Hello,
I’m new to UE5 (roughly 20 hours under my belt) and am going crazy trying to use FAB to download the materials when watching tutorials. I’ve run into this same problem on multiple tutorials and hoping there is an easy fix.
The issue:
Tutorial searches for FAB item. They find it. They select the quality and hit “Add to Project”. Boom. Done. (First Image)
My Issue:
I find the exact same item. Instead of “Add to Project” It wants an Export target, all of which are not UE5. It also asks for the specific format I want (new to UE5 so still learning what each format item does). (Second image)
I feel like such an idiot struggling just to add materials to the project. Any help is much appreciated.
Hello there @thatjayguy1, and welcome to UE!
Don’t worry, a lot of users are catched off guard by this. You are seeing FAB from two different locations, one’s inside the UE editor, and another is from outside, either from the Epic Launcher, or a website.
Personally, the best approach is to open it from UE itself. To do so, in your project, go to the top bar, and select Window > FAB. From there, look for the material you are looking for, and click on “Add to Project.” The content will be download, and the asset should be ready for use.
One side note, please make sure that the asset you are using is compatible with UE 5.8. If it’s not, you will need to pick a different asset, or create a project with the UE version intended for said asset.
