# Importing FBX - Textures won't work **URL:** \ **Category:** Asset Creation\ **Tags:** mesh-import, unreal-engine, FBX, UE4, question\ **Created:** [January 5, 2015, 10:13pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/importing-fbx-textures-wont-work/303122 "2015-01-05T22:13:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MichelTeixeira\_1](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@MichelTeixeira\_1](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/MichelTeixeira_1)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2015, 10:13pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/importing-fbx-textures-wont-work/303122/1 "2015-01-05T22:13:18Z")
Hi, I’m very new to UE4 and I might just lack the knowledge of how to correctly import FBX-files to UE4, but I’m importing the meshes just as the UE4 tutorials say but it never works. Not a single FBX or OBJ file has ever been imported with working textures. I’ve tried roughly 15 - 20 different models, all import fine and so does the textures but the previews are all white (and the FBX mesh icon and the texture/material icon all have a white asterisk on them). I’ve literally scavenged the internet for anyone who might have a solution to this, and I’ve put in hours to try to fix this already - but my knowledge of UE4 is limited and I’d really appreciate any (!) help I could get fixing this. Below you’ll find a screenshot of how the materials and the mesh look in the Content Browser, and how the model look in the Viewfinder after being placed in the world. [Note: This happens to all FBX models I import, not just this one]. ![25721-ue4_issue.jpg](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/d/7/1/d7120c0ac6acf2ca6be32efcf02fc5c2fb897e53.jpeg) Thanks in advance! ---
**Author:** ![anonymous\_user\_2ed5b4c7](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@anonymous\_user\_2ed5b4c7](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/anonymous_user_2ed5b4c7)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2015, 7:33am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/importing-fbx-textures-wont-work/303122/2 "2015-01-06T07:33:11Z")
HI! I can see how you models look in you 3d program. But, if your model properly textured and in UE in import dialog “Import Material” and “Import Texture” is checked, and you get white material without texture, this means that material assigned in you 3d programm not supported FBX translator (f.e. mental ray material or vray material). Try to check materials in 3d program and fix it, if it does not conform to this guide: > **[FBX Material Pipeline](https://docs.unrealengine.com/5.1/en-US/fbx-material-pipeline-in-unreal-engine/)** > > Guide to transferring basic materials and textures with meshes using the FBX content pipeline. ---
**Author:** ![MichelTeixeira\_1](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@MichelTeixeira\_1](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/MichelTeixeira_1)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2015, 10:24pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/importing-fbx-textures-wont-work/303122/3 "2015-01-06T22:24:58Z")
Hi svv3dUDN, Thank you for the fast reply, much appreciated! The options “Import Material” and “Import Texture” are checked, yes. None of these models are actually my own - they are all bought and/or freeware & downloaded from CGtrader and other similar sites. I do not have a 3D program installed on my system. But statistically at least one of the 15-20 FBX’s I’ve imported should have worked, right? I can’t separately import textures because in many cases the textures are compressed in to the actual FBX-file. So, basically, in my case since I’m not a modeler / 3D artist; I can’t purchase/download FBX models and use in UE4 - unless the texture & model are separate? Thanks again for the help! ---
**Author:** ![anonymous\_user\_2ed5b4c7](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@anonymous\_user\_2ed5b4c7](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/anonymous_user_2ed5b4c7)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 3:52pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/importing-fbx-textures-wont-work/303122/4 "2015-01-12T15:52:11Z")
I export model with texture to the FBX file with embed media, and imported to UE4 without problem. Maybe FBX not contain textures or texture format not supported UE4. If you import FBX with embed media, FBXImport plugin create folder named similar base file and with suffix “.fbm” in same place where you placed FBX. And in this folder you can find embed texture, which you can import separatly and attach to shader in UE4. PS: you can use free FBX tools for check you assets without 3d program [http://www.autodesk.com/products/fbx/fbx-review](http://www.autodesk.com/products/fbx/fbx-review) ---
**Author:** ![ABurkley](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@ABurkley](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/ABurkley)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2015, 9:28pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/importing-fbx-textures-wont-work/303122/5 "2015-08-02T21:28:04Z")
Hi there, I ran into this as well and thought I’d share my solution. Maybe it’s the same for you, maybe not. All settings were correct on my fbx export, and on my Unreal import, however every time I brought in a mesh, no matter how many different settings I tried would never bring in the textures files along with it. It also completely lost the scale of the UVS within Maya which I discovered after manually trying to add them back. When looking in the hypershade, all of my files linked up correctly, they were all being pulled from /sourceimages/ in my project. What fixed my problem, was changing the “/sourceimages/texturename.tga” to “sourceimages/texturename.tga” (removing the first /) Before exporting everything, when I received the file from an artist, I went through and manually updated the location by typing it in (changing c:\user\whateverlocation\texturename.tga to \sourceimages\texturename.tga) and for some reason, even though they were correctly linked, and showing in Maya, they weren’t registering as being there. Hope this helps ---
**Author:** ![km97khg](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@km97khg](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/km97khg)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2016, 1:13am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/importing-fbx-textures-wont-work/303122/6 "2016-05-19T01:13:58Z")
Hi, I’m very new in UE4 too, and have same situation. Maybe, check your source texture type will help. > **[Texture Import Guide](https://docs.unrealengine.com/4.27/en-US/RenderingAndGraphics/Textures/Importing/)** > > Guide to importing an image file into Unreal Engine as a texture asset. DDS can support with cubemap only… In my case, source images art all dds, and didn’t imported. ---
