Normal Map Help.

Chicken Dip

Hey guys i am busy baking the Normals for this object but i get this issue when i bake it:
Low Poly (Texture Map is at 8K)


And here is the High Poly model:


Is there a way to sort this? there is an identical screw on the other side of the model and it baked PERFECTLY just this side wont come out right, and i cant mirror it because on the other side the screw has 2 holes in it.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

Ace-Angel

Support loops, since you already said that you have two holes on the other side, meaning more vertices so the Normal Map is tighter in the bake.

gsokol

It looks like the perspective is kinda shifted on the bake.

Are you using a cage? If so, make sure that the faces of the cage right there aren't warped. If they warp, it affects your bake. You could try baking with the cage off as well.

Chicken Dip

Thanks for the quick reply, will try both methods.

@gsokol: yes i am using a cage, but how do i check if the faces of the cage are not warped? what i do is export the cage so i have an identical copy of my Low poly and just use the push modifier to expand it... dont know if that is relevant...

gsokol

yea push can potentially warp it a little bit....the smaller the amount the less it should do it though. Just make sure that the face (or faces) that correspond to that area are as parallel to the the low poly mesh as possible.

EarthQuake

Cut in one single vert right where that detail that is skewing is, that will fix it most likely.

Chicken Dip

Hey guys, thanks for the replies. Baking the map without using the cage worked perfectly. Thanks again for all the quick replies.