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March 15, 2025
Question

Mentor Needed - Prefab Model Importing

Hi Guys,

I think I could really use a mentor. I am very much a beginner at Blender, 3D Modeling, Textures, Materials, etc and I feel like many of the tutorials or workshops I have looked at make some assumptions that I know what I am doing. 

I do NOT... LoL!

Obviously I am learning, but I keep hitting the same roadblocks. 

Admittedly, I am attempting to get started using prefabricated assets, Stuff from Sketchy, Sketchfab, Unity Store, BlenderKit, etc. because I just dont know how to model, apply textures, bake, any of that... 

I've been able to import some things that were relatively straightforward, but I am using tools to help (Like SimpleBake for example) but the UV maps are terrible and the textures are so poor once brought into horizon worlds... It's very frustrating

And then theres the issue of oh hey yay I have a texture map for Base Color, Roughness, Metallic, Normals, Emissions, Ambient Occlusion, yada yada yada, but somehow I am supposed to combine all those into a BR, MEO, MESA... How do you do this? Is everything in the Custom Model Import universe supposed to be ridiculously difficult to learn, or require apps that cost $50 a month?  

If there is anyone out there who would be willing to have a few one on one sessions and can show me how to do this stuff in an easy to understand way, I would really appreciate it. I am just not having fun right now, and I know I must be doing something wrong... 

5 replies

PigeonNo12
Honored Contributor
March 15, 2025

Not a pro-builder myself, I mostly focus on scripting. But when I do build, one of my favorite tools for combining textures is : Fidifis/TextureMerge: pack/merge textures into image channels.

A simple application where you can drop and pack your textures.

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Dave718Author
New Participant
March 26, 2025

Thank you for sharing, this app has been fantastic! It hasn't solved all my problems, but it sure has been very helpful!

XxKrAZYxX
Meta Employee
March 16, 2025

Dave if you need anything let me know I’ve spent a lot of time learning how to do this stuff I’m not a pro at everything but I can help you

Inspiring
March 16, 2025

I teach Mon-Fri, I have been teaching for over a decade and you can view my work at byeearthgame.com 

 

BenSH
Community Manager
March 17, 2025

Tomorrow, 3/18/25 at 12PM PT we have a Build With A Mentor live session focused on 3D asset creation and importing. It's a great spot to bring your questions and get some live answers.

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