Baking problem

Sheers

Hi guys. So I made a cylinder model and created a high poly version. After I made the projections and baked it, the occlusion and normal are distorted looking. I really am not sure what I am doing wrong. Can someone guide me over here?

Here are the models:


These are the UV's I'm using:


Here's the Normal and AO:

WarrenM

Here you go.

"Understanding averaged normals and ray projection/Who put waviness in my normal map? "
http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=81154&highlight=wavy

Quack!

When projecting normals, they get influenced by the location of your low polys vertices. So, if you want your normal map to be a bit more accurate you would add a loop at the horizon location of all of those nut floaters and then rebake, and they will come out good looking as their normals are pulled towards the new vertices you created.