Alembic files - 3ds max 2 UE workflow

[TridentMarketing]

So, I have a problem with creating animations in 3ds max and using them in UE sequencer and rendering with movie render queue.

Because my animation is not just transforms (that would be supported by FBX), I have used alembic. With alembic we can not import files containing frames without any geometry, that just gives an error, so I exported alembic from max each animated object from the 1st visible frame to the last animated frame and imported in UE.
Created a blueprint with all my floors, walls, etc. Looping is off in all alembic meshes.
Keep state or project default give the same result. pre-roll and post roll do not solve anything.

What is the best workflow to export animations from 3ds max to UE (Vertex animation, particle animation, modifiers animation, etc… not just transforms)

Thanks
Video of the issue:

[TridentMarketing]

I guess the issue is because I used a Blueprint to group all alembic geometry. If I use the alembic files directly in sequencer it does seem to work ok.

[TridentMarketing]

the problem was the “*” in the number of frames of the alembic file.

Solution:

Problem with geometry cache in movie render queue

most likely you need to adjust the end frame. I export with 25fps, also set up my sequencer to use 25fps, but Unreal seems to calculate a bit different. There is always a "" at the end of my frames, so instead of 100-250 it says 100-250. If I simply remove the “*”, the post roll works like intended. I use this all the time, its not broken, you just gotta check your import/export settings as well as the things I pointed out. You can even retime alembics pretty well (if they don´t have changing…