CityEngine to Unreal Error

[DJ_Canada]

Hey All,

Trying to follow this tutorial and have CityEngine and Unreal installed but seem to be running into an error after importing the datasmith file into Unreal. Curious if anyone has any thoughts on what might be causing the error. 

I am running CityEngine 2024.1, have Unreal 4.27.2 installed and am using the version of CityEngine VR Experience linked in the article.

Thank you

[JonasObertuefer]

Hi @DJ_Canada,

Can you link the tutorial you are referring to? 

Best,
Jonas

[DJ_Canada]

Sorry about that, here is the URL to the tutorial.

CityEngine VR Experience for Unreal Engine - Esri Community

[JonasObertuefer]

Thanks. We are looking into it and will get back to you as soon as we know more.

Best,
Jonas

[BenjaminSteger1 · Accepted solution]

Hi @DJ_Canada,

It appears that the issue is related to incompatible Datasmith versions. CityEngine 2024.1 exports in a newer Datasmith format that cannot be imported into Unreal 4.27 without errors. Unfortunately, there isn't an easy workaround for this problem. I recommend trying the export with the suggested CityEngine version 2021.1.

Best,
Benjamin