FBX import not working

[N815]

I have tried Blender 3, Cinema 4D R19, Lightwave FBX export

Leadwerks is ignoring any 3D model exported as FBX

I'm somewhat at the point asking for a refund

[Josh]

When an FBX file is present in a project folder, the editor will automatically convert this file to Leadwerks MDL format, which can be loaded by the editor and engine.

[N815]

Thanks

So basically I put all models inside the project folder including textures.

One question.

What am I doing wrong that my FBX model has no textures but in Cinema 4D it looks good?

[Josh]

I don't know, but if you upload the FBX file with textures  in a zip file here I will try it out and see.

[N815]

that's what it looks

I didn't put much effort into it, only for testing in the game engine

everyone is free to keep it and play with it

ROOM2.zip

[Josh]

In Microsoft 3D Viewer and Blender, I see one texture applied to the entire model:

In Leadwerks I see this:

You can right-click on a surface and select a material to be applied to the model, then resave the model:

However, I do not know why the materials in the FBX export seems to not match what you are seeing in your modeling program.

[N815]

weird

I don't understand it 

is there a texturing tool inside Leadwerks Engine?

[Josh]

If you open the model (double-click the MDL file in the asset browser) then you can right-click on a mesh in the hierarchy tree and click the "Select Material" menu. This lets you select a material to apply to the subobject. You can then save the MDL file and it will be saved with the correct material paths.

[N815]

30 minutes ago, Josh said:

If you open the model (double-click the MDL file in the asset browser) then you can right-click on a mesh in the hierarchy tree and click the "Select Material" menu. This lets you select a material to apply to the subobject. You can then save the MDL file and it will be saved with the correct material paths.

oh, there are only 2 selections for textures, but originally there should be 7

[Josh]

Yeah, it appears the FBX exporter is not exporting exactly the right way. I saw in Blender and in Microsoft 3D Viewer the model just used a single texture.

[N815]

I need to look into this.

In Blender are 7 slots but it doesn't matter as it's the same as in Leadwerks

 

 

[N815]

I exported as Collada into Blender and then from Blender to FBX

wow, but that worked

by the way, do you have plans for a 64bit version?

[Josh]

2 hours ago, DirectXY said:

by the way, do you have plans for a 64bit version?

Yes, there is a new engine with higher required specs called Ultra, and it is 64-bit only.

[N815]

2 minutes ago, Josh said:

Yes, there is a new engine with higher required specs called Ultra, and it is 64-bit only.

what system requirements are we talking?

I have 16GB Ram but a low-end AMD Ryzen 5 3500U with Radeon Vega Mobile Gfx 2.10 GHz

 

[Josh]

AMD cards aren't working correctly yet.

[N815]

that engine looks promising

the 59 deal would probably suffice in my case when the AMD part will be alright to hit the road ( ? )

it's only a hobby these days, as I'm retired and enjoy the more less competitive side of 3D

[Josh]

It is, but just be aware that AMD cards will currently display some bad artifacts. I cant say for sure yet whether this is due to a driver bug or an error on my part.

 

[N815]

1 hour ago, Josh said:

It is, but just be aware that AMD cards will currently display some bad artifacts. I cant say for sure yet whether this is due to a driver bug or an error on my part.

I remember something similar with Radeon Pro Render on Blender. But at that time my specs were even worst than now (Ryzen 3 6 GB Ram or something Quadcore)

 

Now Radeon on Blender is for me a constant crash and miss. I can't get it to work. So I stick with Cycles.

In the above, I figure you tested on dedicated AMD Chips ?

[reepblue]

16 minutes ago, DirectXY said:

Now Radeon on Blender is for me a constant crash and miss. I can't get it to work. So I stick with Cycles.

Cycles are fine since Leadwerks uses Blinn-Phong shading. I usually just bake the AO and everything else I do is in gimp. I'm not a professional artist!

Also, you might find this helpful.

 

[N815]

3 hours ago, reepblue said:

Cycles are fine since Leadwerks uses Blinn-Phong shading. I usually just bake the AO and everything else I do is in gimp. I'm not a professional artist!

Also, you might find this helpful.

Thanks. You are way ahead of me.

BTW, you wouldn't know how to make a halfway good looking glass shader, would you?

[Josh]

2 hours ago, DirectXY said:

Thanks. You are way ahead of me.

BTW, you wouldn't know how to make a halfway good looking glass shader, would you?

Transparency plus camera refraction will do it:
https://www.ultraengine.com/learn/Camera_SetRefraction

[reepblue]

2 hours ago, DirectXY said:

BTW, you wouldn't know how to make a halfway good looking glass shader, would you?

Here's the glass shader I used in Cyclone. You'll have to write code that'll replace texture slot 7 of the material with the probe's cubemap texture. 

LeadwerksGlass.zip

[N815]

7 hours ago, Josh said:

Transparency plus camera refraction will do it:
https://www.ultraengine.com/learn/Camera_SetRefraction

Thanks  I give it a try

[N815]

6 hours ago, reepblue said:

Here's the glass shader I used in Cyclone. You'll have to write code that'll replace texture slot 7 of the material with the probe's cubemap texture. 

LeadwerksGlass.zip 9.21 kB · 0 downloads

YES!!! Real windows. This looks awesome !