How to bake ambient occlusion

Sunray

Hey i have no idea how to bake ambient occlusion it looks really bad. Now i know you can fix problems like this by exploding your mesh i did that and worked perefect with my normals. But the problem is that the ao looks off since the are meshes missing that are suppose to cast a shadow how do i fix this? first pic the ao is baked while the mesh is exploded the second/third pic the mesh is not exploded. 

mobpapst

which progam you use for baking?

EJtheArtist

Hey, did you figure this out? Its difficult to know what you're asking. Ambient Occlusion is the natural shadow between crevices, it isn't a shadow cast. You can use a multitude of programs for bake ao. Xnormal or Maya transfer maps are typically what I use. Xnormal is free. What program do you want to use?

Sunray

@mobpapst
@ejthayer
Yeah i already figured out a friend told me to bake it whit the whole highpoly visible and keep the lp mesh exploded but thanks.