Unreal Engine Support

[JCSI]

Hi, will there be any unreal engine support coming soon? I work hand in hand with 3DSMax and Unreal and it would be great if I could have the same freedom of functionality and performance that I achieve with my space mouse in both apps.

[drasticdsemulator]

I don't know but if Unreal Engine Support is coming it will be a good thing.

[ksquared64]

There may be a solution - check out https://github.com/ParcelRot/SpaceNav3D

You will need to download the SDK to make this work.

-- Ksquared64

[mmoraisdois]

Another one
https://github.com/microdee/UE4-SpaceMouse

[prealphadev]

rejoice there is now support added in the 10.7.1 , however from my testing on 4.26 it seems to be broken or missing some libraries...

[tomnel]

It's very complicated getting this to work but it works.

I had to unzip the "3DxWare64_v10-7-1_r3280.exe" installer and go into the unzipped folder,
there I ran "3DxUnreal64.msi" which installed the plugin into the harddrive but not into unreal, even though it looks like it did.
I then went into the plugin installed folder "C:\Program Files\3Dconnexion\3DxUnreal\Plugins\4.26\"
I then copied "TDxUnrealEditor" to "X:\Program Files\Epic Games\UE_4.26\Engine\Plugins" and started unreal but it wouldn't load
so I went into another plugin folder in "X:\Program Files\Epic Games\UE_4.26\Engine\Plugins\FX\Niagara" opened a "Niagara.uplugin" in notepad and copied the "BuildId" "14830424" to "X:\Program Files\Epic Games\UE_4.26\Engine\Plugins\TDxUnrealEditor\TDxUnrealEditor.uplugin" opened unreal and opened the plugins panel and went to input devices where I could enable the 3DxUnreal plugin then restarted unreal and now my spacemouse is working!

whew....

[3D3DAN]

Ok very excited to hear of a success case for this but stuck at the start... what ZIP??? it is just a EXE that downloads from the 3dconnexion site. I even tried the 32bit link, and the archived driver, also EXE.

[jwick]

You can run unzip / 7-zip / etc on that exe. It will pull out all the pieces.

[chaninja]

It's very complicated getting this to work but it works.

I had to unzip the "3DxWare64_v10-7-1_r3280.exe" installer and go into the unzipped folder,
there I ran "3DxUnreal64.msi" which installed the plugin into the harddrive but not into unreal, even though it looks like it did.
I then went into the plugin installed folder "C:\Program Files\3Dconnexion\3DxUnreal\Plugins\4.26\"
I then copied "TDxUnrealEditor" to "X:\Program Files\Epic Games\UE_4.26\Engine\Plugins" and started unreal but it wouldn't load
so I went into another plugin folder in "X:\Program Files\Epic Games\UE_4.26\Engine\Plugins\FX\Niagara" opened a "Niagara.uplugin" in notepad and copied the "BuildId" "14830424" to "X:\Program Files\Epic Games\UE_4.26\Engine\Plugins\TDxUnrealEditor\TDxUnrealEditor.uplugin" opened unreal and opened the plugins panel and went to input devices where I could enable the 3DxUnreal plugin then restarted unreal and now my spacemouse is working!

whew....

This is a great hack that worked however the file that needs to be updated is "C:\Program Files\3Dconnexion\3DxUnreal\Plugins\4.26\TDxUnrealEditor\Binaries\Win64\UE4Editor.modules" not the TDxUnrealEditor.uplugin file like you said, and you can get the Niagara BuildId from its respective UE4Editor.modules file.

Almost gave up but glad I didnt! The offical plugin works much better than the Microdee alternative. Pls correct the build issue 3D connexion team.

[ngomes]

Pls correct the build issue 3D connexion team.

We have. The bug is tracked with reference (WIN-782). Sorry for the inconvenience.

More details in this post.

[spaceforrobots]

Hello,

I am also interested in using the spacemouse with Unreal Engine. I was able to figure out that the official 3D Connexion plugin for Unreal Engine comes with the regular installer. I had to check an extra checkbox below the main window. I was wondering, though, how do you access the Unreal Engine plugin from unreal engine? I don't see it in the plugins list. How do you add the official plugin to the Unreal IDE?

Thanks

[ngomes]

I was wondering, though, how do you access the Unreal Engine plugin from unreal engine? I don't see it in the plugins list. How do you add the official plugin to the Unreal IDE?

What engine version are you using?

Note the 3Dconnexion add-in is for Unreal Editor only. To use a 3D mouse in game play, you can use Raw Input support (already integrated in the engine).