By only selecting static mesh objects, we have a choice of format upon export.

This is necessary to do, otherwise Unreal Engine will default to FBX export as it’s trying to preserve morph targets and rigging (unsuccessfully I might add).

This will filter out all static mesh objects. Once the demo level is open, head over to the World Outliner (top right) and search for SM. I’m using the Office Pack for this example.

import all those OBJs into DAZ Studio using another script.

let Blender export all separate OBJ files with a batch script.

open this single OBJ in Blender and make sure it’s split by object on import.

head over to File – Export Selected and choose OBJ.

select all static meshes in the World Outliner (SM prefix).

After spending several days testing and trying, here’s the workflow that I’ve come up with: By that I mean, individually split objects that I can move around and hide if necessary, rather than have a single large OBJ as a set. I was wondering if there’s a way to extract them from the Unreal projects in a way that makes them usable as a complete set in DAZ Studio. Those are available with the game projects only. The one thing that the Synty source files do not provide is the pre-built demo levels. The assets are all built to scale and work with Genesis 8 figure height out of the box.

With all Synty Assets combined, the sets would have a cohesive and fun style, no matter where my characters would end up going. It does work though, and it looks nice for the comic project I’m working on. Besides, it means the actual pre-built demo levels need to be painstakingly recreated in DAZ Studio. With access to the source OBJ files this worked out rather well, but it’s a time consuming process importing, shading and saving each item on its own. The other day I thought it would be a hoot to bring in some of the wonderfully modelled low-res Synty Assets and use them together with the high-res characters in DAZ Studio.

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