When I use the DAZ bridge on a male character with the Dickatator attached, the materials import but the mesh /skeleton / rig does not, Unreal gives me an error "Cannot read mesh". I messed around and tried the option "import props as static meshes" and for some reason just the Dictator imported, and not the body or any other meshes. Scratching my head over this one. Anyone got some useful tips?
Unreal Engine Daz I can import a character with Golden Palace, but not Dicktator - Unreal 5.4
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Thank you, I'll take a look. Mostly I've been following these tutorials for my import process. I've used this import tool successfully:
First off, I discovered that it was the 3D pubic hair add-on that was killing the FBX export process - removing them allowed me to import, here's some other tips I figured out:
1 - I discovered that the Dicktator Shell master material mode is set to "transparent", you can turn on the override (in the master material not the instance) and set it to "masking" instead, so that it receives shadows.
2 - the Dicktator Shell is not properly parented to the root Dicktator bone, you can fix it in DAZ. Also, rename the root Dictator bone to something other that "root" because UE5 will not like that and will rename it for you, which you can also fix in unreal if you activate the experimental skeleton editor plugin.
Issues remaining:
- the Dicktator morph targets I chose did not come over, like flaccid and all the erection setting. Dictator has so many bones, it would be a nightmare to try replicating those animations by hand. I tried not "not merge followers" in the FBX export options, and everything was just worse.
- All the morph targets from the figure like "happy" or "angry" have no bones associated with them, and they won't show up in the curves drop-down.
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First off, I discovered that it was the 3D pubic hair add-on that was killing the FBX export process - removing them allowed me to import, here's some other tips I figured out:
1 - I discovered that the Dicktator Shell master material mode is set to "transparent", you can turn on the override (in the master material not the instance) and set it to "masking" instead, so that it receives shadows.
2 - the Dicktator Shell is not properly parented to the root Dicktator bone, you can fix it in DAZ. Also, rename the root Dictator bone to something other that "root" because UE5 will not like that and will rename it for you, which you can also fix in unreal if you activate the experimental skeleton editor plugin.
Issues remaining:
- the Dicktator morph targets I chose did not come over, like flaccid and all the erection setting. Dictator has so many bones, it would be a nightmare to try replicating those animations by hand. I tried not "not merge followers" in the FBX export options, and everything was just worse.
- All the morph targets from the figure like "happy" or "angry" have no bones associated with them, and they won't show up in the curves drop-down.
SOLUTION FOUND
For whatever reason, you have to import the curves when in your control-rig.
Right click in the CurveContainer window -> import -> select the skeletal mesh with the morph targets.
Now I can SetCurves in the Graph to attach to my control rig.
I see now that when you're importing characters, you need to decide if you're going to use rigging with bones or animation with morph targets, but trying to use both on the same parts will look crazy. Since I don't care about physics and just want to pose characters in Unreal, I'm sticking with morph targets for genitals and facial expressions, and using IK control rigs for posing. There are some morph targets from daz you can use for muscle flexing that might be helpful, but I don't need to get that detailed.
For whatever reason, you have to import the curves when in your control-rig.
Right click in the CurveContainer window -> import -> select the skeletal mesh with the morph targets.Now I can SetCurves in the Graph to attach to my control rig.
I see now that when you're importing characters, you need to decide if you're going to use rigging with bones or animation with morph targets, but trying to use both on the same parts will look crazy. Since I don't care about physics and just want to pose characters in Unreal, I'm sticking with morph targets for genitals and facial expressions, and using IK control rigs for posing. There are some morph targets from daz you can use for muscle flexing that might be helpful, but I don't need to get that detailed.