Mondo's Blender Guide
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Blender Intro
Use 2.93. Newer versions will not work.
Getting Around Blender
You dont use WASD like unity
- Rotate: Click and drag middle mouse button
- Zoom in/out: Roll middle mouse button
- Pan left/right/up/down: Shift+Click middle mouse button
Install CATS
To install Cats:
- Download the Cats.zip from github (See "Releases" at the right hand side)
- In Blender: Edit > Preferences > Add-ons > Install > Cats.zip (DONT UNZIP IT, just install it from the zip) > Make sure Cats is "Checked"
Import Your Avatar
- Click the little tiny arrow with no name and no purpose for being collapsed to open the CATS tab. (See image at the right)
The tiny arrow for no reason - Click the cats tab.
- Click [Import Avatar] at the top
- Select [YourAvatar.fbx]
- Click the wrench next to [Fix Avatar]
Fix Avatar Wrench Options - UNCHECK "Join Meshes". This was useful in Avatar 2.0, but is no longer. If you skip this step, you will not be able to toggle clothes because it will join the clothes meshes to your body.
- Click Fix Model. DON'T PANIC IF YOUR TEXTURES DONT SHOW UP.
- IF YOUR TEXTURES DO NOT SHOW UP: Click File > External Data > Find Missing Files > And Select the folder where your avatar is unzipped, or the folder with the textures from your model.
- IF YOUR TEXTURES STILL DO NOT SHOW UP: Please check out My Textures STILL Dont Show Up
My Textures STILL Dont Show Up: Applying textures manually
Let's apply them manually <3
- Step 1: In the Heirarchy, click the upside down "Green Triangle" of the material/texture you want to fix.
- Step 2: Make sure you are in OBJECT MODE (Top left of the screen)
- Step 3: Click the red circle icon in the tab list
- Step 4: Select the material that isnt showing up right
- Step 5: Click the yellow circle next to [Base Color], and then select "Image Texture"
- Step 6: Select the correct texture, if it is embedded into your FBX.
- Step 6.5: If the correct texture is not there, add it, by hitting the file folder icon.
