Epic Games has released Send to Unreal and UE to Rigify, its plugins for transferring rigged and animated characters between Blender and Unreal Engine.
If you've used Blender for any length of time, you've probably heard of the Blender Addons: plugins that allow you to do very specific things. And since the advent of Blender 2.5, there have been an avalanche of addons that cater to all different needs and requirements – some pointlessly hilarious and some that are immensely useful. Blender is the free open source 3D content creation suite, available for all major operating systems. We provide daily news, art and tutorials. Follow BlenderNation Twitter Facebook Google+ Tumblr Pinterest+. For more videos on how the Send to Unreal addon works, check out our YouTube playlist on the topic. In conjunction with this addon is our UE to Rigify feature, which allows Blender users to import any characters from Unreal Engine and have access to Rigify animation controls. There is also a free non-commercial edition of RenderMan, which can be used for tools development. New commercial node-locked or floating licences cost $595. Visit the RenderMan product website (No extra information about the Blender plugin at time of writing) Download the free non-commercial version of RenderMan (Registration required).
The tools, which have been in development for several months – the video above is from a preview livestream this February – are intended to streamline game development workflow in Blender.
Transfer character animations between Blender and UE4 in one click – if your scene scale is right The add-ons provide a one-click transfer workflow, automatically converting Blender characters for use with UE4’s default Mannequin, and UE4 rigs for use with Blender’s Rigify auto-rigging add-on.
However, both currently have the same limitation as Blender’s standard FBX exporter: that assets must be created using a Blender Unit Scale of 0.01 in order for bone scaling to work correctly in UE4.
That can cause workflow issues within Blender, discussed in more detail in this forum post.
As an alternative, many games artists rely on third-party add-on Mr Mannequins Tools, which is available on a pay-what-you-want basis, and which automates the scale conversion.
In a Reddit thread, Mr Mannequins Tools author Jim Kroovy commented that he will still continue to develop the plugin, but that he “want[s] Send to Unreal to be THE Blender to UE4 export add-on”.
Availability and system requirements Send to Unreal and Unreal to Rigify are available under the Unreal Engine EULA. Both are free to download. The plugins are compatible with Blender 2.83+ and Unreal Engine 4.25+.
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