in Asset Browser, locate your destination folder, ie where in game files your imported asset would be located;
- for this tutorial, since I’m replacing Geralt’s eyes, its characters\models\geralt\head\model\
RMB in Asset Browser → Import → Mesh
select your mesh in Explorer
- if you’re replacing it should be named identically to what you’re replacing; in my case, he_01_mg__geralt
- if its new & custom, for bodyparts, it still would have to follow some naming conventions
- otherwise, it can be whatever
in Import/Create resource popup, do not alter any settings and choose OK:
if Check Out question pops up, agree to it
if an Overwrite question pops up, agree to it
- note that RedKit would not be replacing anything in your Depot; instead, it would create a copy of it in your redkit project/workspace folder;
next, RedKit prompts to select base Material and assign texture set; since its not a custom mesh, we want to keep using whatever is in our XML; choose Skip:
If it threw you no errors, congrats, you successfully imported a mesh!
Lastly, check your imported W2MESH:
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double click on your freshly imported mesh to preview it; note how any “Checked Out” assets are marked by a green checkmark.
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irises are fucked up but this is a story for another tutorial; until you don’t plan to mod eye meshes soon, ignore it;
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instead, check it so the whole mesh is being assigned with textures, their amount and names are matching to what you see in Blender
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as you can see, all 5 of my custom-named materials have imported (including “whatever” material); if same happened to your mesh - congratulations, you did it!
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their order or extra Materials in a list don’t matter; you can ignore it for now;
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to quickly clean up extra Materials though, click on “Remove Unused Materials”
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you can also check “Highlight selected” to better see what Material corresponds to what mesh part
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