Vred 2021 to Unreal Engine problem

[Anonymous]

Hello,

I can't get the Unreal Datasmith Export plugin to work with Vred 2021. I'm following the unreal online documentation.

https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/Engine/Content/Importing/Datasmith/SoftwareInteropGuides/Deltage...

....but I keep getting this error when start up looks for the plugin folder!

Any help much appreciated...

[michael_nikelsky · Accepted solution]

You have to ask Epic, we have no association with that plugin, neither do we support it. We just don´t block it even though it uses methods to integrate into our UI we don´t encourage. So if it doesn´t work, they have to fix it.

[Anonymous]

I haven't figured it out completely, but I figured out some of it- maybe this will help someone.  I can't find the link right now, but I did find a tidbit of information which stated the Datasmith plugin doesn't work with the current version of VRED (2021).  I believe it only works with 2018, 2019 and 2020, as of now.

Where to place the plugin was not documented very well.  It took me a while to figure out the location to place the "VREDPlugin" folder.  Here is where worked for me (VRED 2020): C:\Program Files\Autodesk\VREDPro-12.0\lib\plugins\WIN64\Scripts\VREDPlugin\DatasmithExporter

You need to restart VRED.  If it's installed correctly, when you go to: File >Export Scene Data >

you'll see an option for: Export to Datasmith

Although I've been able to export .fbx and open in in UE4, the Variants and Animations did not seem to work and the hierarchy/grouping was gone.  It would be really nice if this worked, since setting up a Variant in VRED takes about 3 steps; whereas it takes more like 50 steps in UE4.  If anyone has had success, please comment!