Import / Export .blend (Blender) files with a plugin for UE4

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@Hevedy;514492

Since looks like Blender just shutdown the development of the FBX plugin

Wait, where did this information come from?

@motorsep;515655

Kickstarter? I don’t know… First problem is to find UE4 developer with knowledge of the engine on C++ level, knowledge of Blender and Blender Python API and IO API, get him/her interested and see what the cost would be. Maybe it can go to Marketplace too, to offset initial cost of development. Once all that in place - might do Kickstarter or whatever platform is as feasible. Hell, maybe Epic can fund it.

Import/export chain for belnder–>UE4 is 2…4 weeks job, maybe a bit extra time on top of that if you want it to also fully/properly support skeletal animations and not just meshes. Maintenance after that is slightly different story, because developer would need to chase everchanging blender api.

The best bet would be to attempt to hire someone. There shoudl be at least 5 people on forums with sufficient skill to do that, that includes me. I also planned looking into the export plugin myself, but I’m not sure if I’ll get to that in foreseeable future due to the amount of stuff I need to do.