tileable textures in zbrush

WindchILL

Hi all, I was wondering if its possible to create a tileable texture in zbrush without needing a tileable mesh.

To clarify, I already have a lowpoly building modeled out and I want to create a tileable texture for things like the roof and wood panels. Can I just create the highpoly mesh and bake out the detail (AO, spec, normals, etc) straight into a 1024 texture file, or do I have to do the standard method of making a high and lowpoly version of the same object and transfer detail?


If it's possible to do and anyone has tutorial links, that would be greatly appreciated.

Mistry10

Have you tried using a 2.5 canvas to create tiling textures ?

WindchILL

I'm still relatively new to zbrush so I've never heard of that before. Thanks for the suggestion, I'll look into it!

wirrexx

you can also sculpt on plane using the Wrapmode in Brush>curvature

Eric Chadwick

We have a bunch of tutorials here.

http://wiki.polycount.com/wiki/EnvironmentSculpting#Sculpting_Tiled_Maps

WindchILL

wow, thanks guys!

Chase

Jacob did a great tutorial on things http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=137796. maybe not specific to what youre doing, but he links to a youtube video on using tiling in zbrush

jfitch

Just to clarify--yes, you can definitely start with a new mesh and make tileable textures to go on the high poly object. There's no rule saying you must bake a localized normal map for every game object.