When I import an FBX from SketchUp to Unreal none of my materials/textures appear to work. [(link to SketchUp forum post if you want more detail)][1] When I use the material editor I get a ton of different error messages saying the following:
[SM5] /tmp/18012_1575091083.metal(0): Failed to load output file: /tmp/ShaderIn6D46E8944842DD88C5828DB09ED20494
[SM5] /tmp/8657_2795644382.metal(0): Metal Shared PCH generation failed - cannot find metal_stdlib header relative to /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin locally.
[SM5] /tmp/8657_2795644382.metal(0): Failed to load output file: /tmp/ShaderIn4D4DB6804148CEAAFF5BB2827DE3224C
[SM5] /tmp/8384_2404435166.metal(0): Metal Shared PCH generation failed - cannot find metal_stdlib header relative to /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin locally.
[SM5] /tmp/8384_2404435166.metal(0): Failed to load output file: /tmp/ShaderInF0E91FCC9F4A48B6C4B412B03D26AE4C
[SM5] /tmp/8384_2404435166.metal(0): Failed to load output file: /tmp/ShaderIn775119C63F459BEC359E88B1A799B31D
[SM5] /tmp/12301_3888244439.metal(0): Metal Shared PCH generation failed - cannot find metal_stdlib header relative to /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin locally.
[SM5] /tmp/12301_3888244439.metal(0): Failed to load output file: /tmp/ShaderInE1B8D70C9B44CB95EF3AFA9A5EDAC01A
[SM5] /tmp/12301_3888244439.metal(0): Failed to load output file: /tmp/ShaderIn3DC35AA55F4977DD9A13DFB953A170A6
[SM5] /tmp/12174_2276249011.metal(0): Metal Shared PCH generation failed - cannot find metal_stdlib header relative to /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin locally.
[SM5] /tmp/12174_2276249011.metal(0): Failed to load output file: /tmp/ShaderIn48AF8F70ED46A5E450E3EDA274E00B76
[SM5] /tmp/12174_2276249011.metal(0): Failed to load output file: /tmp/ShaderIn53CF849DB342AF649C8D79B81ECBB85B
[SM5] /tmp/20014_3660387631.metal(0): Metal Shared PCH generation failed - cannot find metal_stdlib header relative to /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin locally.
[SM5] /tmp/20014_3660387631.metal(0): Failed to load output file: /tmp/ShaderIn84CD69EE0A42707E7095CB9BAC3236BD
[SM5] /tmp/21563_302851852.metal(0): Metal Shared PCH generation failed - cannot find metal_stdlib header relative to /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin locally.
[SM5] /tmp/21563_302851852.metal(0): Failed to load output file: /tmp/ShaderIn0E95756FF24A639E79EDDFBB420C4267
[SM5] /tmp/11639_1408313773.metal(0): Metal Shared PCH generation failed - cannot find metal_stdlib header relative to /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin locally.
[SM5] /tmp/11639_1408313773.metal(0): Failed to load output file: /tmp/ShaderInBFEECF9CA146CF70F05DEAAD9C18A8A4
[SM5] /tmp/11639_1408313773.metal(0): Failed to load output file: /tmp/ShaderIn2DB533E6B3472E75F1E08F9FD60C93E0
[SM5] /tmp/22717_3231837931.metal(0): Metal Shared PCH generation failed - cannot find metal_stdlib header relative to /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin locally.
[SM5] /tmp/22717_3231837931.metal(0): Failed to load output file: /tmp/ShaderInF125FA31A847AD6E10F2C88EBA38FF40
[SM5] /tmp/24352_3652640190.metal(0): Metal Shared PCH generation failed - cannot find metal_stdlib header relative to /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin locally.
[SM5] /tmp/24352_3652640190.metal(0): Failed to load output file: /tmp/ShaderInF123B558514F65706EDE8E941017A19A
[SM5] /tmp/11639_1408313773.metal(0): Failed to load output file: /tmp/ShaderIn407B2C20954FD3FE95522CBAD49C256D
[SM5] /tmp/17256_2383891687.metal(0): Metal Shared PCH generation failed - cannot find metal_stdlib header relative to /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin locally.
[SM5] /tmp/17256_2383891687.metal(0): Failed to load output file: /tmp/ShaderInB2A68F5B3D47721E363ECDAEF1FF1387
[SM5] /tmp/18012_1575091083.metal(0): Metal Shared PCH generation failed - cannot find metal_stdlib header relative to /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin locally.
I tried following the suggestions [from this post][2], but after I restarted UE (required for changes to take effect) my project is no longer loadable. Attempting to open the file just crashes UE at 35%.
When I try starting a new project and editing the settings it seems to work? But when I import the FBX file I get the following errors:
No smoothing group information was found in this FBX scene. Please make sure to enable the ‘Export Smoothing Groups’ option in the FBX Exporter plug-in before exporting the file. Even for tools that don’t support smoothing groups, the FBX Exporter will generate appropriate smoothing data at export-time so that correct vertex normals can be inferred while importing.
Smith_Unreal_Test has degenerate tangent bases which will result in incorrect shading. MikkTSpace relies on tangent bases and may result in mesh corruption, consider disabling this option.
Smith_Unreal_Test has some nearly zero bi-normals which can create some issues. (Tolerance of 1E-4)
I don’t know if this is related to the problem or not
For what it’s worth, I was getting the following error message when I updated my version of Unreal last week: “Xcode installed on this Mac is too old to be used for Metal shader compilation. Falling back to runtime compiled text shaders, which are slower. Please update to latest version of xcode for best performance.”
[I followed the instructions outlined in this post][3] to correct the problem, which seems to have worked.
My terminal log:
REPRO STEPS:
- Install UE 4.18 and the newest XCode on a Macintosh.
- Open terminal (through the launchpad)
- Ensure the Command Line Tools package is installed by running xcode-select --install
- If you get a message that says you need to install Command Line Tools, click yes
- Set the Command Line Tools package to be the standard command line tool provider by running sudo xcode-select -s /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools
- This will simulate the state of having installed CommandLineTools before Xcode.
- You can see that you have a working compiler toolchain by typing cc (this didn’t work for me just FYI)
- Now open Unreal Editor. You will see the “Xcode installed on this Mac is too old” dialog.
- Close unreal editor and reset your command line tool provider by running sudo xcode-select -r
- Reopen unreal editor. The error will be gone.
I don’t know if the problem I was originally having is related to the problem I am currently having, but I wanted to make sure I gave as much information as I could to help resolve the problem.
Here’s what happens when I try to import an FBX model:
You can see that none of the textures are applied to the model. Some have images, but I can’t seem to apply those either.
I can get the materials in the system already to work as you can see here:
But Here’s what happens when I try to make a material out of one and open it in the material editor:
For the sake of context, here’s what I’m working with:
Computer
- macOs Mojave version 10.4.2 (18c54)
- MacBook Pro (retina, 15-inch, mid 2014)
- Processor 2.8 GHz Intel Core i7
- Memory: 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
- Startup Disk: Macintosh HD
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M 2048 MB Intel Iris Pro 1536 MB
Unreal: Unreal Engine 4.19.2
Xcode: Version 10.1 (10B61)
Can anyone please help me out here? I’m newer to unreal, but have to support 6 separate teams of students working on building video games this semester via building them custom assets in SketchUp. I’m a student too, but I really need to be proficient at all of this