3ds Max to Mudbox (2013) question

CookieBE

I have a question about the Max to Mudbox workflow. :poly131:
I've made a highpoly (using turbosmooth) model in Max and I now want to texture it in Mudbox.

Do I unwrap the lowpoly version (the one without the turbosmooth modifier) of the model,
or do I create a new lowpoly version?

Thanks for your help.

Ace-Angel

If the Low Poly version is finalized (as in it has the proper edge flow and loops) then yes, you can unwrap that and send it to Mud instead of making a new one.

CookieBE

Thanks for the help.

CookieBE

Another quick question that I don't want to start a new thread for.
Would someone like to give his/her opinion on texture painting for game models in Mudbox?

oglu

in combination with Ps is a really good workflow...
but you have to paint 16bit maps cause mud has problems with color tearing and 8it...

they fixed some uv bugs with 2012 SAP so thats not a big problem anymore...

uncharted texture artist doing some magic
http://vimeo.com/33962304


here some painting tips...
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PQ7TFGQgdM"]mudbox 2013 paint hints - YouTube[/ame]

CookieBE

Thanks for the reply.

In the videos all of the artist use a model that is already UV mapped. Atleast as far as I can see. :icon15:
Is the workflow Mudbox, Photoshop also interesting if you paint on a high res model
and then bake your textures (diffuse, normal,..) onto the low res version?

cptSwing

shut up bot.

CookieBE, you can use Ptex to paint your uv-less high poly and then bake it down (in mudbox or possibly even max, not xnormal yet unfortunately).

CookieBE

Thanks for pointing me to the Ptex system, cptSwing.

A new question :poly136:, has Mudbox problems with importing high poly models? Because every time I try it crashes on me.

oglu

highres should be no problem... if the geo is subdivided you should unsubdivide them in mud...
but mudbox need clean geo... if there are some bad vertices in your mesh thats a problem...