Choose your 3D tool
This choice tells your agents how to make the models, textures, rigs and animations for your island. This page helps you choose and shows where to change your mind.
The four choices
Section titled “The four choices”| Choice | What the agents do | What you need | Cost on top of your AI subscription |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blender | They model, texture and rig in Blender, then import into UEFN. | Blender 5.1 or later | None: Blender is free |
| Meshy | They generate models, textures, rigs and animations with Meshy’s AI. | A Meshy API key | The credits on your Meshy account |
| Meshy + Blender | Meshy generates a base; Blender cleans it up, textures it and rigs it before import. | Both | The credits on your Meshy account |
| UEFN uniquement (UEFN only) | No external tool: UEFN’s own assets and modelling tools, and your own files. | Nothing more | None |
Island Pilot does not sell credits: Meshy bills your own account, according to its pricing. In every case, an agent at work also uses up your AI subscription’s quota.
How to choose
Section titled “How to choose”- You already have Blender, or you want to keep a source file that you can work on yourself: Blender.
- You do not have Blender and you are happy to pay per generation: Meshy.
- You want to start from a generated base, then have it reworked: Meshy + Blender.
- Your island relies on UEFN’s assets and on your own files: UEFN uniquement.
What this choice changes
Section titled “What this choice changes”The choice applies to all your projects, existing and future.
- The Blender connection is turned on with Blender and Meshy + Blender, and turned off with the other two choices.
- The Meshy connection is turned on with Meshy and Meshy + Blender. The other choices do not turn it off: if it was on, it stays on.
- Blender is given to 3D Modeler, Rigging Artist, Animation Artist, NPC Author, Level Designer, Material Artist, Niagara VFX, Tester and Reviewer.
- Meshy is given to 3D Modeler, Rigging Artist, Animation Artist and NPC Author. UI Designer keeps its access to Meshy whatever the choice.
A conversation with no profile uses all of the project’s connections that are turned on. Tripo and Higgsfield do not depend on this choice: they are set up separately.
Change the choice
Section titled “Change the choice”- Stop any running agents. Otherwise, Island Pilot refuses the change.
- Open Paramètres › Général (Settings › General).
- In the Création 3D (3D creation) section, select your choice.
- Click Appliquer. The message “Préférence appliquée à vos projets.” (Preference applied to your projects.) appears.
The first launch asks the same question, “Comment créer vos modèles 3D ?” (How do you want to create your 3D models?), with a field for the Meshy key. In the settings, this field does not exist: add the key in the Meshy details page.