README

These two scripts help with importing .umap files from Life is Strange: Remastered, and its materials into Blender.

This was only tested on Blender 4.3, so I'm unsure on whether it works on older versions, but feel free to try it out.

Requirements

• A Steam copy of Life is Strange: Remastered.
• Blender (preferably 4.3)
• FModel
• UModel

Usage

Extracting Assets

• Export the .umap file you wish to import into Blender using FModel as a .json file.
• Export the required assets from the game files using UModel (it might be easier to export all the files from Packages/Environment and Packages/Objects rather than exporting them individually).
  • Make sure the static meshes are exported as .gltf files and the textures as .tga files.

Blender Addon

This is the preferred way of importing maps from LiS:R into Blender.

• Download LiSR_mapimporter.py from the latest release in the Releases tab of this GitHub page.
• Install the addon by going to Edit > Preferences > Add-Ons, and in the top right drop-down menu, selecting Install from Disk and select the downloaded file.
• To import a map, go to the sidebar of your 3D Viewport, selecting LiS:R Importer, inputting the location of your extracted assets and the .umap JSON file, and pressing the 'Import Map' button.
  • For the exported assets, the extracted asset folders must be contained as per the following file path: BASE_DIR\LiS\Content\EXPORTED_ASSETS

Standalone Scripts

Alternatively, you can use standalone scripts via Blender's text editor to import maps.

• Clone this repository into a folder of your choice.
• In a Blender project, open the 'Scripting' workspace, and open original_scripts/map_mesh_import.py in the text editor.
• Replace the example directories with the directories where you have your .json file and your exported assets.
  • For the exported assets, the extracted asset folders must be contained as per the following file path: BASE_DIR\LiS\Content\EXPORTED_ASSETS
• Run map_mesh_import.py. Depending on how many assets the map has, it may take a while and Blender will be unresponsive while it imports all the meshes, so be patient.
• Once the models have been imported, open original_scripts/map_material_cleanup.py in the text editor, and replace the example material directory with the exported assets' base directory.
• Run map_material_cleanup.py. This may also take a while depending on how many textures there are to load.
• Congrats, you now have a fully imported map from the game!

Credits

• GanonMaster for the original scripts that I heavily based this off of.
• bosterm93 for testing out the scripts.