topic The material of exported FBX file from 3DMax 2014 don't work in UnrealEngine4 in 3ds Max Modeling Forum

The material of exported FBX file from 3DMax 2014 don't work in UnrealEngine4

Anonymous — Mon, 27 Aug 2018 16:32:29 GMT

hi.
i create a box in 3DMax 2014 with a material of maped bitmap with a PNG image.

and exported that to using in UnrealEngine 4 .
but unfortunately having a problem when exporting :

why happend this error ?

think that i dont want to use this in UnrealEngine4 , why this error occur?

my material do not exporting with my FBX file,

then i cant use thats in UnrealEngine4 :

who know where is my mistake ?

why FBX file that exported from 3DMax dont work in UrealEngine4 ?

Re: The material of exported FBX file from 3DMax 2014 don't work in UnrealEngin

Anonymous — Tue, 28 Aug 2018 08:33:08 GMT

i have this Error :

i have 3DSMax 2014 :

Some materials in this scene may not be supported by certain applications and will import as standard gray materials instead. The following materials are affected:
-Material #1

only im setted a PNG image as a Material with cicking on object and press "M" button on keyboard im Material popup im selected Max > diffuse > click on NONE > Bitmap > and im selected my PNG image.

whene i try this way to set a PNG or JPG image as a Material to an Object , when exporting i see this Error unfortunately :

Some materials in this scene may not be supported by certain applications and will import as standard gray materials instead. The following materials are affected:
-Material #1

but my fiends using this way to set an image as a material to him object with 3DMAX 2018 with no trouble or an Error , but i have this error in my 2014 3DMAX.

what you think ? what happened ?

Re: The material of exported FBX file from 3DMax 2014 don't work in UnrealEngin

Anonymous — Tue, 28 Aug 2018 09:59:13 GMT

What material are you using? FBX only is able to export properly standard scanline material. This means no physical material etc

This is a severe limitation for FBX as can not even export PBR textures as standard scanline material doesn't support them. But if you use standard scanline material you will get better compatibility that you have now.

Re: The material of exported FBX file from 3DMax 2014 don't work in UnrealEngin

Anonymous — Tue, 28 Aug 2018 10:14:23 GMT

so why we can use this exactly material in 3DMax 2018 ?

Re: The material of exported FBX file from 3DMax 2014 don't work in UnrealEngin

Anonymous — Tue, 28 Aug 2018 10:16:25 GMT

What material are you using in 3ds max?

Re: The material of exported FBX file from 3DMax 2014 don't work in UnrealEngin

Anonymous — Tue, 28 Aug 2018 10:17:15 GMT

so that how i can to use image as a material and exporting in 3DMax 2014 ?
i can use this material in 3DMax 2018 and export and use simply in UnrealEngin4 but in 3DMAx 2014 dosent work.

Re: The material of exported FBX file from 3DMax 2014 don't work in UnrealEngin

Anonymous — Tue, 28 Aug 2018 10:22:09 GMT

new materia tha created by me. with this way :
with cicking on object and press "M" button on keyboard im Material popup im selected Max > diffuse > click on NONE > Bitmap > and im selected my PNG image.

Re: The material of exported FBX file from 3DMax 2014 don't work in UnrealEngin

Anonymous — Tue, 28 Aug 2018 10:24:02 GMT

Using the standard scanline material instead other materials.

That is the reason why I ask you what material are you using. In some settings this material can be unavailable.

Re: The material of exported FBX file from 3DMax 2014 don't work in UnrealEngin

Anonymous — Tue, 28 Aug 2018 10:25:42 GMT

Bitmap map is not a material. It needs to be connected to a material to work.

Re: The material of exported FBX file from 3DMax 2014 don't work in UnrealEngin

Anonymous — Tue, 28 Aug 2018 10:26:31 GMT

Send a screenshot of your material in the material editor

Re: The material of exported FBX file from 3DMax 2014 don't work in UnrealEngin

Anonymous — Tue, 28 Aug 2018 11:52:55 GMT

thank your for answering.
this is a video from my error :

Re: The material of exported FBX file from 3DMax 2014 don't work in UnrealEngin

Anonymous — Tue, 28 Aug 2018 12:08:31 GMT

That is a vray material and you need a standard scanline material. Vray won't export to FBX

You can convert that material to standard scanline or to create a material from scratch.

It is better if you get used to use the slate material editor instead the compact material editor from your video.

this is the standard material scanline:

Re: The material of exported FBX file from 3DMax 2014 don't work in UnrealEngin

Anonymous — Tue, 28 Aug 2018 12:15:35 GMT

ok. im find it.

but i dont know how to use that.
now what i must to do ?

Re: The material of exported FBX file from 3DMax 2014 don't work in UnrealEngin

Anonymous — Tue, 28 Aug 2018 12:20:57 GMT

It similar to the vray material you was using but simpler. Simply assign the texture to the bitmap map, then the bitmap map to the standard scanline material and finally the material to the object.

Then you can export it without problems.

Re: The material of exported FBX file from 3DMax 2014 don't work in UnrealEngin

Anonymous — Tue, 28 Aug 2018 14:16:45 GMT

Solved.
answer was this :
that the VRay was inistalled in my computer and seted in my 3DMax 2014 .
Thank you all.