My Indie Blender to Unreal Engine 5 Workflow for Game Environments

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I couldn't cover absolutely everything in this one! Here's 20 more minutes of less formal behind the scenes stuff: www.rileyb3d.com/training/sub...
0:00 - Intro
0:25 - Blender Setup
0:49 - Blender to USD
1:33 - USD in Unreal
2:21 - Scene Exposure Sync
3:20 - Overwrite USD File
3:53 - USD Import to Unreal
5:03 - Player Start Setup
5:13 - USD Collisions
5:58 - Model Sources
6:28 - Texturing Methods
6:32 - Baked Texture Overview
6:43 - Tiled Texture Overview
6:55 - Tiling Texture Techniques
7:11 - Blender Set Dressing Tips
7:41 - Finalize USD for Unreal
8:10 - Adding Decals in Unreal
9:01 - Correcting Decals
9:31 - Review & Outcomes
ABOUT ME
I've been using Blender for over half my life! That's since 2008. My first freelance work with the software was around that time as well. I did some animations for a waiting room in my local dental office. Since then, I've been hooked earning a living providing 3D services for businesses across the world. I've had the chance to do work for some big organizations like NASA and Microsoft. The real pride in my work though, has come from helping and being involved with small, independent productions. These indie productions and creators embody what it is to me, to be an artist.
Nowadays I spend my time making 3D models, textures, and training material to help get these solo creators and small teams off the ground and running. You can find everything I'm working on in one place, over on the site I built from scratch: www.rileyb3d.com
I'm very proud of it! I ought to be with how much time I've put into it. 😅 It's the catch all site to access everything I create. Supporting me there is as simple as contributing the cost of one coffee per month. Doing so gets you access to all training material I've ever created. For a slightly higher support tier, you get access to my ENTIRE model and texture library! Higher still, and you'll receive recognition in all of my video and site footer credits.
Some people ask why I don't have a Patreon. This site is all about creating custom and exclusive offerings for artists. Your monthly contribution is no joke. In fact, it's my complete livelihood at this point! I don't think it's responsible for me to give away a cut of your money to third party organizations like Patreon, so it stays with me, and goes directly towards producing more content and resources.

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@rileyb3d 3 ай бұрын

This workflow from Blender to Unreal has freed up a ton of time for me, and been super helpful. That said, I get an inconsistent bug where it corrupts my file, and I believe it's related to the Unreal beta USD plugin. Beware. I'll keep you posted as I learn more (hopefully including a fix for affected files).

@3Diana 3 ай бұрын

gosh darn it... this just happened to me. crossing my fingers for a fix soon 😢

@JBFandom 29 күн бұрын

Same here too 😔

25 күн бұрын

So I'm trying ot do the same, build a UE game in blender, and I think I've found a better process than that. I use Usync addon in blender to synchronize all my objects (coordinates of assets) in 4 clicks, while my assets are exported whenever I updates/add new ones, with Omniverse beta blender 4.2, that is the only solution that imports with 100% success in my tests. (much better than default blender USD that kept failing a considerable amount of assets on import.) The few tricks were to import the Omniverse USD by right click > and select blueprint. Then just be very careful about asset names, always like this: "BlueBox_01"

@WeJs-wj1xb 21 күн бұрын

I had the same problem，After turning off ue, eating again and turning on ue will crash, I can't fix it

@victormanuel7738 9 күн бұрын

Hello I made a complete building in UE with Blender assets and after I turned off and get back almost all had disappeared. Waiting for a solution

@bjaanderson Ай бұрын

In case anyone is wondering, in 5.4, USD Stage Editor is no longer under "Virtual Production". You'll find it in the first "Window" drop down menu. Or just search for it after clicking "Window"

@HiddenWorldsLLC 9 күн бұрын

I was about to say the same thing, Unreal needs to stop moving things around... lol

@gamerslens2543 6 күн бұрын

@@HiddenWorldsLLC You saved a lot of hairs on my head. They thank you.

