I used datasmith to c4d to import the project of c4d, the material and texture were all successfully imported, and the texture was also on the material, but the material did not work, the surface of the model was the same as no material. I hope you can help me solve this problem. Thank you very much.
PS: I ues UE5.0.0
I reimported it multiple times, but it still failed.
There seems to be an error on your shader,
what are the messages?
Did you try on 5.0.3 version of the engine?
As UE_FlavienP suggested, please try out 5.0.3 and
get the latest DS plugin from
Maxon - Unreal Integration (the one for Cinema4D R2023 and UE 5.0.3), it’s called “Cineware For Unreal”.
If it still fails, but other materials import correctly, you could try to find the difference in the material parameters. Unfortunately, not all material types are fully supported.
I have studied the method you mentioned, but I use C4D R23. I cannot adapt to C4D 2023. And I didn’t find a plugin for R23 on the MAXON website. I’ve been using the Datasmith that comes with UE5.0.3. Is there any other way to solve this problem? Thank you very much for your help
Only if you find a workaround like I mentioned. You might figure out which materials work and which don’t. There is no improved DS importer for R23.
You should be able to switch to R2023 though. Cinema4D has backwards and forwards compatibility.
I know that C4D has a lot of compatibility, just because the UI of 2023 is so different from R23. I will update my software at MAXON App, thank you very much
Just try it out. It may or may not fix your problem. There are still issues with materials in the newest DS importer.
I opened the C4D project (it was created by R23 ) with 2023 version and downloaded the Datasmith plugin you recommended, but the material still couldn’t be displayed. Material error, indicating that the texture is linear color, do you know the solution
The error says, “Found NULL, requires Texture2D”. Could you check the imported textures assets of the material? Maybe they have some invalid parameters or format.
You could also send me the material in the C4D as a direct message. I’ll try it out.
I want to give you my C4D project and texture, but the forum does not support file larger than 100MB.
Don’t send me the whole project, a C4D with only a cube and only that specific texture should be enough.
Could you give me some suggestion?
The textures were probably not found by DS. At least you haven’t sent them with the .c4d file. You could try to “Consolidate Assets”, save the project and then import it in UE again.
The textures is consolidate with .c4d file.
- Parent texture map missing,You can check out