My Indie Blender to Unreal Engine 5 Workflow for Game Environments
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 พ.ค. 2024
- I couldn't cover absolutely everything in this one! Here's 20 more minutes of less formal behind the scenes stuff: www.rileyb3d.com/training/sub...
0:00 - Intro
0:25 - Blender Setup
0:49 - Blender to USD
1:33 - USD in Unreal
2:21 - Scene Exposure Sync
3:20 - Overwrite USD File
3:53 - USD Import to Unreal
5:03 - Player Start Setup
5:13 - USD Collisions
5:58 - Model Sources
6:28 - Texturing Methods
6:32 - Baked Texture Overview
6:43 - Tiled Texture Overview
6:55 - Tiling Texture Techniques
7:11 - Blender Set Dressing Tips
7:41 - Finalize USD for Unreal
8:10 - Adding Decals in Unreal
9:01 - Correcting Decals
9:31 - Review & Outcomes
This workflow from Blender to Unreal has freed up a ton of time for me, and been super helpful.
That said, I get an inconsistent bug where it corrupts my file, and I believe it's related to the Unreal beta USD plugin.
Beware.
I'll keep you posted as I learn more (hopefully including a fix for affected files).
gosh darn it... this just happened to me. crossing my fingers for a fix soon 😢
Same here too 😔
In case anyone is wondering, in 5.4, USD Stage Editor is no longer under "Virtual Production". You'll find it in the first "Window" drop down menu. Or just search for it after clicking "Window"
2 years… 2 YEARS I’ve been searching for this exact tutorial. Thank you SO much man.
That’s a long time! Really glad I could help. 🎉
@@rileyb3d this, is the most useful, best made, and absolutly lifesaving toturial to unreal blender, what i ever have seen in my lifetime.
Your way to avoid the Unreal Model import function, is brillant.
i do not work with unreal, because of the Model importer (i also not using Blender 2.8 or HIghter, i am in 2.79, it is to much time consuming even learn for 4 oder 6 months or longer blander from scratch again, this is just ... no way for me) but ...
did you know a way, to correct Daz 3D Figures, edited with Blender for unreal ? Raytargeting will not work,if you have reedit the charakters.
the bones, arms, shoulders, are missrotatet in unreal, and i do not know any way, to fix this.
any idea ? because tihis is one reason for me, not to play around with. second are blueprints, and last are the material graphs, i cant work with. i write schader code at hand, but i cant see anything in a material graph, this is like a blind man try to explain colors. i cant see anything in this.
WHAT!! I literally spent 2 months learning how to properly bake my assets and I just tried your techniques to import all my scene, it works almost perfectly without the whole baking process at the first try!!! Thank you for sharing this!
Thanks for checking it out! I’m glad you have 2 months of bake learning though! That definitely comes in handy still.
same reaction seriously XD
@@rileyb3d Hey there. other channel used, my first is always deletet by yt, dont cares what ever i write, i am deletet.
but:
do you know any way to import a from blender editet Daz 3d Human to Unreal ?
always the bones are misrotatet, so this do not work. raytargeting will also not work.
important: i use blender 2.79, the newer ones are not useful to me, to much months to realearn all from scratch again, and a lot to complicatet things i do not need.
best greetings.
this is truly the best, most useful unreal toturial i ever seen.
This vid actually convinced me to give UE a second chance, while most tutorials overcomplicate the process of exporting Blender scene to UE, here it looks really straightforward. Thanks Riley!
You’re welcome! I agree. 3D software is complicated enough 😅. Really grateful to Pixar for developing USD and making it open source.
This is by FAR the best Blender to UE5 video I have watched. Thank you for this.
As a final year Games Art student who mainly wants to work with Blender, Substance Painter and Unreal this is one heck of a useful tutorial. This video most definitely earns a like and a new subscriber!
Glad it helped! Thanks for subscribing, it really helps me out. If you could choose, what kind of content would you like to see next? Any particular areas that you feel could help you gain experience or confidence?
@rileybrown3d frankly at the moment it would be particularly on how to make the blender materials look better, considering that normals sometimes dont seem to pop out as much. I know there is the deep bump addon where you can generate a normal and a height map, so it would just be how can they be properly applied in Unreal Engine. If its a complicated ask then don't worry about it! ^^
finally something better than fbx workflow... this stage phase is great, love it !!!!
