I can’t get the GoB (Blender GoZ) addon to work since I updated to 2026.1. I know it’s a third party addon not directly supported, so I am just wondering if everyone else using it is having the same problem? Or if people are having GoZ problems with other softwares too?
Specifically I am able to export to Blender fine but the importing back to ZBrush doesn’t work; it just doesn’t do anything.
Hi @Boozebeard
What version of GoB are you using? I had problems with different versions and, in particular, the same problem you’re having, but GoB version 4.1.6 works like a charm for me. Mind you, I’m on ZBrush 2022.0.8 so it may or may not work for you.
I’m using the most recent version, 4.2.3. I will try some older versions, though it was working fine with the previous Zbrush 2026 version.
As you’ve mentioned, Since GoB is a third party plugin, you should contact the devs who’s working on it to get some eyes on it.
Yeah of course, there is an open issue on the gob git hub about it.
It seems like ZBrush is just not picking up and autoloading the GoZ file. GoB is making a GoZ and putting in the right place, and I can even maually load it fine. ZBrush just doesnt seem to pick it up automatically.
Edit: OK I read the GoZ SKD to understand better and it seems like the GoZBurshApp.exe is just not being triggered by GoB. If I run the exe manually everything gets imported correctly, I will follow up with GoB devs.
Not sure the exe is the problem anymore, I actually think it’s a ZScript that doesn’t work in the new version.
Is there any documentation about the update that would explain why a ZScript would completely stop functioning? It doesn’t provide an error or anything, it just doesn’t do anything anymore.
swear everytime updates its like it wont read custom ui. it wont read the ztabs it wont read the hotkeys file its so annoying to do this all over…
So I actually figured out the problem. It was a zscript that no longer works because of the new user data location.
In case this helps someone else I will explain the exact issue here. Basically ZPUBLIC_ is something you can use in a zscript to get the user data path. On windows this used to be in:
users\public\documents\ZBrushData
but since 2026.1 it has been moved to:
users*user_name*\AppData\Roaming\Maxon\Maxon Zbrush
ZPUBLIC_ now points to this new directory.
In cases where the script is just accessing files and folders in the user directory this will actually mean old scripts should continue working as intended.
But the GoB script was accessing this directory as starting point and then going back up the folder structure in order to access the users\public\pixologic folder where most of the GoZ folders were and still are. So this change to the location broke all that.
I have made a fork of the GoB addon with a test fix, if you try it please let me know if it works. It should also work for Mac but I don’t have a way to test.
You are good man for this one I will be installing it now. Thank you for this.