3ds max curved road

Iliadis

Hi!

I'm having a lot of problems with texture mapping in 3ds max and i need help... i are modeling a MK7 race track, the road modelling is done, but, i don't know exactly how can i create the road mapping, i already tried a lot of different techniques to do that, but nothing works, i will explain with images whats happened:
That's is the track

The size of the polygons sets how stretch textures are, then some road parts looks good, and some parts looks horrible:


And that is how UVs looks like
http://i.imgur.com/Cb7rQNW.jpg
My question is, there's a way to make all polygons automatically have the same size? Like that example:
http://i.imgur.com/HXMQeMi.jpg

Thanks.

Iliadis

Hi guys.

Please, how can i made a road texture like that:
http://cgtextures.com/thumbnails/textures/Roads/Roads/Roads0119_2_preview.jpg

Looks like that in a curved 3d object:
http://www.hdwallpapersinn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Curvy-Road-TiltShift_www.FullHDWpp.com_.jpg

Eric Chadwick

Your first link is broken. I think it's this texture? http://www.cgtextures.com/texview.php?id=53294

We have some tutorials here on the wiki.
http://wiki.polycount.com/wiki/MultiTexture#Texture_Splatting

What have you tried so far? It always helps to show what you've done, so people can offer suggestions.

Eric Chadwick

If you're creating the track using a Loft or a Sweep or some other spline technique, then you can have it assign UVs that follow the track automatically.

After modeling is complete, you can use Spline Mapping in the Unwrap UVW modifier.

Spline Mapping tutorial
http://help.autodesk.com/view/3DSMAX/2015/ENU/?guid=GUID-7BFF848B-70B9-4651-A62E-700DC84CC2CA

Spline Map Parameters Dialog
http://help.autodesk.com/view/3DSMAX/2015/ENU/?guid=GUID-0ECEB654-76FB-4C2F-9CCD-57A03EA3A9C0

Chimp

this is how i'd do it:

1. create your plane for the road
2. uv map it while its still straight rather than complicating things and doing it while it's bent.
3. then path deform it to a spline

Iliadis

Thank you guys, but i already found a solution, for the road i have crated a plane and added detail holding shift, then i added two UVW Map and one UVW unrap to road looks like that:

Octo

So is it supposed to look like that? Doesn't look like a solution..
Unless you are using multiple UV channels, your 3 UVW modifiers will overwrite each other, only the top one will actually do anything. Model the road with a spline, check the create UV button and make it renderable or sweep it.....that'll make the road evenly wide too with proper UVs.

Chimp

Cool Eric, I've never actually clicked the Spline Map button - learn something new every day

Iliadis: you've already got a thread for this - you should keep it contained to the one thread.

Eric Chadwick

I've merged the two threads into one. The posts might seem a little out of sequence, but they're sorted by date, so it's not too bad.