Guys, I believe that skinning object in Max3d and exporting it into fbx (the good old way), doesn’t work anymore with the new engine? Am I correct? If so, how (I saw few videos from here: :///playlist?list=PLZlv_N0_O1gaCL2XjKluO7N2Pmmw9pvhE) am I supposed to create non-human skeleton? For a bicycle for example? How is this process (of rigging and animating non human object) achieved in this new version of editor?
Thank you.
You can always import a non human skeletal mesh. Just create the rig and all the animations- then just import it normall -and then you have your skeletal mesh in your content browser -> now you can use it as a vehicle/character/NPC/,…
Everything except of the bp and blendspace stuff is the same as in UDK 
Great news! Big thanks.
Best regards
Hi folks,
So if I want to rig my spacecraft with its various weapon arms and stuff - do I use a regular biped setup or can I just rig it as I would in 3ds .
Does UE4 support IK solvers and stuff imported from ?
Sorry for my ignorance about this but my main thing is modelling and rigging in , not importing to UE4 
You can rig your spacecraft however you normally would in ; there’s no biped requirement or anything like that for UE4. Be aware, however, that the skeleton you create for your spacecraft is what will be imported into UE4, not the rig itself. So, any IK setup or rigging that you do in will not be preserved when you import into the editor.
My standard workflow for something like that is generally:
So, you are still able to use the rig you created to author your animations in . Also, UE4 has it’s own IK and various other ways to manipulate your skeletal hierarchy.
More info:
Anim system overview: https://docs.unrealengine/latest/INT/Engine/Animation/Overview/index.html
IK in UE4: https://docs.unrealengine/latest/INT/Engine/Animation/NodeReference/SkeletalControls/index.html
Good luck!