How To Import Blender Models to Godot 4

[@SymbolCymbals2356]

Combined with Godot's Movie Maker mode this means Godot could be used as a renderer for Blender animations, it'd probably render much faster then Eevee so it could definitely be worth it for longer renders

[@sunny99179]

Thank you for this tip. Iwill search for godot movie make

[@Kris-3D]

Learned about Godot only yesterday and am very grateful to you right now for your tutorials! Seems to be a promising program :)

[@Blargis3d]

So glad you liked it! Good luck on your learning journey :)

[@ripvanwinkle6940]

holy crap this is exactly what I've been wanting forever. Thank you!

[@KappaOhm]

I had issues with this not working for me 1) do NOT set the blender Path all the way to the executable, just the folder that contains it Something like C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.0 instead of C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.0\blender-launcher.exe 2) How do you get the blender files to show up in Godot? You need to save your blender file into the godot path of your working game So you hit "save as" in blender and choose the path where you game is You may need to re-start godot a few times, but then you should see that godot starts to import assets, that come from the .blend file and it will be visible for you

[@mrtwinky0v034]

thx bro you a W for this

[@Seestral]

huge, thank you!

[@daichow_dbd]

You legit dumb tho, its says folder, not .exe, like, wtf

[@acceptablecasualty5319]

Specifically you need to save into a res:// Subdirectory, no?

[@Ehren1337]

you can just delete model node then reinsert model scene to see changes from blender.

[@itsthenvd]

For people whos model appears blank when they import it and cant seem to get the texture working, the path for the texture for your model IN BLENDER has to be set to the texture in your godot project file so save the texture in blender, drag it into your godot project, go back into blender and reset the path to the texture in your godot project folder then it should work in game if your .blend and texture are in the godot project folder Edit: if that doesnt work do the same thing but instead export it as a gltf 2 file in blender and make sure the export settings are (select your model by pressing A) Keep everything thats checked already checked Include > Selected Objects Data > Mesh > Apply Modifiers Data > Armature > Export Deformation Bones Only then export it into your godot project and load it instead and it should work the same

[@mr.justice3220]

Straight and to the point, thanks! Enabling the child nodes in blend files is a godsend

[@spiffylich3349]

man, I REALLY wish this worked. no matter what I do or try, Godot always, ALWAYS says it cant find the material files, even if theyre in the same directory, even if i restart.

[@Legomicroman]

tried it, only worked on a scene where it has no armature and less than 10 objects. every other file took too long to load and when it worked, it was all one object with no textures, despite the fact that i imported them into the project.

[@epicstar86]

A legend was born here....

[@htspencer9084]

I'm assuming when you come to building for release, you would need to do it the old fashioned way with an FBX/OBJ etc? Or does Godot manage that when it's making the build?

[@Karfax116]

Same question

[@Spec1alDel1very]

im also curious about this

[@RhettTheDungeonMaster]

How about the animations? Do you do them in blender, in Godot, or can you do either one you want?

[@FlamingFoxProd]

Godot has very limited tools for making 3D animations, so even if you technically can do them there, Blender is just objectively the better option

[@ruru9731]

Very nice! Does this work with using and updating animations and rigs in Blender?

[@Blargis3d]

Yes it does! Though if you want to edit your animations in Godot (ie. to add property tracks or something like that), you need to do a few more steps in Godot. I briefly explain how to do this in my reset tracks vid: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nZm8mp-dbsikY6s

[@ruru9731]

@@Blargis3d nice, thanks so much for the tips!

[@len3rd376]

Why doesn't this work with Blender 4.0 files?

[@realmarsastro]

Works fine for me

[@VSMLUKE]

Thank You So Much.

[@AK-ok5rd]

Thank you very much for this!

[@Ben_19M]

thank you blargis 'preciate it m8

[@devanmauch7843]

appreciate the help!

[@TheDarkKRoo]

I keep getting an x by my model and it's unuseable. is there any clues how to fix it?

