Failed to import animations Blender -> UE

anonymous_user_416b781b · June 26, 2015, 6:52pm

Since 4.8 it is not possible to import animation fbx files from Blender. It worked fine in 4.7.6.

Please see also this thread with additional information: 4.8 can no longer import just the FBX Animation Skeleton ONLY, imports fail everytime. - Character & Animation - Epic Developer Community Forums

I tried fbx version 6.1 and 7.4, but with both no luck.

anonymous_user_b9532c9a · June 29, 2015, 2:08pm

Hi ,

Have you tried the solutions provided at the bottom of the forum thread? Additionally, what version of Blender are you currently using?

Burnz · June 30, 2015, 1:00am

I have the same issue with FBXs from Mixamo. I cannot import skeleton only fbx files.

Burnz · June 30, 2015, 1:08am

Someone on the forums mentioned that you can use 4.7.6 as a work-around to import your animations, then just migrate them … gonna try that now.

anonymous_user_b9532c9a · June 30, 2015, 8:20pm

Can you walk me through what steps you are taking to reproduce this on your end? Here is what I did in Blender 2.75 rc:

Create a box with 1 bone
Export box and bone fbx
Import to editor as skeletal
Create an animation in blender (I used a simple rotation animation to test)
Export just the baked animation from blender
Import the baked animation, target the imported skeletal mesh from before

At this point, I did not get any warnings about my skeletal mesh or any import errors related to this. Are you doing something differently than I did?

anonymous_user_b9532c9a · July 6, 2015, 8:42pm

Hi ,

We have not heard from you in several days. I am marking this as answered for tracking purposes. If you are still experiencing this error, please comment with the requested information.

anonymous_user_416b781b · July 10, 2015, 10:57pm

Hi ,

sorry for not answering your questions for a long time. I got it working with Blender 2.74 and the new binary fbx exporter. It just needed some other export options and the solution in the forum thread did help.
Thank you for your help and time.

anonymous_user_b9532c9a · July 13, 2015, 4:51pm

Hi ,

I’m happy to hear you were able to get this working. I’m going to mark this as answered for tracking purposes. If the error occurs again, please comment here and I’ll be happy to take another look.