward users who are new to Blender. It is a step-by-step guide that will walk you through the steps needed to create a simple model and armature that can be imported into UE4 as an animated skeletal mesh. I’m assuming some basic knowledge of UE4’s content browser and material setup.

This tutorial is based on the Gus the Gingebread man animation tutorial ([1] ) from the Blender Wiki. I’ve modified various parts of the tutorial to make the resulting model more UE4-friendly.

There is also a Video tutorial created by EPIC employee Kevin Vassey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ayp1lof0RJU

I’m not a Blender expert, nor a 3D modeler/animator. I’m a Programmer/Game Designer by trade, so don’t expect great art or an ideal workflow. The best I can offer is making something that works. Making it beautiful will have to be up to you!

I last tested this tutorial with Blender 2.70a and Unreal Engine 4.2.1.

You can download the Blender project file as well as the textures used in this tutorial here: Media:UE4SkeletalMeshFromBlender.zip

Already know how to use Blender and just want some tips to have your model behave better in UE4? Well here you go:

Abbreviations LMB mean Left Mouse Button RMB means Right Mouse Button

Video example (Blender 2.75, UE 4.8.1): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiJHNjRpwrY

Check your armature in your Blender project. Make sure you only have one armature. Also, make sure that all the bones in the armature are hierarchically linked to a single root bone.

You probably have some vertices that aren’t assigned to a bone. Look at the Vertex Groups of your mesh in Edit mode and make sure the spiking vertices are assigned to a vertex group.

Original Version by NobunagaOta

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