@Inputbrick 3 күн бұрын

i cant see anything after opening though, any idea why?

@gabelster3729 3 ай бұрын

2 years… 2 YEARS I’ve been searching for this exact tutorial. Thank you SO much man.

@rileyb3d 3 ай бұрын

That’s a long time! Really glad I could help. 🎉

@opafritzsche Ай бұрын

@@rileyb3d this, is the most useful, best made, and absolutly lifesaving toturial to unreal blender, what i ever have seen in my lifetime. Your way to avoid the Unreal Model import function, is brillant. i do not work with unreal, because of the Model importer (i also not using Blender 2.8 or HIghter, i am in 2.79, it is to much time consuming even learn for 4 oder 6 months or longer blander from scratch again, this is just ... no way for me) but ... did you know a way, to correct Daz 3D Figures, edited with Blender for unreal ? Raytargeting will not work,if you have reedit the charakters. the bones, arms, shoulders, are missrotatet in unreal, and i do not know any way, to fix this. any idea ? because tihis is one reason for me, not to play around with. second are blueprints, and last are the material graphs, i cant work with. i write schader code at hand, but i cant see anything in a material graph, this is like a blind man try to explain colors. i cant see anything in this.

@benskope 3 ай бұрын

WHAT!! I literally spent 2 months learning how to properly bake my assets and I just tried your techniques to import all my scene, it works almost perfectly without the whole baking process at the first try!!! Thank you for sharing this!

@rileyb3d 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for checking it out! I’m glad you have 2 months of bake learning though! That definitely comes in handy still.

@arrowsdev 3 ай бұрын

same reaction seriously XD

@smokingheadstudiogerman5299 Ай бұрын

@@rileyb3d Hey there. other channel used, my first is always deletet by yt, dont cares what ever i write, i am deletet. but: do you know any way to import a from blender editet Daz 3d Human to Unreal ? always the bones are misrotatet, so this do not work. raytargeting will also not work. important: i use blender 2.79, the newer ones are not useful to me, to much months to realearn all from scratch again, and a lot to complicatet things i do not need. best greetings. this is truly the best, most useful unreal toturial i ever seen.

@HiddenWorldsLLC 9 күн бұрын

@@smokingheadstudiogerman5299 maybe it is a spelling error.

@SteveTalkowski 3 ай бұрын

Excellent breakdown and extremely informative video!

@josetelink 3 ай бұрын

I don't know how long I've been looking for a tutorial like this one. Great! Thank you so much!!!!!

@Mostafa-pc3vd 3 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for this! also love that you included other useful tips like instancing in blender and decals in unreal ♥

@finnamabob 3 ай бұрын

ive needed this tutorial so much... i could cry. THANK YOU

@zerosity1277 3 ай бұрын

I've been learning to make assets and build my first map for a bit now and this seems so much more intuitive than the FBX process I've been using to test them in UE. Much appreciated!

@Libratture 3 ай бұрын

Thank you so much Riley, for sharing your workflow, was genuinely looking for reasons to have a Blender / Unreal crossover and this is my push to make it happen, really appreciate it!

@horzonhuang8576 3 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for providing such excellent tutorials. I've been searching for this tutorial for a long time. Recently, I even started to doubt whether learning Blender was the right decision for me. I truly appreciate your help.

@SodaDjinn 3 ай бұрын

Always good to see new workflows for Blender to UE5! Especially with the usdc format, which has proven to be very reliable for my projects. I am sure this gets more people to try it out!

@MattproThe 3 ай бұрын

It's been a long time since i saw such a useful video combining Blender and Unreal, thanks you for sharing your workflow Riley, i appreciate it.

@rileyb3d 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for stopping by! Your feedback is super encouraging.

@blackdino8267 3 ай бұрын

omg thank you so much, you have no idea how helpful this is for my sanity! can't wait for your upcoming videos

@kbbk.studio 3 ай бұрын

This vid actually convinced me to give UE a second chance, while most tutorials overcomplicate the process of exporting Blender scene to UE, here it looks really straightforward. Thanks Riley!

