Questions tagged [blender]
Questions about the use of Blender, the open source 3D modelling software, in the context of game development. Questions involving issues strictly with Blender itself (e.g. modeling) are off-topic here and must be posted on the relevant Stack Exchange site, Blender.SE.
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How to get rid of shading seams inside a cylinder?
Is there any other way to remove these shading "seams" other than to increase the vertex count of the cylinder?
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Shadow squares on meshes
I had created project on r3f (React THREE Fiber), and after "blocking" when I decided to add high resolution models, I noticed this shadow issue.
Help me to understand, how can I fix the ...
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Export Blender models and (procedural) material to Browser?
Given that Verge3d cannot support Volume input, or volumetric shader property in the material output node. Using WebGl 2, and possibly 3.js, is it possible for me to export my blender models and their ...
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Skinned Mesh Renderer - In Unity I can't change the blender modified mesh
I downloaded two assets from the Unity store, with the first one I built a modular character (head, torso, legs), then I took another one from the same author, to have more body "modules", ...
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Strange shadow artifacts from lighting when importing blender model in opengl
I'm trying to add model loading to my opengl/sdl2 renderer and I'm successfully loading meshes using assimp after following the tutorial at learn opengl, however when I make my own simple models and ...
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Apply a shader to the right face of a mesh
Given that I don't have the basic concepts to work with 3d, I would still like to experiment and learn.
What have I done:
I imported an SVG of the world map into Blender
I extruded the SVG
I ...
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mix and matching hats and hairstyles
I making a character creation scene, I learned how armors work and how to cut the players in pieces to mix and match everything.... but matching hair styles with hats is incredibly tedious... since ...
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How to animate and align interaction between a character and a stationary, articulating object?
Let's say I have an cannon and a person in Blender (I haven't made it yet), and I wanted to make an animation where the soldier loads a round into the cannon; and then export it into Unity. Here's a ...
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Blender Texture Painting Problem
I'm trying to texture paint a character in blender, however I'm running into a problem. I'm able to use the fill tool to color in the mesh, but the draw doesn't do anything.
For example, when I use ...
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Building a 3D modeling and importing workflow of a 3D indie game model
So, I am considering building an "SOP" for an indie game.
The question might be simple, dumb, and wide but not deep. I am using Blender and Godot to build 3D character and environment models....
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Mixamo -> Blender -> BabylonJS empty scene
I am following this tutorial on babylon.js and managed to export a .babylon file, but when I load it with:
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Importing an animated Blender tree into Unity
I've been trying to import a tree blowing in the wind (using Blender's Sapling Tree Gen) into Unity to play the animation. However, I can't get it to play
The steps ...
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Imported FBX animations do not have bones/avatars
I'm trying to use a few assets I bought from Unity's assets store in the new Godot 4 engine.
Right now I'm trying to use Blender to retarget a few animations to my character skeleton, but those ...
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Strange Shadows and Textures On Models When Lighting a Scene in Unity ( Models Exported From Blender )
I am importing models into Unity that I have created in Blender. In Blender, the models look great when lit and textured, and have no strange lighting / shadow issues. When in Unity, however, when I ...
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Blender export to unity via FBX: correct rotation
I know that the question of the right blender for unity export has been asked quite often, but it is based on the problem that the models are rotated 90 degrees.
In my case, the FBX objects are ...
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How to export ONLY animation clips from Blender to Unity to organise them in different files
When you start with the Unity 3rd person template, you see the animations (actions) being neatly organized as separate files:
I know how to export a model with the mesh, materials, and actions:
But ...
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Customized humanoid blender rig is getting some issue with unity avatar
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After some thought, I think what my actual issue is that the exported rig from blender somehow isn't satisfying the unity avatar. I did add some extra bones, and still planning to add more in ...
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My GLTF models made in Blender are transparent from certain directions
When I rotate the camera some of my blender models become transparent from different angles. They are gltf models
Here is the Python to save the gltfs
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Blender exported model is giving better FPS than creating the meshes in Unity
I am experimenting with Hex grid layouts and testing the most efficient way of building a hex map.
I tried 2 things:
Build my own hex mesh using 6 triangles and 7 vertices
Use blender to create a Hex ...
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What is meant by Blender's "Minimum" twist method/how do I correctly calculate bezier curve twists?
I'm working on a bezier curve implementation in Unity. Until recently, I had no need for roll (the objects that followed the curve always stood upright) but I've since added a roll value to each ...
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Baked AO in Substance Painter shows dark lines along some convex edges
A default cube exported from Blender shows this issue(several vertical lines are dark) of baked AO in Substance Painter. I encountered this issue from texturing a model with a layer of dirt where I ...
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Object reshaped by morph target retains shading from its original shape
I created an asset with a morph target in Blender. I captured GIFs of manipulating morph targets from 0 to 1 in both applications. When the morph target is 0, the mesh is serrated. It is correct to ...
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Where should I design skeletons and animations?
I have just finished a course on Unreal Engine 5, where I have been introduced to managing animations through skeletons and different meshes.
My question is, where should I design such animations? Are ...
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Simple deform modifier (bend) preserve UVs
What is the best way to minimise stretch when bending a plane? I'm making a road kitbash to use in Unity and would like the road markings to remain a consistent size when the road bends (I'm using ...
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How do I export from Blender into Unity with textures?
I have a Blender model, it has a texture on it created with "Images as Planes" addon.
