Xoliul Shader rendering issue

manilamerc

Hey I want to get rid of this weird shading here. You guys know what could be making it or what settings you recommend ?

OBlastradiusO

If you don't have Max 2012 then shader ain't gonna work.

kurt_hectic

It works in 2012, problems are in 2013+ from what I remember.

Give us some details and screenshot without a diffuse map.

Eric Chadwick

Yeah, what version of Max? Also would help to show a screenshot of your material settings. What cubemap(s) are you using? Did you create them yourself, or use one of the ones that came with it?

manilamerc

I'm using Max 2012, as for cubemaps I did not create any cubemaps. Not sure if I even have any used. I'm not sure what they are.

manilamerc

I remember doing it before but I can't remember how I did it

Eric Chadwick

I put some stuff about cubemaps here
http://wiki.polycount.net/CubeMap

Not sure what's causing your problem though. Is the normal map "normalized"? You can use the free Nvidia normal map filter in Photoshop to do this.
http://wiki.polycount.net/PhotoshopTools#Actions.2C_Filters.2C_Scripts
What normalizing does is to prevent your normal map from going beyond regular values, preventing it from causing spikes or weird issues with your lighting.

manilamerc

I made my normals in Xnormal and I overrided them

Eric Chadwick

What do you mean by "overrided"?

manilamerc

Eric Chadwick

Ah, ok, you overrode the gamma. Good. Did you do any editing in Photoshop or another image editor?