Agreed! Thank you Pixar for USD and making it open 🙏🏻
@rown3d And NV with their Omniverse and others are making it the in fact industry standard, i always felt fbx is not the ideal workflow, this is amazing
I've been trying for years to get into Blender and Unreal. Teenagers are doing more than I ever will. Amazing stuff here.
I don't know how long I've been looking for a tutorial like this one. Great! Thank you so much!!!!!
Thank you so much for providing such excellent tutorials. I've been searching for this tutorial for a long time. Recently, I even started to doubt whether learning Blender was the right decision for me. I truly appreciate your help.
DUDE! This is an excellent workflow! 👏 I've been struggling to understand texture baking for so long, and you just blew the whole process away like dry leaves on the wind lol!
Always good to see new workflows for Blender to UE5! Especially with the usdc format, which has proven to be very reliable for my projects. I am sure this gets more people to try it out!
Thank you so much Riley, for sharing your workflow, was genuinely looking for reasons to have a Blender / Unreal crossover and this is my push to make it happen, really appreciate it!
I've been learning to make assets and build my first map for a bit now and this seems so much more intuitive than the FBX process I've been using to test them in UE. Much appreciated!
Incredibly well edited and useful video!
I've heard of UE having Staging but never imagined it would work with Blender. This is an incredible workflow! Thanks for sharing!
It's been a long time since i saw such a useful video combining Blender and Unreal, thanks you for sharing your workflow Riley, i appreciate it.
Thanks for stopping by! Your feedback is super encouraging.
BRO! THANK YOU!
Subscribed, Liked & commented.
The pacing and simplified tutorials are awesome! Can't stand over complicated and convoluted tutorials that wast so much time on unnecessary details. This was great!!
Looking forward to checking out all your other content and the next vid!
Thanks for the sub! Glad I could reduce that screen time a bit.
Loved it man! I searched a lot past 6 months Blender to Unreal Environment Tutorials. This has to be best out there
Wow, thanks for saying that! Really glad this could be helpful.
this was fantastic!!!
I have been struggling with the quirks of unreal for so long... but this bridges that gap and makes it so much easier!!! Thank you!!
You’re welcome! And thank you Pixar for developing USD and making it open source!
Excellent breakdown and extremely informative video!
Thank you so much for this! also love that you included other useful tips like instancing in blender and decals in unreal ♥
Oh man, I wanna see next whatever you want to create! Your videos are such a joy to watch, no matter the subject
More to come! Thanks for saying that. It's really encouraging/motivating to get that kind of response.
This is revolutionary, on a level that will be game changing... 😂😂 Such an awesome work flow. Thanks for sharing and saving hours and hours of time for people.
This is so good, did not know about the USD stage but that's a key ingredient I've been looking for the last few months.
Thanks, I’m glad! This was a breath of fresh air compared to fbx. Maybe worth mentioning all of these camera animations came from Blender to Unreal via USD as well!
Possibly the most helpful video I've seen on youtube
Wow, thank you!
@@rileyb3d your Video explained in 2 words ….. Thank you
Thank you for making this tutorial, It is exactly what I've been looking for! Joined Off World Depot and watching the full video now. Subscribed. Hope you continue to make videos like this!
Thanks so much for joining OWD, it's a HUGE support. I definitely will keep it up. Do you have anything particular in mind you'd hope to see next?
You're very welcome! Really just keep what you're doing! Personally I'm currently learning Blender and Unreal with focusing on environment/level design; so this video completely hit all the things I was looking for. My goal is to release a map for a game called Ready or Not to get my bearings. Have always wanted to make a game ( I mean, who hasn't dreamed of that? ). I'm a programmer and trying to fill in the gaps:)
Recently, I had the idea to leverage the integration of Blender and Unreal Engine. Thank you for the beautiful demonstration in practice.
omg thank you so much, you have no idea how helpful this is for my sanity! can't wait for your upcoming videos
Great explanation, Perfect Tempo. Thank you😊
super glad i found your channel, absolute goldmine! had no idea about the USD staging process
Happy to help! Thanks for stopping by to watch.
ive needed this tutorial so much... i could cry. THANK YOU
The best Blender to Unreal video ever! Thx a lot!