[@tomascornejo1806]

I get a problem... when I import my model Godot seems to be unable to read it, and the Icon is a red cross, indicating that something wrong

[@Muffin44434]

I have the same issue. When I try to drag it into a scene, it doesn't do anything.

[@izk4773]

@@Muffin44434 Were any of you able to fix it?

[@woosh_hunter]

Will the texture also come with the blend file? Or do i need to pack it in blender.

[@monochroma3803]

So it works for singular mesh, but it wont display any mesh for a scene with over 100 objects. Is this the only limitation, import one asset at time?

[@Blargis3d]

whoah, I didn't know about this. Did you try this and it failed for you?

[@johnx140]

What does Blender path mean? The path to the application or to the file im importing?

[@toastgear2532]

My model has shader nodes as materials. Do I have to bake those nodes to an image texture?

[@PastaMaster115]

I'm wondering that too. I've got models with shader materials and they don't show up in Godot.

[@bananabark]

Thanks for the tutorial man, it really seems to actually work, however i have but one problem. When i add my blender model directly to godot it appears with no texture, right, but even when i add the png of the texture map of my entire model in godot, it doesn't actually apply to my model in the scene and the model still appears as it has no texture, even when i did the exact same process as you. Anyways, just wanna let you know of this problem and if you could help in any way...

[@Badtoimz]

did you figure it out?

[@bananabark]

@@Badtoimz still not, have been trying many different things but it's not exactly what i wanted...

[@Helbrecht43]

I have the same problem

[@wilder701]

I know what's going wrong.In blender ,you should set the path of the textures you use.The path of the image should be the one in the godot file,rather than the origin one.

[@mythhead2688]

I’m trying to find the right path but I have Blender 4.2 downloaded through Steam.

[@ziphy_6471]

thanks bro

[@valabelc2870]

Hi, very good tutorial! Everything works well until the moment I start the game... The model is there but without the texture. Can you help me ? Thank you.

[@danieldonaldson8634]

so how does this work with animations?

[@hungryhedgehog4201]

Mine refuses to acknowledge any materials set in blender, but this tutorail is also 10 months old which probably means it's already outdated knowing godot.

[@PandemicXL]

Hm, I'm seeing what looks like texture compression artefacts in Godot when importing the .blend file, though it seems like the import is using a copied .png file (no compression).

[@Blargis3d]

Nice catch! To fix, you should be able to find your texture file in the godot file explorer, go to import settings, and import the texture as lossless. I’m using my phone rn so I can’t verify but I’d expect that this would fix it

[@FurnaceFix]

When i click on shading and on Image texture the texture doesnt show up

[@lamborghinigamer]

How can I add rigidbody to the thing? I need physics

[@sunny99179]

Does it work for animation as well?

[@mrtwinky0v034]

i panted my 3d objects tho and thay arnt textures how do i get them to show

[@cucubob9535]

How can I make the blender model a mesh or collision shape for hit boxes

[@FlamingFoxProd]

Is there some setting I have to configure to get the instant editing to work? It clearly shows here that you can edit something in the blend file and have it immediately update in godot but that's just not happening.

[@Blargis3d]

Pretty sure you can’t do this unfortunately.

[@FlamingFoxProd]

@@Blargis3d Huh??? What do you mean you can't do this? You're literally doing it in the video??????????????

[@becsantus]

i am having this same issue

[@FlamingFoxProd]

@@becsantus Well I guess we'll never know because he just decided to lie to me instead of giving an explanation lmao

[@becsantus]

@@FlamingFoxProd Drag and drop the file again so Godot re imports and loads it! however i do not know how to work with it if im using it as a inherited scene since the scene wont update with the blender file

[@lucascharlesz]

No shaders?

[@dimitrij4716]

This no loger Works on Blender 4 and godot 4.

[@quocanalexdjentertaiment99996]

Hey guys

[@isakhammerin6435]

I have blender 4 so i guess it will not work

[@officialsquadrilogystudio]

aint working for me it tells me that i need to connect it to a Blender Installation path. Which i can't seem to find, or i just simply don't have it.