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Closed Quixel Suite 2.02 is released!

Grab it here!Changelog from Teddy:Hi everyone! 2.0.2 is now available for direct download. :smiley: The biggest focus here is on stability, we've tried to fix every crash that's been report…
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Synaesthesia

Solved: Quixel Colors script for Maya

I'm running Quixel Colors 1.3 Currently I'm watching the  DDO Painter: Color ID Primer pt.2 and I'm trying to assign color IDs. In the tutorial he is able to select a mesh or sub object and just…
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Bryan3d

Answered: Can we put our own HDRI maps into Quixel Suite 2?

Title. :(
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Sammy101

#Scifiathlon2016 - Star Trek vs Star Wars!

It's time for our first contest since the launch of SUITE 2! Now that the two great heavyweights of space are back, let's celebrate with a Star Trek vs Star Wars art competition: Get ready for Scifia…
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Synaesthesia

Closed Quixel Suite - GDC 2015 goodies (to see, not touch)

Hey folks, FYI Quixel's facebook page just updated that there silence will be broken over the next week, with all kinds of GDC treats. No word on whether there will be any RELEASES over GDC, and fr…
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Synaesthesia

Answered: 2.1.0 wont start

2.0 was working fine for me but after installing 2.1 when i try to launch the ndo i wait about 1 mins and get a message saying close photoshop run as admin and run suite again. Meanwhile suite become…
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Synaesthesia

Solved: The Case of the Disappearing nDo Sliders

I have been using Quixel Suite with no problems up until last week.  nDo has decided to quit showing me the tools necessary to make changes to the current layer.  I'm currently on Quixel's …
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acealmighty13

Answered: SUITE has stopped working

So i was trying to start Quixel Suite the old version and i got this message "SUITE has stopped working" A problem has led the program to stop working properly. Program is going to be close and you w…
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Synaesthesia

Answered: Grouping Elements? Photostop configuration? Color ID? Transparant glass? 3DS MAX workflow?

Hello guys, I have many questions and I need guidance with Quixel because I can't figure out a good workflow.1) Whats the optimal way of grouping/attaching elements for Quixel(3DS MAX)? I made a si…
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IronTarkus

Solved: after a pc crash quixel 2.1.1 wont open

Hi.My PC just had a crash while I was using the dynamask in quixel 2.1.1. Now quixel wont open. something runs for about 1sec as i see the blue loading wheel on my mouse then it disappears. no window…
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panic

Answered: dDo seam issues!!!! Please Help!

Iv been working on hard surface modelling now for 4 days and im getting issue after issue. I was having loads of issues with my normal map baking in maya. I wasn't getting the seams to work correctly…
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mrgilbert159

Answered: Export to Unity / Export in general not quite doing... anything. (2.1)

So Ive bee working on some stuff and have run into some issues.The biggest being that the export doesnt seem to work right. When Im in 3do and finally have what I like, I hit the export button in the…
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Marc_Saubion

Solved: Reimport Mesh not working. 2.1.1 & 2.1.2

When I need to reimport the mesh the material doesn't show on the mesh anymore. It just shows the default white material. Can anyone else confirm that this is a bug or do I need to do something else …
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Keytay

problem with ndo and rendering in cycles

i'm a total noob in blender and  i'm using ndo to add some details to a door and it looks fine in 3do but when i try to render it using cycles it looks weird,so any solutions?
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PlateCaptain

In-progress: SP bake - sync - Quixel(Mikkt space)

I've just installed QS2 and am really impressed by some of the demo vids(having purchased the beta and since moving to Substance Painter:) ) Now for the practicalities: I'm wondering if SP and QS2 ar…
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Synaesthesia

Answered: dDo Curvature Maps - Why are mine so bad?

I like that DDO/3DO lets you choose to bake curvature maps in the app instead of loading one from an external program, but I've begun to notice that they are truly terrible and unusable. What gives?I…
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Synaesthesia

Answered: How to plug in the maps in 3ds Max Vray ?

I'm having trouble getting the metals to render in 3ds Max Vray the way they come out in Quixel 3DO.I put the specular map in the Reflect slot, the Glossiness map in RGlossiness. I've tried swit…
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Vipera

Solved: Texturing Continuity

This is a must !I am doing some modular work at the moment and Quixel sucks at this because the re-importer does not have a re-import mesh option. This imho has been overlooked as 99% of the tutorial…
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Synaesthesia

In-progress: Not using my Curvature or Obj Maps. Causing seams :(

I did a post before about having issues with my seams. I've narrowed it down to this. I was told lots of times it could be my padding. So I padded up as you will see from my maps. I thought this…
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mrgilbert159

Solved: Quixel Suite 2.1 ID map

Hi i cant seems to able to assign ID maps on the latest version.  Just bought it yesterday and I have used the 1.8 version before
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ribrado

Answered: Error in Quixel Suite

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Synaesthesia

Getting Started - Question about the tutorial

Hi guys!I'm new to Quixel and I'm currently learning with the Quixel Wiki, but I'm stock somewhere.Could anyone give me a little help on how to do this effect? I'm not sure where to place the mask.Th…
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Paquette_e

Getting Started - Question about the tutorial

Hi guys!I'm new to Quixel and I'm currently learning with the Quixel Wiki, but I'm stock somewhere.Could anyone give me a little help on how to do this effect? I'm not sure where to place the mask.Th…
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Paquette_e

Solved: Quixel Suite is SO SLOW

I mean, STUPID SLOW. I've spent literally 3 or more hours trying to texture a small hut, with around 70k polys, and have had quixel crash my computer 4 times since using it due to how laggy it gets. …
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Synaesthesia