**Author:** ![Daciansolgen](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Daciansolgen](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Daciansolgen)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2016, 10:23pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/importing-fbx-textures-wont-work/303122/7 "2016-09-13T22:23:24Z")
I have same problem. when i tries to put a texture on my FBX imported object it just shows an ugly color. Can someone help me??? Please give the help as soon as possible i have only 3 weeks to be done with my school project. ---
**Author:** ![Daciansolgen](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Daciansolgen](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Daciansolgen)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2016, 10:26pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/importing-fbx-textures-wont-work/303122/8 "2016-09-13T22:26:51Z")
![106863-skärmklipp.jpg](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/e/b/d/ebdcdf98f748e5f99894205c30dfd5a4e926c7d3.jpeg) This is what it looks like when i tries to put a materia with texture on my object! This is really annoying!! ---
**Author:** ![Guillo\_Ortiz](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Guillo\_Ortiz](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Guillo_Ortiz)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2016, 8:51am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/importing-fbx-textures-wont-work/303122/9 "2016-12-06T08:51:33Z")
Hi, everyone! I think I found a solution: When exporting the fbx, you get a file [modelname.fbx] and a separate folder [/modelname] containing its textures. **I manually placed the fbx into its texture folder** and then imported. Voila! not sure why this isn’t an automated process, but it works! Hope it helps anyone. ---
**Author:** ![twalk1776](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@twalk1776](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/twalk1776)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 7:21pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/importing-fbx-textures-wont-work/303122/10 "2017-03-17T19:21:19Z")
Wait, you went through and manually updated the location how? Where is the location of the sourceimages stored?? In the maya file somewhere? ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Pol](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/lord_pol/32/736974_2.png) [@Lord\_Pol](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Lord_Pol)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2018, 5:10pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/importing-fbx-textures-wont-work/303122/11 "2018-08-25T17:10:02Z")
Thank you. That works : ) ---
**Author:** ![JVFerg7](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@JVFerg7](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/JVFerg7)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 7:44am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/importing-fbx-textures-wont-work/303122/12 "2021-01-18T07:44:40Z")
Has anybody found a solution to this problem? I tried putting it into the folder that the textures were in but that didn’t seem to work. I’m not sure if I fully understood that. The textures that I apply to my imported FBX model are just showing as colors and actually have no texture at all. Please help if you have a solution! ---
**Author:** ![JVFerg7](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@JVFerg7](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/JVFerg7)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2021, 1:27am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/importing-fbx-textures-wont-work/303122/13 "2021-01-19T01:27:11Z")
Has anybody found a solution to this problem? I tried putting it into the folder that the textures were in but that didn’t seem to work. I’m not sure if I fully understood that. The textures that I apply to my imported FBX model are just showing as colors and actually have no texture at all. Please help if you have a solution! ---
**Author:** ![SuperMode555](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@SuperMode555](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/SuperMode555)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2021, 3:44am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/importing-fbx-textures-wont-work/303122/14 "2021-10-19T03:44:27Z")
Problem still not solved in 2021 ---
**Author:** ![DerbyDZN](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@DerbyDZN](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/DerbyDZN)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2022, 10:40pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/importing-fbx-textures-wont-work/303122/15 "2022-03-28T22:40:09Z")
Problem still not solved in 2022 ---
**Author:** ![anonymous\_user\_246797af](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@anonymous\_user\_246797af](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/anonymous_user_246797af)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2022, 5:17pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/importing-fbx-textures-wont-work/303122/16 "2022-03-29T17:17:31Z")
Select the model and go to the materials tab in the inspector. Click on the “Extract Textures” option and choose the [192.168.l00.1](https://192168l254.com.mx/192.168.l00.1) destination folder. This will extract the textures from the FBX file and in my case they are applied automatically. ---
**Author:** ![Dudler](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Dudler](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Dudler)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2022, 2:49am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/importing-fbx-textures-wont-work/303122/17 "2022-05-19T02:49:35Z")
In what program do you do this, the 3D app eg Maya or Unreal? And why is there an IP address in your previous comment about destination folder? ---
**Author:** ![lone\_wolf37](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/lone_wolf37/32/621518_2.png) [@lone\_wolf37](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/lone_wolf37)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2023, 6:46pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/importing-fbx-textures-wont-work/303122/18 "2023-02-12T18:46:10Z")
> [@anonymous\_user\_246797af](#): > > ab in the inspector. Click on the “Extract Textures” option and choose the [192.168.l00.1](https://192168l254.com.mx/192.168.l00.1) destination folder. This will extract the textures from the FBX file and in my case they are applied automatically. SAME ISSEUE, ![image](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/b/7/9/b798ef1b54b17878abdf4e0fdd5c3a93547117a4.jpeg) even applied texture its not showing ---
**Author:** ![YasmeenFirewall](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@YasmeenFirewall](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/YasmeenFirewall)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2024, 3:47pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/importing-fbx-textures-wont-work/303122/19 "2024-04-16T15:47:05Z")
its 2024 and the issue still there … plz anyone fix it