Trouble with importing FBX from DAZ3D to UnrealEngine

anonymous_user_588c9ecb · December 24, 2015, 9:35am

I just saw this post and it seems like many people have same issue with Daz FBX import. I gave the FBX converter a try but still no luck even with latest UE4.10.0, I kept getting the sharp edge sticking out of the mesh problem.

Strange enough though, when I view the file using FBX Viewer (In the same converter application) the character looks normal without anything sticking out. I’m using Genesis 2 basic male figure.

I also did tried the UE4.6.1 suggestion and it actually works fine without anything sticking out (just takes a long time to load). UE4.9 also didn’t work.
So my question is : once I have the skeletal mesh imported into UE4.6, how do I upgrade the mesh so I can load into a more recent version?

Another question is how do I import the animation from Daz? I tried to find tutorial on this but not successful. In DAZ I used a simple animate2 walk cycle and baked to keyframes, then I exported the animation to FBX. However when I tried to load the animation into UE4.6 it would always complain that no animation take is found.

;296861:

Not sure 100% what the problem is but it “could” be a rounding error when Daz exports it’s weight table. (Daz uses a different skin solution that has to be converted to every day skinning solution.)

Works this way. If a Vertex is exported weighted to a single link with a value of .0000000000001 then its weight is still consider 100%. If importing into an application like UE4 that can only except data to the forth place then its round out as being zero as to weigh so the link is no longer weighted to anything and will snap to it’s bind pose position.

Importing into and out of an app like 3ds works because by default weight all vertices can be turned on which will set .0000000000001, which is 100% to 1.0 which is still 100%.

What might work (as I really have no need to try it) is to use the free Autodesk FBX converter and import/export as a wash and rinse and fingers crossed will fix the weigh table.