Excellent video. Thank you for sharing. I want to jump into unreal after a few failed tentatives and it gives me the motivation to try once again as it seems to be a great work flow for what I want to achieve. Subscribed!
Awesome Riley Brown, Thanks for showing the workflow, really cool
I was thinking about trying out Unreal Engine before a few days, to check the ways that I could possibly combine Blender with it, and I just got your video reccomended to me.
You really made me excited, having me thinking how my 3D models would perform in a "game" situation.
Thank you a lot for that video!
I'm really happy to hear I sparked some excitement. To me, that's the real value in sharing what I find. It's nice to learn tools, but my biggest leaps have come from someone showing me something really cool that motivated me to try myself.
Thanks for watching.
Mind blown…
You’ve majorly kicked me out of the procrastination stage thank you so much Riley.
Yes!! That's exactly what I want to hear. A good tutorial to me is 10% about learning something new and 90% about getting inspired or motivated by a new piece of information or the spark for a new idea.
You've got this!
Really good stuff Riley!
woww!! in 10 minutes you explained an awesome workflow! you are brilliant. Thank you so much.
You're very welcome! I hope it makes Blender to Unreal a bit easier.
What a great lesson!! That’s not easy find valuable material on blender unreal workflow, great work dude ;)
Thanks! That's really encouraging. Anything else in particular you feel should be covered?
Amazing pipeline, great job!
Others have said it already but I’m popping it down to support the channel; I’ve been searching for a streamlined Blender > UE5 for over a year. This is great. Thank you so much.
Awesome, thanks for letting me know! This video was basically born out of a frustration with that same thing. I was really excited with what I found!
This has to be the simplest video of using USD from blender to unreal that I’ve seen yet. You just earned a subscription. Thank you so much for the time put into this! 🙏
Wow, thanks for saying that! This feedback packs weight knowing it comes from someone I feel has really figured out their voice on this platform. Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment.
What’s a USD ?, newbie here
Where has this video been this is just what I wanted 👍
Wow I have heard a lot about how USD is going to be a game changer but never really saw it in action, wo you are really showing us the actual use case of this whole USD workflow, really that staging thing was shocking amazing.
What a great video! I'm just starting to get into UE and use Blender, so this will be so helpful once I start exporting to UE. Thanks!!
I’m glad to hear it! This is somewhat of a new chapter for my teaching. If you could choose, what would you want to see me cover next?
This was the video I needed to watch. Thank you so much!
That was amazing. I've faced issues with Unreal Engine tutorials online being too specific to a particular process, or being more like a stream of someone working pretty inefficiently. I found Blender much easier to learn. This is enormously helpful. Thank you!
Glad it helped! Let me know if there's any other topic in particular you're looking for someone to cover well.
This USD workflow looks amazing. Thanks for sharing 🫶
My pleasure! Thanks for stopping by.
Bro this gonna change my life, thank you so much
This saves soooooo much hassle! Thank you!
That’s a amazing tutorial my friend, thanks for sharing that workflow
My pleasure! Thanks for watching, and big thanks for subscribing.
Oh thanks, this workflow is so much better than using FBX. It recognizes when a mesh has been copied and does not import separate meshes for these objects. Also, it keeps the origin points set in blender.... so nice. (Be careful when you import and want to go back to editing. I broke the import of some textures, better use a separate project to import and migrate it to your main project)
You deserve way more than 32.7k subscribers for quality content like this :D
you're a great teacher - thank you for your amazing efforts!
So well done. Thanks Riley! :)
Amazing tutorial, I need to use this workflow now!
Thanks! It definitely takes some of the unfamiliarity out of unreal for those of us comfortable with Blender.
Amazing Workflow!. Thank you.
You're very welcome!
This was exactly what I needed. Thank you so much. Fantastic video.
So glad it helped!
Simple and too the point explanation saving hours of scavanging and screen time.👌
Thanks! That's the goal ♥
Very useful. Thank you. Finally might try Unreal!
Same boat! I put it off for the longest time (and while it won't replace everything I do). It's certainly a good tool for the toolbelt.
