Quickly export your crowds from Popul8 Express to your preferred game engine

Once you're happy with the crowds you've created in Popul8 Express, you can easily export them into Unity or Unreal Engine using our dedicated bridge tools.

These tools are designed to let you quickly bring your crowds into your game engine, so you can see them in context and iterate faster during development.

Bridge to Unity

Export your characters directly into a Unity project (2022 LTS, HDRP):

• Create a new Unity project using the HDRP template.
• In Popul8 Express, right-click your crowd and select Bridge To → Unity.
• Choose the root folder of your Unity project, the rest is automated.

➡️ View full Unity bridge guide

Bridge to Unreal Engine

Send your crowd data and blueprints into Unreal Engine 5.5 with a few steps:

• In Popul8 Express, right-click your crowd and choose Export as → Crowd.
• Install the Popul8 Plugin in Unreal Engine.
• Use the Popul8 window in UE5 to import and set up the characters.

➡️ View full Unreal bridge guide

Additional Export Options

You can also export individual assets directly from Popul8 Express:

• Crowd: Right-click → Export as → Crowd
• Single Character: Right-click → Export as → Single
• Templates, Shapes, Deformables, Animations: Right-click → Export as → Model

➡️ View full How to Export guide