Floating Geo.

brandoom

Hey all,

I'm having an issue baking normals of some floating geometry.



Here is a ss. As you can see, only a faint outline of the geo is rendered. I've tried adjusting the shape of the geo... scaling it back, rounding out any close to 90 degree angles, adjusting the cage, rotating. But still no luck.

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

eld

they're outside of the cage, so the rays wont ever hit them, you're better off flattening those floaters down a bit.

brandoom

Thanks Eld..

its hard to see, but those are actually within the cage. I have tried flattening them down and adjusting the cage but with no better results.

MoP

Are your bake settings definitely set to "Use Cage" instead of "Raycast"?

rollin

ah sorry.. you're baking with max..

are you sure the normals of the floating stuff are correct?



and what mop said!

brandoom

Mop, Yes..

well, as far as I know anyway. I've been using the settings that Ben has posted on his site. http://poopinmymouth.com/tutorial/normal_workflow_2.htm

brandoom

rollin wrote: »

ah sorry.. you're baking with max..

are you sure the normals of the floating stuff are correct?



and what mop said!

Ha,

good call, all the normals on the floating geo are backwards.. I flipped one upside down and it rendered out

I wish I had of thought of that sooner... Thanks for everyone's input.