Unity Issue Tracker - Editor throws error when importing native 2.7x .blend file, imported file is not recognized

Fixed in 2019.3

Fixed in 2018.3, 2019.1, 2019.2

Votes

25

Found in

2018.3.13f1

2019.1.0f1

2019.2.0a11

Issue ID

1144643

Regression

Yes

Editor throws error when importing native 2.7x .blend file, imported file is not recognized

Asset Importers

Apr 09, 2019

To reproduce:
1. Open user's attached project ("Blank_Project_2019")
2. Reimport all Assets
-- Error in the console, file is not recognized

Expected: File is imported, no error is shown
Actual: File is not imported, error is shown

Reproduced with: 2019.1.0f1, 2019.2.0a11
Not reproduced with: 2017.4.25f1, 2018.3.10f1, 2019.2.0a10

Note:
- Issue is reproducible even with newly created .blend file
- An error is thrown in the console:
"Blender could not convert the .blend file to FBX file.
You need to use Blender 2.45-2.49 or 2.58 and later versions for direct Blender import to work."

Fixed in:
2019.3.0a1
2019.2.0a14

Fix note:
In order for the fix to be effective, Blender 2.8 instead of 2.79 must be set as default program to open native .blend files.