MB/FBX hot-linked files.

Unity Engine
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Hi there, I’ve had a look through the docs, and I’m wondering what parameters of the FBX importer are supposed to be hot-linked? I presume Unity is supposed to check the FBX for new objects etc, and keep changes made to existing objects, like shader assignments… the way Maya does to references.

I did some test scenes and after changing scale on an object and re-importing the scene to the project, the changes do NOT update. If I make a clean scene and import, the changes are visible.

So, re-import doesn’t update changes after the first import.

I’m on Unity3.3pro, Maya 2012

Thanks

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Ahh, I’ve been keeping a Maya project and a Unity Project. Keeping them seperate. Fixed. Thanks

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I personally find using that feature to not be very productive, depending on the development situation. I prefer manually exporting specific objects to fbx to keep maximum control, but that’s just me.

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Is there any way to deactivate the hot linking of source 3d files Maya/Max? I find that feature very disruptive, and would prefer to keep the source files with exported files for version control reasons.

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Go to the Preferences window and you can adjust some settings there like Auto Refresh, and Compress Assets When Importing

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I have moved my maya project to the same DIR as assets, so nothing is auto imported, then I made a 3DImport folder under Assets, and I just copy files when I want them imported. Having the entire project under assets being auto imported takes ages and imports so many duplicate shaders.

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Can anyone post a screenshot of the exact settings in the maya fbx exporter that are appropriate for unity.

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Hi Kurylo, The only setting that I adjusted was scale, but remember that you can can adjust the FBX import settings inside Unity instead of Maya. I import from .mb files and set the scale to .01 which matches Maya’as metre unit to unity’s metre unit.

What other settings were you wondering about?