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[Public] UE Viewer build 1517: fixes for Fortnite facial animation corruption

This build has some fixes for Fortnite animations.

NOTE: only VIEWING of such animation contains a fix, export of the animation will be the same as before. I need a confirmation that no animation issues appears anymore, and after that I can start thinking on which changes are required for animation (with possible changes to the animation file format psa).

Update 23.02.2021: fixed texture loading (build number has been changed from 1516 to 1517).

2021-02-21 15:03:34 +0000 UTC View Post

[Public] UE Viewer build 1505: animation improvements

The build contains some fixes for animation handling, as was mentioned in my recent twitter post: https://twitter.com/UGildor/status/1359556820516417540

[Public] UE Viewer build 1483: advanced research features

The Fortnite-special build. Showing the new features in youtube video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJUTXF8ZQEw&feature=emb_logo

[Public] UE Viewer build 1479: support for multiple AES keys

The information is here:
https://www.gildor.org/smf/index.php/topic,7544.0.html

Update 29.12.2020: minor bug fix, reuploaded the file.

[Public] UE Viewer build 1476: Updated Fortnite StaticMesh loading

I should mention that I didn't update a game over past 4 days, so probably something won't work. I've tested the build with ~100 meshes, nothing went wrong.

Note that in order to open Fortnite you should set UE4.27.

Typical problems:

- umodel crashed: you probably set UE4.26
- textures are in low resolution: most likely you didn't install high-resolution textures for a game (see game's options in Epic Games Launcher)

[Public] UE Viewer build 1476: an attempt to re-support Fortnite

New Fortnite broke UModel possibility to open skeletal meshes. This UModel build attempts to resolve it. I've tested with just a couple of skeletal meshes, so I'm not 100% sure that everything will work.

Please note that you must set the engine to UE4.27 since this build, as Fortnite definitely not using UE4.26.

UPDATE: I've found some skeletal meshes crashes UModel. Reuploaded zip, now it contains build 1476 (it was 1474), it fixes skeletal mesh issues and does a number of improv...

[Public] UE Viewer build 1473: bug fixes and improved renderer

Just to avoid copy-pasting text, there's some information on twitter:

https://twitter.com/UGildor/status/1338483791963303936

[Public] UE Viewer build 1470: animation fixes, export improvements

A new build has some fixes for animation export. What previously wasn't exported, might work now.

The only mandatory thing left for being merge "official" and "fortnite" builds together is Material. Also it is possible that some extra bug fixes will be done before the "official release" (like I did with animation today), who knows.

Regarding export improvements (official build 1469), please read here:
2020-12-12 11:54:56 +0000 UTC View Post

[Public] UE Viewer build 1466: animation support

Implemented animation support for recent Fortnite.

Please note: I updated Fortnite probably a week ago, so I'm unsure if anything will be broken (most likely not).

Fortnite is still not fully upgraded to UE4.26, it has some differences, so I still can't make a "common" build which will work with Fortnite and other games.

"Material" object type is still not supported (but MaterialInstance works).

For troubleshooting please refer the previous build page:
2020-12-10 10:19:19 +0000 UTC View Post

[Public] UE Viewer build 1462 (for Fortnite)

Compared to previous (private) build - it adds support for encrypted utoc files fix.

Things which should work:

- SkeletalMesh
- StaticMesh
- MaterialInstace
- Texture
- previous and current build of Fortnite

This which doesn't work yet:

- Material
- Animation (AnimSequence and Skeleton)
- Other UE4 games won't work with this build, you should use umodel_win32.zip from the regular gildor.org download location.

Actually missing support for other g...

MaterialInstance support

Added support for MaterialInstanceConstant loading. "Material" (the base class) is not yet supported, it requires a huge amount of work as it is probably the most complex type in the Unreal Engine. "Material" loading is stubbed, so UE Viewer won't crash with it. Actually you can enable everything except animations, and things should work (will work better after I'll code "Material").

I didn't update my local game setup to the new Fortnite seazon, so it's still required to use the older ...

[Public] Some instructions ...

I'm tired from getting the same questions again and again and to answer at random places. So - please read the following, I'll ignore any questions which has answers here.

1. "Internal Oodle decompress failed 002core_5_win32.dll" not found:
Get the dll here - https://twitter.com/UGildor/status/1333154787743961093 - then put it next to umodel.exe, NOT to the game's folder.

2. Crash whe...

SkeletalMesh is done ...

At least I didn't find any mesh which would crash UE Viewer

SkeletalMesh WIP

Initial support for SkeletalMesh. UE Viewer WILL crash with some (probably most of) meshes. I've tried just 2 of them - one works, one - not. I have no time to test more - I already spent way much more than planned, but this is a "challenge" what adds some interest for this work.

"Skeleton" loading is disabled, is it not done yet. But for those who requested exporting skeletal mesh as a static mesh - you can get a mesh, it already has bones and vertex weights, just no animation.

StaticMesh and Texture2D support

All static meshes should work now (tested them with -testexport option). Also added (probably complete) support for Texture. Note: if you'll enable texture loading, UE Viewer might crash on Material/MaterialInstance loading - you can't disable materials separately, because the option disables or enables textures AND materials, together.

The next is to support materials, just to let UE Viewer not crash with textures. After that - skeletal mesh and animation.

Last build for today

Decided to work a bit more. Better StaticMesh support (posted a screenshot on twitter)

Work in progress, 29.11.2020

As I promised, I'm publishing "work in progress" version, when something became working. I just need to freeze my work and switch to job again (I've spent a full weekend with this Fortnite stuff).

I've unlocked "ignoring unversioned properties" in this build, so it will crash on most of content. Added very basic StaticMesh support: "Sphere", "Cone" works. Some Fortnite meshes could be loaded too. Materials/textures will not work.

Crashes are expected, so please be patient. With ne...

Thank you for supporting me!

Hi guys (and girls?),

Thank you very much for providing support of development of UE Viewer. As a way to say "thank you" I decided that I'll post a link to UE Viewer with final UE4.26/Fortnite support here, in a private section. Of course, WHEN it will be done.

Previously I decided to work of Fortnite support when contract for my current project (Mass Effect Remastered) will be ended, in the middle of December. Today we've got an excited news that Bioware likes us, and they will c...