Fantastic video. Thank you.
Look a lot of people have already been saying this but, hot damn. This is magic. It feels like you just showed me an iPhone when I’ve been forced to use a blackberry for the past two years. I think I can actually make my ideas a reality now. Damn. Thanks bro this is great!
Great Video! Improves my Complete Workflow
Glad to help!
Words cannot describe how much this video has helped! May you be rewarded in your every step, ameen! 🎉
rapid, easy, and works!!! great Riley!!! thx a lot!!!
You're welcome! Thanks for the subscription, it really helps.
Awesome, thank you!
Awesome, man! Thanks for this tutorial.
Thanks for checking it out and commenting! Really helps
Very practical and well explanation video. Thank you
That's lots of useful information, thanks!
Glad it was helpful!
thanks for the info this is good for better workflow for dungeons and interiors.
oooo so restrained and well-organized and still stylish. I was very skeptical this was going to be an improvement on the b2ue plugin but every second was worth watching. I'm an instant fan
Wow, thank you! And thanks for subscribing as well, really motivating to hear.
Great video and very useful resource. Cheers.
Impressive. I am 3ds max user, but thinking of switching to Blender lately. Thank you for you sharing of knowledge.
This is beautiful, thank you.
AMAZING! Thank you for sharing this info. Liked and subscribed.
Thanks for the sub!
Oh my goodness, thank you, this is wonderful.
Glad to hear it. Thanks for watching and commenting!
Very well done! Thanks for this video. I'll check out your site in a moment
Thanks! I really appreciate it!
Sick tutorial! Thanks R.
Thanks for dropping by 🙌
Thank you for sharing this workflow, many hours saved in the future! 😄
The best pipeline. Thanx so much
Thank you for this video man, you are doing gods work!
Thanks a lot buddy, so helpful
BRO WTFFF this is awesome stuff ! , this is my new workflow from now on , thanks for sharing this info
Happy to help! Definitely my workflow going forward as well.
If you could choose, which topic would you have me cover next?
thanks for giving me the chance to ask for tuts , probably it would be good to see how would you go with big maps like level streaming and chunking it so it preform better, have this feeling that you may have another secret gem about this XD , thanks man really much love
@@rileyb3d
thanks for giving me the chance to ask for tuts , probably it would be good to see how would you go with big maps like level streaming and chunking it so it preform better, have this feeling that you may have another secret gem about this XD , thanks man really much love
@@rileyb3d
I've actually already done some good research on world partitions and streaming in Unreal. I'm kind of waiting to get access to Gaea 2 before I create that video! If they take much longer though, I might just move forward on the video without their section. I'm really interested in open worlds within UE, so definitely a topic I see myself covering.
surely i will be waiting for new content , thanks for the efforts , best wishes @@rileyb3d
Thank you, Riley.
I've been doing 3D for a while now with Unity and Blender and I was always curious about how other peoples does it, even if I'm using Unity this video is really usefull to know !
Glad I could help still in some way! Thanks for stopping by.
Where have you been my entire life, this is insane
I'm right here now! Thanks for subscribing.
Thank You so Much for this Tutotrial !
Real cool tutorial. Thank you
You’re welcome! I appreciate you taking time to watch.
Damn. I need more of this. I struggle, and this will help, but I'm still thirsty for more, lol. Got a new sub
GREAT VIDEO!! Thank you a lot for sharing your knowledge! 🙏
My pleasure! Thanks for stopping by.
This is insane! Thank you
Thank you! Great tutorial and much appreciated. A Blender to UE5 pipeline is a great combo for realtime animation.
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for the kind words.
Oh. My. God, THIS IS AMAZING
YOU ARE AMAZING. But really, thanks for watching and commenting.
This video saved my life.
Yeahh now i understand why davinchi resolve added usd support it is simply great❤
Wow! It makes me want to go back to blender again, thank you :)
Do you have any tips to render blender scenes in Unreal instead of Blender ? Or do you even recommend it ? 🙏
Great tutorial!
Beautiful workflow! USD for the win!!
Yes indeed! And Pixar for the win for making USD open source! Thanks for stopping by and for being a supporter ❤️