FBX export doesn't create Materials (*.mat) anymore

[LR]

I'm on CE 2017.0 and it just refuses to write out the materials separately in a folder when exporting as FBX. I went through the default export options and pretty much every combination I could come up with, but nada. What could be the cause of this?

[ThomasFuchs · Accepted solution]

CityEngine 2017.0 does not support export of separate .MAT files.
The material information is embedded into the *.FBX file.

However it is possible to generate it within Autodesk 3D Studio Max.
Please have a look into this Autodesk forum thread: How to save a material as a .MAT file. - Autodesk Community 

[LR]

After some investigating it turned out the materials were actually generated/extracted by Unity and the last update mucked up some import settings. I always exported from CE directly into linked Unity asset folders, so I just assumed CE wrote those mats.. d'oh!

Well, that's fixed now. Thanks!