Correct material setup in Modo 601 for UDK

r3spawn

Hey everyone, I'm trying to create some game assets in Modo 601 and I'm having some trouble with materials and UDK... the problem is that the materials don't appear on my model after I import it into UDK.

The UDK docs are rather vague on the subject (or maybe I just don't understand) but since I know for a fact that more than a few members here use Modo and UDK without much trouble (most recently I learned that the guy who created the one-texture-environment project which was featured on the UDK website used Modo) so I figured I'd ask

WarrenM

Nothing will transfer directly into UDK from Modo, material wise. You'll have to import your textures, create a material, and then assign that material to the static mesh.

r3spawn

hmm... okay, but my UV map will export correctly from Modo, right?

WarrenM

Oh yeah, the UVs will transfer.

blankslatejoe

although---with some aps you have to have as actual bitmap applied to the mesh in the 3d ap for the exporter to recognize the UVs--at least with the Maya>FBX>UDK pipe you do.

EarthQuake

This isn't UDK specific but with modo, watch how many uv channels you have. Modo likes to randomly create new uv channels while you're working, so when you export make sure you've only got one uv channel(delete all the extra channels).

r3spawn

EarthQuake wrote: »

This isn't UDK specific but with modo, watch how many uv channels you have. Modo likes to randomly create new uv channels while you're working, so when you export make sure you've only got one uv channel(delete all the extra channels).

I'll make sure to do that, thanks



...now I just have to figure out how to create materials in UDK :P