Datasmith and LODs?

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Good day,

I’m using Datasmith in order to put my archviz projects from 3dsmax into unreal, I would like to use LODs and I’ve already set them up within 3dsmax, does Datasmith support LODs? Because I’m using vray materials. And so far from all my testing… i don’t think it does based on the settings you get when importing into unreal. Any insight on this just to clear the air would be great, Cause I’m doing lots of tests to see if it works and it all just ends up in frustration.

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Hello.

Per the Datasmith+3dsMax documentation (Using Datasmith with 3ds Max | Unreal Engine Documentation)

  • Datasmith currently does not import any custom Levels of Detail that you’ve set up in 3ds Max. You can, however, generate new Levels of Detail automatically in Unreal Editor. For details, see Automatic LOD Generation, or Creating Levels of Detail in Blueprints or Python.

Please view the documentation for links to the related articles.

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Thanks for the info, I must’ve overlooked that part. I am currently using the automatic LOD feature, it works just as well.