@rileyb3d 3 ай бұрын

You’re welcome! I agree. 3D software is complicated enough 😅. Really grateful to Pixar for developing USD and making it open source.

@arnoldvermeulen5357 3 ай бұрын

This is by FAR the best Blender to UE5 video I have watched. Thank you for this.

@matthewward1346 3 ай бұрын

DUDE! This is an excellent workflow! 👏 I've been struggling to understand texture baking for so long, and you just blew the whole process away like dry leaves on the wind lol!

@AbsurdlyMurley Ай бұрын

Incredibly well edited and useful video!

@alexanderhandjiev2845 3 ай бұрын

Oh man, I wanna see next whatever you want to create! Your videos are such a joy to watch, no matter the subject

@rileyb3d 3 ай бұрын

More to come! Thanks for saying that. It's really encouraging/motivating to get that kind of response.

@alexxmediasolutions 2 ай бұрын

This was the video I needed to watch. Thank you so much!

@RogerHazelwood 3 ай бұрын

Great explanation, Perfect Tempo. Thank you😊

@transit2829 3 ай бұрын

Awesome Riley Brown, Thanks for showing the workflow, really cool

@KadeMarkoux 2 ай бұрын

I've heard of UE having Staging but never imagined it would work with Blender. This is an incredible workflow! Thanks for sharing!

@GoyimTekken 3 ай бұрын

super glad i found your channel, absolute goldmine! had no idea about the USD staging process

@rileyb3d 3 ай бұрын

Happy to help! Thanks for stopping by to watch.

@tvorimeahrameslovenskehryv1821 3 ай бұрын

Recently, I had the idea to leverage the integration of Blender and Unreal Engine. Thank you for the beautiful demonstration in practice.

@jimofhughes 3 ай бұрын

This is so good, did not know about the USD stage but that's a key ingredient I've been looking for the last few months.

@rileyb3d 3 ай бұрын

Thanks, I’m glad! This was a breath of fresh air compared to fbx. Maybe worth mentioning all of these camera animations came from Blender to Unreal via USD as well!

@PolyRidge 3 ай бұрын

this was fantastic!!! I have been struggling with the quirks of unreal for so long... but this bridges that gap and makes it so much easier!!! Thank you!!

@rileyb3d 3 ай бұрын

You’re welcome! And thank you Pixar for developing USD and making it open source!

@RichieVichie 3 ай бұрын

Loved it man! I searched a lot past 6 months Blender to Unreal Environment Tutorials. This has to be best out there

@rileyb3d 3 ай бұрын

Wow, thanks for saying that! Really glad this could be helpful.

@bigtoebennie 3 ай бұрын

BRO! THANK YOU! Subscribed, Liked & commented. The pacing and simplified tutorials are awesome! Can't stand over complicated and convoluted tutorials that wast so much time on unnecessary details. This was great!! Looking forward to checking out all your other content and the next vid!

@rileyb3d 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the sub! Glad I could reduce that screen time a bit.

@victorobi2619 3 ай бұрын

Where has this video been this is just what I wanted 👍

@ExOrbit1980 2 ай бұрын

Excellent video. Thank you for sharing. I want to jump into unreal after a few failed tentatives and it gives me the motivation to try once again as it seems to be a great work flow for what I want to achieve. Subscribed!

@VincePolston 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for making this tutorial, It is exactly what I've been looking for! Joined Off World Depot and watching the full video now. Subscribed. Hope you continue to make videos like this!

@rileyb3d 3 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for joining OWD, it's a HUGE support. I definitely will keep it up. Do you have anything particular in mind you'd hope to see next?