If I open the shading tab I can see the texture and material are there.
When I save the Blender model in ...
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Merging multiple FBX files into a single gltf
I have about 10 FBX files. Each file has a single mesh, skeleton and animation. The mesh and skeleton are the same for all files but each has a different animation.
My software can only handle gltf ...
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How should you scale objects in a miniature world?
I'm extremely new to game dev, so I hope this question isn't too subjective, but when you're making a game with a miniature scale, what is the "right" way to deal with object sizes? Think &...
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Model normals change when importing from Blender to Unity
I created an Object in Blender and it looks fine in it.
These are the vertex normals:
These are the surface normals:
However, after importing in Unity, the emission color looks entirely distorted:
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Thin gaps in shadows of FBX models imported into Unity
I recently have started making my game in Unity and making models to go alongside it. However, I export my models as an FBX and am able to successfully get them into the game, but unfortunately it ...
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Help with configuring the humanoid rig, hands disconnected
I am working on rigging my first unity character made in blender with the Rigify addon. I converted the rig into a unity ready one with the rigify to unity addon and imported my model but I'm having ...
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How to build level in Blender using assets from Unity?
There are already models for level creation that are used to create different levels. I want to use them to create a new level and I want to assemble the level in Blender.
But if I just import the ...
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Character creator and clothing, how to make the assets?
By going inside some game files of big games, it seems a lot of armors, when equiped on the characters will straight out delete their body beneat.
for example, if you wear an helmet, underneat it, all ...
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Godot some faces of imported from Blender model are darker then other
I tried to export some scene from Blender to Godot as .fbx, .dae and .glb, but every time it ...
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How to import files with texture in Blender?
I downloaded a Blender model from Google and it came with two folders: a "source" folder where is located the .blend file and a "textures" folder with all the image textures.
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Why is my blender 2D ring so pixelated when imported into Unity?
I created a simple ring in blender, yet when I import it into Unity it is horribly pixelated and choppy looking.
I want the ring to look perfectly smooth.
In blender, I selected the "shade ...
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Importing checker texture from blender 2.93 to unity 2020.3
I have a checker texture made in a blender 2.93
which is created in such a way,
Material properties - new material - and on that material,
using two texture images and adding a checker texture node ...
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Why is Unity applying different settings to an object copied from another?
I am trying to create some turrets, I have my Blender model which I import into Unity just fine. This model is a double turret with identical turret models for top and bottom. I have to apply a -90Z ...
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Using FBX Exporter messes up materials of VRM?
I am trying to export a VRM into an FBX to edit in Blender.
To do this, I have installed UniVRM to import the VRM, and FBXExporter to export it as an FBX.
This almost works great. However, I have an ...
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Two neighbouring wall sprites have visible connecting egdes (generated in Blender)
I use Blender to model walls. I render 2d sprites of these walls in a (gaming) isometric perspective.
My problem pertains to the "edges" of the 3d wall:
On both left and right ends of the ...
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How to debug UVs exported straight from Blender
I have a model in Blender 2.93. I am exporting it to JSON using landon
I am then importing the JSON into a WebGL rendering layer and feeding directly to shaders
The JSON UV export is an array of ...
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Why Generic Rigs won't matching? ( Unity )
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I made a character with animations in Blender. When importing in Unity, I decided to split the Armature and the Model into different FBX files.
This is how we get 2 files:
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Unity - Arm goes backwards instead of back down when blending animations?
I'm putting together an animation tree which is layered, and it seems to get between two animation states it blends the arm backwards over the top of the head rather than back down. Is there anyway to ...
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Unity - How to export equipment properly from Blender?
I'm trying to work out the Blender-to-Unity workflow for equipable items. At the moment, I've got a character animated for running, idling, jumping, etc. Now, I want to add equipment for him. I ...
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Unity is smoothing my low poly models, how do I control this?
I started a new universal pipeline project and have modelled a really quick low poly character in blender. It stays quite blocky in blender, but when dropped into the unity project its really highly ...
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Using generic animations with different weapons in Unity/Blender
Working on a game in which players can upgrade their weapons. I've animated a character to hold a weapon, but I don't want to create a unique animation for each weapon. How do I create a relationship ...
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UVs Distored When Importing Mesh?
The first image shown below is of part of my mesh in Blender, and the second is of that same part of the mesh in UE4. For whatever reason, the UVs are distorted and glitchy once imported into UE4. I'...
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How do I convert a voxel model to a low-poly mesh with texture mapping that accurately mimics the coloured voxels?
I've created a model in MagicaVoxel (A) and I want to use it in Godot. I imported the model into Blender, but then realized that it's using a very high polygon count for such a simple model. I found ...
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How can I recreate a material from blender in Unreal engine
I'm new to unreal and I am having trouble finding a way to reproduce the materials for a mesh in blender in unreal. It's a simple material but I can't find a way to reproduce the color ramp ...
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Parts of the FBX getting flipped upon import from Blender to Unity
I am trying to import a race track into unity, which I have modeled in blender. The problem is some objects of the model are getting flipped, to be specific all the curbs on the sides of the race ...
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How to detect all vertices within collision Area?
Using collision detection algorithms such as MPR (Minkowski Portal Refinement), GJK (Gilbert–Johnson–Keerthi distance algorithm), you can calculate the penetration depth in the collision.
For 2 mesh ...
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