FPS gloves normal map issue

CyberGameArts

Hello everybody!
While I was baking some gloves that I modeled/sculpted I encountered this weird problem. I get this bleeding in the normal map:



Here is the area in the low poly:



this is the high poly:



I checked all the normals on both sides and they are all ok...

Here is the area in the UV layout:



and finally my XNormal settings:


I tried every possiblity in Xnormal but i got stuck.(or maybe I am just to dumb to realize the mistake :P )
PLz help.


Thanks alot

cryrid

Crank up the edge padding to start with; it should be higher than 1. Aim bigger, like 8-16 depending on the size of the texture.

From there it could depend on the smoothing groups of the lowpoly and how they relate to the UV islands.

Wesley

Are you using a cage? Also yeah edge padding should be higher than 1, just set it 16 or something. You can't really set it too high.

CyberGameArts

cryrid wrote: »

Crank up the edge padding to start with; it should be higher than 1. Aim bigger, like 8-16 depending on the size of the texture.

From there it could depend on the smoothing groups of the lowpoly and how they relate to the UV islands.

Hey thanks a lot for the reply. However is still get the same problem with the edge padding set to 16.
I am using Maya on this one so how would you set up smoothing groups correctly and how do they affect the bake?
Again thanks alot

CyberGameArts

Wesley wrote: »

Are you using a cage? Also yeah edge padding should be higher than 1, just set it 16 or something. You can't really set it too high.

Thank you for replying! No i am not using a cage. I honeslty dont even kown how to set one up in Maya (do you know how? ) I still get the issue with the edge padding set to 16 though. Thanks

sprunghunt

it looks like the trace distance is too far or you need to edit the cage in that area.
- because the bit between the fingers is actually baking the other finger not the one it's supposed to be.

I'd do a bake in with a cage and make sure the cage vertexes aren't overlapping where the fingers meet the palm/knuckles.

edit: in maya the 'cage' is called an 'envelope' and you should edit that

CyberGameArts

sprunghunt wrote: »

it looks like the trace distance is too far or you need to edit the cage in that area.
- because the bit between the fingers is actually baking the other finger not the one it's supposed to be.

I'd do a bake in with a cage and make sure the cage vertexes aren't overlapping where the fingers meet the palm/knuckles.

edit: in maya the 'cage' is called an 'envelope' and you should edit that

Ok thanks. Do you know how to set one up in Maya?

respawnrt

Search for keyword "envelope".There is a creating normal map reference in the maya reference.

sprunghunt

CyberGameArts wrote: »

Ok thanks. Do you know how to set one up in Maya?

http://download.autodesk.com/global/docs/maya2013/en_us/index.html?url=files/Asts_Create_texture_maps_with_the_Transfer_Map_tool.htm,topicNumber=d30e534787

scroll down to the custom envelope section.