@VincePolston 3 ай бұрын

You're very welcome! Really just keep what you're doing! Personally I'm currently learning Blender and Unreal with focusing on environment/level design; so this video completely hit all the things I was looking for. My goal is to release a map for a game called Ready or Not to get my bearings. Have always wanted to make a game ( I mean, who hasn't dreamed of that? ). I'm a programmer and trying to fill in the gaps:)

@KRUChY_80 3 ай бұрын

finally something better than fbx workflow... this stage phase is great, love it !!!!

@rileyb3d 3 ай бұрын

Agreed! Thank you Pixar for USD and making it open 🙏🏻

@As_Ss 3 ай бұрын

@rown3d And NV with their Omniverse and others are making it the in fact industry standard, i always felt fbx is not the ideal workflow, this is amazing

@Batataro Ай бұрын

you're a great teacher - thank you for your amazing efforts!

@_WyngX Ай бұрын

So well done. Thanks Riley! :)

@murphmeiser 17 күн бұрын

2 minutes in, mind completely blown. Thank you for this!

@arcangeel4828 3 ай бұрын

What a great lesson!! That’s not easy find valuable material on blender unreal workflow, great work dude ;)

@rileyb3d 3 ай бұрын

Thanks! That's really encouraging. Anything else in particular you feel should be covered?

@ashwinsveta 3 ай бұрын

woww!! in 10 minutes you explained an awesome workflow! you are brilliant. Thank you so much.

@rileyb3d 3 ай бұрын

You're very welcome! I hope it makes Blender to Unreal a bit easier.

@Zetalion742 3 ай бұрын

Amazing pipeline, great job!

@MetalGearMk3 3 ай бұрын

Amazing tutorial, I need to use this workflow now!

@rileyb3d 3 ай бұрын

Thanks! It definitely takes some of the unfamiliarity out of unreal for those of us comfortable with Blender.

@MichaelBullo Ай бұрын

Fantastic video. Thank you.

@matheusqmello Ай бұрын

The best Blender to Unreal video ever! Thx a lot!

@albanl8979 Ай бұрын

Bro this gonna change my life, thank you so much

@eriklarsson7933 2 ай бұрын

Really good stuff Riley!

@3D_Films 3 ай бұрын

That's lots of useful information, thanks!

@rileyb3d 3 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@siraris4311 Ай бұрын

This saves soooooo much hassle! Thank you!

@RetroVaultDwellersRealm 3 ай бұрын

Others have said it already but I’m popping it down to support the channel; I’ve been searching for a streamlined Blender > UE5 for over a year. This is great. Thank you so much.

@rileyb3d 3 ай бұрын

Awesome, thanks for letting me know! This video was basically born out of a frustration with that same thing. I was really excited with what I found!

@stelioshz 3 ай бұрын

I was thinking about trying out Unreal Engine before a few days, to check the ways that I could possibly combine Blender with it, and I just got your video reccomended to me. You really made me excited, having me thinking how my 3D models would perform in a "game" situation. Thank you a lot for that video!

@rileyb3d 3 ай бұрын

I'm really happy to hear I sparked some excitement. To me, that's the real value in sharing what I find. It's nice to learn tools, but my biggest leaps have come from someone showing me something really cool that motivated me to try myself. Thanks for watching.

@bt_martin 3 ай бұрын

What a great video! I'm just starting to get into UE and use Blender, so this will be so helpful once I start exporting to UE. Thanks!!

@rileyb3d 3 ай бұрын

I’m glad to hear it! This is somewhat of a new chapter for my teaching. If you could choose, what would you want to see me cover next?

@garry3989 3 ай бұрын

Possibly the most helpful video I've seen on youtube

@rileyb3d 3 ай бұрын

Wow, thank you!

@Isolu0F1 3 ай бұрын

@@rileyb3d your Video explained in 2 words ….. Thank you

@glitch_city_gamer2846 Ай бұрын

This is revolutionary, on a level that will be game changing... 😂😂 Such an awesome work flow. Thanks for sharing and saving hours and hours of time for people.

@grumpyowlstudios7023 3 ай бұрын

This was exactly what I needed. Thank you so much. Fantastic video.

