[INCOMPLETE] Model names wrong in scene panel

[YouGroove]

Some old annoying bug :

when the model is dropped in the map the model name on scene panel is not the same as in assets panel.

 

[Olby]

That's not a bug. There is a name of the prefab (crawler) and within that prefab you've got a mesh called U3D_MESH with hit boxes attached as children. Simply rename the parent to crawler and re save the prefab.

 

However, yes its a naming inconsistency which can only be fixed by Josh as your own variation of the crawler prefab will be overwritten during the next update.

[YouGroove]

This is not a problem of prebab as i tested with a simple model that is not prefab.

(I updadet the first post with a custom example)

 

 

UE4

 

Unity

 

 

Why should we have to rename each imported FBX every time ? i never had to do that on other 3D editors (even older 3D engines).

It's a naming bug.

[Olby]

And how do you export the models? Straight FBX or the Leadwerks exporter for Blender?

[YouGroove]

And how do you export the models? Straight FBX or the Leadwerks exporter for Blender?

Yep Blender direct export to FBX. Same exact test on all 3 engines.

 

But the problem is not the import as the model name is ok on the Asset panel.

This is just a naming bug when the model is dropped on the 3D map.

[beo6]

as already said this is not a bug since it is just the name of the node that your 3d modeler named.

 

You can change it either in the 3d modeler. (pretty sure that should be possible since you should also be able to rename bones in your 3d modeler) or rename it in the editor. Maybe it could also be possible to rename it in the model viewer of the LE editor? That way it could be saved directly into the model file.

[MarkusR]

i guess the fbx import in leadwerks overwrite the root name.

the name should be the same from modell editor modell top hirachie, means in blender or something else.

i saw also a difference if me export all or only selected objects in shade 3d editor.

[YouGroove]

as already said this is not a bug since it is just the name of the node that your 3d modeler named.

 

You can change it either in the 3d modeler. (pretty sure that should be possible since you should also be able to rename bones in your 3d modeler) or rename it in the editor. Maybe it could also be possible to rename it in the model viewer of the LE editor? That way it could be saved directly into the model file.

 

 

You import a models that are named in Assets foler : soldier, house, roof ...

Why those names are not taken for the Scene panel , why LE3 take some bone or hierarchy name to display it on the scene panel ?

 

In UE4 i just import some soldier.fbx , it keeps the same name soldier in the scene panel , what makes sense,

i don't have to bother about bones or hierarchy name at all

 

Anyway, i just posted it, no one says that will be corrected, and if LE3 users are ok with strange things or needing unecessary extra efforts, good for them

[MarkusR]

may be a mix of booth, the (full) filename and the modell hirachie 1:1.

(path as tooltip text.)

often i don't know its folder source, modell or prefab, also if u rename it in scene panel with a better and unique name

u lost the connection to the original source.

[Einlander]

This drives me crazy too. And I know under what conditions it happens too. If it is a single mesh with a named root node. Leadwerks will preserve the name. If it has any hierarchy it will give it a different name. It gets worse when you mass import models and you need to rename everything.

[Josh]

Are you saying you expect the file name to be the same as the top-level root object that is created when none exists in the hierarchy? That makes sense but I can't investigate this without a file to test with. I am guessing at what you might mean but don't want to spend effort unless I know what you are describing. Can you please provide a sample model to test?