IMPORT ALEMBIC: from BLENDER to UE4 - FAILED!

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Hello All,

I’m trying to import a simple cloth simulation (50 frames baked in Blender, very light and simple).
As I import the Alembic in UE4 4.14 I get this error message:

Import_Alambic_to_UE4.jpg

So… I tried few more times, different simulations but the cloth simulation is easy to test.
Also, after it failed I followed THIS TUTORIAL](Blender to Unreal basics 012 - Vertex animation - YouTube) step-by-step to make sure I didn’t miss anything, but it’s not working for me.

In Blender in the export options I insert 50 for the last frame, I tried with selected only, and without… just because I had no idea what else I should try to make UE4 let me import it.
I’m using the latest Blender version, I even updated to latest version of UE4 (4.14.1) in case this error fixed, but no luck.

Any idea what I did wrong and how can I import my Alembic .abc files to UE4 successfully?

Thanks ahead and sorry about my bad English.
Happy Holidays!

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It says please see Output Log for more details - so what is the content?

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Thanks for the reply,
Since I’m not an advanced UE4 user, I have no idea where to find the output log.
Where do I find it so I can have a look?

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For noobs like me who want’s to know, I found it: Window > Developer Tools > Output Log.

I copy past it:

LogFactory: FactoryCreateFile: StaticMesh with AlembicImportFactory (0 0 C:\Testing_Bake_Animation.abc)
LogAssetTools:Warning: Failed to import ‘C:\Testing_Bake_Animation.abc’. Failed to create asset ‘/Game/Characters/Test-Alembic/Testing_Bake_Animation’.
Please see Output Log for details.

I followed step by step on that tutorial I’ve mentioned So… what does it mean?
What is that I’m doing wrong and how can I make it work?

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I’ve had this error with . fbx imports. I solved it by closing the project and deleting the save folder in your Unreal Projects folder for that project. Hope that works for you.

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Hey ,I had the same problem .

I finally figure out the solution, its very simple.

Just put your .abc files to other drive, than drag into stater content .

Don’t put on desktop.

Good Luck.

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C’est exactement la solution,
j’avais le même problème avec le fichier ABC de Marvelous designer 10 et j’ai tes recommandation et comme par magie tout fonction ! je crois que comme le plugin est pour le moment en mode Beta, il faille faire un peu de bidouyage mais à force de cherché on fini par trouver et ca c’est cool !

Merci TJ_LIN

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Really Thanks! I spent 2 days to solve it. So simple solution! haha