@rileyb3d 3 ай бұрын

So glad it helped!

@Spoopwoopy 3 ай бұрын

As a final year Games Art student who mainly wants to work with Blender, Substance Painter and Unreal this is one heck of a useful tutorial. This video most definitely earns a like and a new subscriber!

@rileyb3d 3 ай бұрын

Glad it helped! Thanks for subscribing, it really helps me out. If you could choose, what kind of content would you like to see next? Any particular areas that you feel could help you gain experience or confidence?

@Spoopwoopy 3 ай бұрын

@rileybrown3d frankly at the moment it would be particularly on how to make the blender materials look better, considering that normals sometimes dont seem to pop out as much. I know there is the deep bump addon where you can generate a normal and a height map, so it would just be how can they be properly applied in Unreal Engine. If its a complicated ask then don't worry about it! ^^

@racerider6477 3 ай бұрын

Simple and too the point explanation saving hours of scavanging and screen time.👌

@rileyb3d 3 ай бұрын

Thanks! That's the goal ♥

@MrCeka 3 ай бұрын

Great Video! Improves my Complete Workflow

@rileyb3d 3 ай бұрын

Glad to help!

@PedroFilms 3 ай бұрын

Very useful. Thank you. Finally might try Unreal!

@rileyb3d 3 ай бұрын

Same boat! I put it off for the longest time (and while it won't replace everything I do). It's certainly a good tool for the toolbelt.

@raghidalsayek7019 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing this workflow, many hours saved in the future! 😄

@azoth._. 2 ай бұрын

You deserve way more than 32.7k subscribers for quality content like this :D

@rion.47 3 ай бұрын

Amazing Workflow!. Thank you.

@rileyb3d 3 ай бұрын

You're very welcome!

@geraldo.goncalves 3 ай бұрын

This USD workflow looks amazing. Thanks for sharing 🫶

@rileyb3d 3 ай бұрын

My pleasure! Thanks for stopping by.

@b4rtmod 3 ай бұрын

That’s a amazing tutorial my friend, thanks for sharing that workflow

@rileyb3d 3 ай бұрын

My pleasure! Thanks for watching, and big thanks for subscribing.

@stedbenj 3 ай бұрын

AMAZING! Thank you for sharing this info. Liked and subscribed.

@rileyb3d 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the sub!

@Reallythinkaboutyourself 3 ай бұрын

Mind blown… You’ve majorly kicked me out of the procrastination stage thank you so much Riley.

@rileyb3d 3 ай бұрын

Yes!! That's exactly what I want to hear. A good tutorial to me is 10% about learning something new and 90% about getting inspired or motivated by a new piece of information or the spark for a new idea. You've got this!

@developingtank 2 ай бұрын

Great video and very useful resource. Cheers.

@MantoDev 3 ай бұрын

Awesome, man! Thanks for this tutorial.

@rileyb3d 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for checking it out and commenting! Really helps

@dheusta 3 ай бұрын

This has to be the simplest video of using USD from blender to unreal that I’ve seen yet. You just earned a subscription. Thank you so much for the time put into this! 🙏

@rileyb3d 3 ай бұрын

Wow, thanks for saying that! This feedback packs weight knowing it comes from someone I feel has really figured out their voice on this platform. Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment.

@BlindingSun_ Ай бұрын

What’s a USD ?, newbie here

@madrid3d 3 ай бұрын

rapid, easy, and works!!! great Riley!!! thx a lot!!!

@rileyb3d 3 ай бұрын

You're welcome! Thanks for the subscription, it really helps.

@GrovelingPony 3 ай бұрын

This is beautiful, thank you.

@OrangeJambo 3 ай бұрын

Oh my goodness, thank you, this is wonderful.

@rileyb3d 3 ай бұрын

Glad to hear it. Thanks for watching and commenting!

@Ahtisham 3 ай бұрын

Wow I have heard a lot about how USD is going to be a game changer but never really saw it in action, wo you are really showing us the actual use case of this whole USD workflow, really that staging thing was shocking amazing.

