normal mapping projection

rollin

hey ho

is there another way of fixing normal mapping projection warps then using a cage or adding support edges at harsh edges? (smoothing groups are not an option in this case because of the lost data between the split normal vectors)

I'm thinking about some baker function...
something that interpolates between the normals harsher then the normal way.

cheers

r_fletch_r

not unless your engine is going to be rendering using the same normal calculation methods.

rollin

no it's more like generating a dynamic cage on the fly or maybe even with an modifier in the modeling package .. the normal map you get must be renderable the default way of course