Solved: Textures Not Appearing in 3DO

After trying to add an Opacity map to my project, 3DO now doesn't show any textures. I can get the opacity map I made to show up (albeit, it's also not working properly; instead of the areas I masked…
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Utility

ANSWERED: Quixel for Arnold, Vray in Maya

I was wondering if there were anyway to get the materials in DDO library to work more accurately for Vray or Arnold in Maya/3DS Max. Especially in regards to the normal maps and spec maps.
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Billy Lundevall

Solved: Camo patterns not working (Legacy Materials)

Most presets don't work for me, because for some reason DDO isn't generating the mask.I've checked it, and it looks like it happens with all armor presets, while cloth materials usually work.
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Varzov

Answered: Quixel slow material browser

Hey does nayone know why it is that when i use the search i can only type 1-2 letters and than have to wait for 5-10 seconds to type any more letters or click anything in the browser???
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Sunray

Answered: Questions about Suite 2.0

Hello,Just got my hands on this amazing software and it's just amazing. But I have a question and an issue:Question: How can I make the texture transparent? I modelled a radio and I have a glass in f…
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stxtch

Quixel Suite 2.1.1 is OUT NOW!

Great news today! 2.1.1 just rolled out! With Smart Material Batching, and a dozen new Smart Materials too! Create & load presets made from entire projects, 1.8 preset conversion, plent…
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KingKellogg

Answered: Paint layers not working in 16-bit project

As the title says, noticed this bug in 2.0.8 and already then reported it. Tried it today with the latest version of the Quixel suite and the bug still persists.To qu
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Synaesthesia

Solved: having the painting issue with ndo again where i cant paint on character

having that issue of not being able to paint on the model again.   so i open up a normal map in photoshop, i then open up ndo and convert that map to a ndo map, i then select the multinorma…
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snake85027

Answered: Is This The Problem..?

Hiya there! When installing Quixel, I get a Microsoft Visual C++ Redist. error saying it won't install because it is already installed on my computer. After checking the log file, it says it won't in…
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Synaesthesia

Answered: Quixel Suite getting slower and slower?

Is it just me or does the suite gets slower and slower the more you use it? I don't remember these long map creating times and photoshop saving large psbs all the time when I just got the suite. Is t…
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Abracadaniel

Answered: Padding recommendation for input maps DDO

Hi Quixeler!Even though I'm using the Suite for some time now I'm still not 100% sure about the best padding for the input maps.I used to use maximum padding, means the empty space between uv islands…
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Prime8

Answered: Fixing Seams on Base materials

Here is a Technical questionForexample, If I had an organic cylindrical object (like a wooden shaft, used in various tools) and I would want to make it appear seamless, I'd simply place the seams in …
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Synaesthesia

Answered: Updated colour ID only partially works

I updated my colour-id map and reimported it, it shows up on my model when I hold "c" but the new colours don't appear in the drop down selection of any of the smart ID's - any ideas?I see the id's .…
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CandyStripes05

In-progress: Quixel only crashed

I try the latest version but it only crashed after 50% if i add texture. This is very .....
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JakobKeudel

Answered: Megascans

Hey does anyone know when Megascans will be released?
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Sunray

quixel swatches for modo users

Hello all,just started converting the swatches for modo users and made a viewport for easy ID maps. Select meshs/groups or polys drag and drop = doneIt's going to take me a few days but it's getting …
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repete

Answered: Quixel Suite 2.1.0 won't start on windows 10

Hi, I'm trying to get some work done but when I try to start quixel 2010 nothing happens, it seems like it's trying to load but then just stops, i can't see anything in the task manager either... Any…
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Synaesthesia

Answered: Color Map Question

Do I need to use the Quixel swatches to assign my mesh objects colors in Maya? I ask because I am using Vray for Maya and I find doing a Diffuse pass is much cleaner and easier than the transfer…
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Synaesthesia

Answered: Nodes setup for Blender Cycles?

Hello.You guys have a 2 part video about using Quixel suite with Blender. In the end of second video, it is said, that part 3 is coming, and you gona show how to setup map you export from Quixel in B…
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JakobKeudel

Answered: How to increase UV padding for newly created smart materials?

Guys, any ideas on how to increase UV bleeding for newly created smart materials? For example currently in albedo map I have almost no UV bleeding (padding) which produces thin seam along uvs.. How t…
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Defonten

Answered: Group to all layers

Is there a way to make a selection on one map and group the selection on all maps if there is please let me know that would be amazing
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Synaesthesia

Answered: Ugly mask

This is driving me mad please if anyone knows why tell me when i add a amaterial it looks like this.
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Sunray

Solved: Adding new information to the ID map?

Is it possible to add new areas to id map on an existing project?
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Abracadaniel

Answered: Can't edit mask scale? Tarpauline material

I seem to have an issue where I previously was able to change the scale of the pattern for tarpauline but can't any longer. Can anyone tell me how to change the scale easily? http://puu.sh/mLdxK…
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Synaesthesia

Answered: Masking pattern location

Where do I put my own custom masking patterns so i can see them in the material/mask browser?Also I know Megascans isnt available yet but are there any new smart materials anywhere that I can purchas…
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Keytay

Solved: Suite Seems Really Broken

1) nDO won't open at all2) dDO opens, lets me input maps, creates maps, then closes3) 3DO works fine, shows error on launchnDO refuses to do anything when I hit the nDO button in Suite. The button wi…
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Utility

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