[Bf-gamedev] The future of FBX and/or other formats in Blender

[Michael Knubben]

I'm forever moving things in and out of Autodesk's FBX Converter. Files I
get from the client, files I export that won't load in the older version of
Max/Maya the client has...
I'm not on the latest version but... can Blender now import the FBX's it
exports? Because if not, that's also not great.

Michael

https://www.artstation.com/artist/michaelknubben
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On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 12:59 PM, Campbell Barton <ideasman42 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 10:07 PM, Michael Knubben
> <michaelknubben at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I agree with Andy,
> >
> > As a freelancer, less-than-perfect FBX-support is a thorn in my side,
> and I
> > don't look forward to Blender's FBX support possible worsening with
> future
> > releases.
>
> Its important stakeholders communicate to us how well things work.
> Are all the problems you experience known limitations?
> Can you give us a list of bug reports reference all the problems you
> experience?
>
> > On the other hand, I think gITF and USD sound like great alternatives
> that
> > have the proper heavyweight support behind them to succeed. This is an
> area
> > where Autodesk's killing off non-subscription options works in my favour,
> > since their support of gITF will mean a lot more to me if clients are
> > actually running the latest versions of Max/Maya that will support it.
> >
> > Big engines like Unreal (and now Cryengine in the form of Lumberyard)
> having
> > their source available will also increase the chances of their adoption
> of
> > these new formats, as we've already seen with --for instance-- Unreal's
> > Mikkt normalmap support. Unity is an exception in this area, but they
> have a
> > much more skewed AAA/indie ratio, so I would assume they'd be interested
> in
> > supporting alternatives (although I personally don't expect a speedy
> > turnaround on that).
> >
> > All in all, I dread what a lack of support will do to the future
> feasibility
> > of FBX in Blender, but I encourage developing support for alternatives
> > alongside FBX.
> >
> > Michael
> >
> >
> > https://www.artstation.com/artist/michaelknubben
> >
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