Anyway to use unreal assets in playcanvas?

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I found some pretty amazing asset in unreal engine store, like this one:

is there anyway I can use it in playcanvas? or I need to contact the author to export a playcanvas version for me?

thanks!

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Without knowing the file format of the models, its not possible to tell.

Contact the author. If it is in FBX format, it should be fine. Maybe ask for a small sample to test with (like a tree)?

3

thanks, and how about unitypackage file in asset store? can I import them into playcanvas?

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Unity packages are effectively a zip file so again, it depends on the model formats that are included. Best advice is to ask the author. Materials will be the only part that definitely won’t work.

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thanks, yep some file in unitypackage is fbx file.
but some are not, I have already send email to the author but no response yet…
by the way, there are a lot of resources in unity asset store, could be really helpful if playcanvas have a way to use them. as far as I know, game engine like layabox could directly read unity3d assets and use them.

by the way, export animation from unity to playcanvas would be more difficult right? the last time I did it by asking the author to export the animation to FBX format for me…

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You can’t automatically import a complete Unreal scene in PlayCanvas, but it is a relatively easy process to transfer the meshes, materials and textures and have them rendered in PlayCanvas.

I wrote a small tutorial that outlines the most important steps:

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thank you so much, it is really helpful!