UVW problem!

Kukkitero

Oooo-Kay, well basicaly I put the model togetehr and I'm like "Fuck yes, this model is going so well!" .. Then it comes time to unwrap the UV on the model and I gaze into the UV editor to be greeted by a disgusting web of random.

Below is my beautiful model that I love so much.




And here is the disgusting UV that I have no idea how to fix.

sargentcrunch

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Meteora

You should be able to unwrap everything below into one UV island on its own, if not into several pieces. At the moment the UVs are unworkable, so select the faces in the UV Editor (viewport might also work) and goto Options > Flatten Mapping.

From there you'll have to sew the UV borders together. If you can't get it to stitch properly without significant stretching, it is better to leave it as its own UV island.

Kukkitero

Meteora wrote: »

You should be able to unwrap everything below into one UV island on its own, if not into several pieces. At the moment the UVs are unworkable, so select the faces in the UV Editor (viewport might also work) and goto Options > Flatten Mapping.

From there you'll have to sew the UV borders together. If you can't get it to stitch properly without significant stretching, it is better to leave it as its own UV island.

Thank you so so so so so so much.

Flatten mapping fixed everything, you are entitled to one E-Cookie!



Here's my latest problem though.

Is there anyway to get this more.. Organized?

Meteora

Ah yeah... that becomes a problem, especially with lots of polygons.

I can't think of anything off the top of my head to organize it, I'm not particularly familiar with 3ds Max. I look into selectively mapping out the UV islands. The grip of the sword for example, would be its own UV island. The pummel its own, the crossguard its own. Its best if you could try and merge them as one UV island to avoid texture seams, but if its unavoidable to stretch then it may be easier to just have them as separate islands.



So select all the edges of the handle and then use whatever UV mapping tools 3ds Max has that would be most suitable (I presume a cylindrical one).

sargentcrunch

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ghaztehschmexeh

Youtube a tutorial on how to UV map, because clearly you don't know how to do it. It's difficult to explain in text.

sargentcrunch

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