Simple cube bake , need some help

blackneo

Hi everyone !
I know there are a lot of threads about this but i still can't fix it !
My goal is to bake a simple cube with chamfered edges !
First of all , i know that adding some edges to the LP can fix it but i saw a lot of people doing it without adding edges and i want to know how !

My start cube



Here is my problem

When i bake my NM with softenedge i got this



When i bake my NM with Hardenedge i got this



The problem here with the hardenedge is that i got a black line



I followed a lot of tutorials ect like this one :

http://www.chrisalbeluhn.com/Normal_Map_Tutorial.html

If i want to know how to bake hard edges like in this tuto ->



On this image , there is NO ADDED edges but i still can keep a nice normal map and a good smooth angle with the normal.


If anyone have an idea i'll glad to hear it

btw sorry for my poor english !

Ace-Angel

Use a cage.

Bek

EarthQuake's post should explain everything. As Ace Angel says you need to bake with a cage (Averaged projection mesh), but this thread should explain WHY you need to do so.

http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=107196&page

blackneo

Thanks a lot ! this thread is so helpfull !