Static Meshes

Naming:

• Create meshes using CamelCase.
• Export the whole object as SM_CamelCaseName.
• Name textures T_CamelCaseName_SUFFIX, replacing SUFFIX with:
  • _D: Diffuse/Color Map
  • _N: Normal Map
  • _E: Emissive Map
  • _M: Mask Map
  • _R: Roughness Map
  • _MT: Metallic Map
  • _S: Specular
  • _DP: Displacement
  • _AO: Ambient Occlusion
  • _H: Height Map
  • _F: Flow Map
• More info: Naming Convention
• Complete list: Here

Collisions:

• Add a custom convex mesh with the name UCX_MeshName, where MeshName is the exact name of the mesh that will have a collision.
• More info and advanced scenarios: Static Meshes Pipeline

Importing:

• Check Import Normals and Tangents for a properly display of Smooth Shaded Objects. UE4 will automatically show a warning when this setting is required but wasn’t selected or when the FBX was generated without the Tangent Space.

  

Textures

Resizing/Converting TGA to PNG

• Use this CLI tool: tga2png
• Open the TGA file, if it looks completely transparent, add a 1 as a final parameter otherwise do not use it. Example:
  • targa2png.exe transparent.tga transparent.png 1
  • targa2png.exe normal.tga normal.png
• Use Picsor to compress the file(s).