@longestsoloever 12 күн бұрын

this just became my new favorite channel you are singlehandedly to blame for a lot of things i'm going to do this year now lol

@lysanderschneidenbach3814 2 ай бұрын

This is insane! Thank you

@InfinitySiam 3 ай бұрын

Very practical and well explanation video. Thank you

@pwnonator 2 ай бұрын

Damn. I need more of this. I struggle, and this will help, but I'm still thirsty for more, lol. Got a new sub

@vexnity460 3 ай бұрын

Oh. My. God, THIS IS AMAZING

@rileyb3d 3 ай бұрын

YOU ARE AMAZING. But really, thanks for watching and commenting.

@fabiobona89 3 ай бұрын

Sick tutorial! Thanks R.

@rileyb3d 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for dropping by 🙌

@youknowho4439 3 ай бұрын

I've been trying for years to get into Blender and Unreal. Teenagers are doing more than I ever will. Amazing stuff here.

@arturrodrigues8051 3 ай бұрын

Thank You so Much for this Tutotrial !

@SnowmansApartment 5 күн бұрын

i just started working with unreal engine a few months ago and finding world creation extremely difficult.. I will give blender a try, this looks fairly straight forward!

@beanbeater 3 ай бұрын

Where have you been my entire life, this is insane

@rileyb3d 3 ай бұрын

I'm right here now! Thanks for subscribing.

@andereastjoe 3 ай бұрын

Impressive. I am 3ds max user, but thinking of switching to Blender lately. Thank you for you sharing of knowledge.

@rhyscooper3693 Ай бұрын

That was amazing. I've faced issues with Unreal Engine tutorials online being too specific to a particular process, or being more like a stream of someone working pretty inefficiently. I found Blender much easier to learn. This is enormously helpful. Thank you!

@rileyb3d Ай бұрын

Glad it helped! Let me know if there's any other topic in particular you're looking for someone to cover well.

@antoniopezzella2174 3 ай бұрын

Awesome, thank you!

@meutiti 3 ай бұрын

Wow! It makes me want to go back to blender again, thank you :)

@meutiti 3 ай бұрын

Do you have any tips to render blender scenes in Unreal instead of Blender ? Or do you even recommend it ? 🙏

@trentmcnelly1158 3 ай бұрын

Look a lot of people have already been saying this but, hot damn. This is magic. It feels like you just showed me an iPhone when I’ve been forced to use a blackberry for the past two years. I think I can actually make my ideas a reality now. Damn. Thanks bro this is great!

@pedrobranco669 3 ай бұрын

The best pipeline. Thanx so much

@whodatj0ny 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for this video man, you are doing gods work!

@chagaze7199 3 ай бұрын

GREAT VIDEO!! Thank you a lot for sharing your knowledge! 🙏

@rileyb3d 3 ай бұрын

My pleasure! Thanks for stopping by.

@arrowsdev 3 ай бұрын

BRO WTFFF this is awesome stuff ! , this is my new workflow from now on , thanks for sharing this info

@rileyb3d 3 ай бұрын

Happy to help! Definitely my workflow going forward as well. If you could choose, which topic would you have me cover next?

@arrowsdev 3 ай бұрын

thanks for giving me the chance to ask for tuts , probably it would be good to see how would you go with big maps like level streaming and chunking it so it preform better, have this feeling that you may have another secret gem about this XD , thanks man really much love @@rileyb3d

@arrowsdev 3 ай бұрын

@rileyb3d 3 ай бұрын

I've actually already done some good research on world partitions and streaming in Unreal. I'm kind of waiting to get access to Gaea 2 before I create that video! If they take much longer though, I might just move forward on the video without their section. I'm really interested in open worlds within UE, so definitely a topic I see myself covering.

@arrowsdev 3 ай бұрын

surely i will be waiting for new content , thanks for the efforts , best wishes @@rileyb3d