ANSWERED: "Smart" textures are anything but.

dankosturik

I'm getting problems with the way that dDo is texturing my AR15 model with "Smart Textures". I'm getting very hard seams on objects that are flat (Front of the magazine, and front of pistol grip), and VERY exaggerated scratches. I want to have much more subtle edge wear and tear, but obviously, where dDo is placing the edge wear is of the highest importance right now.



Any ideas?

Bek

Smart materials aren't a 1-click solution. They also depend heavily on your input maps like normal, curvature, AO...

Open up the mask in dynamask, look at the inputs the smart material is using, play with the sliders and figure out why it is masking where it is. Or create a new mask from scratch and see where that takes you.

dankosturik

I'm really at a loss - I don't know how to open up masks, nor create my own with this the Quixel Suite.

EDIT: Wow, holy crap I just found the sliders you are referring to. Nvm - let me play around with these for awhile; this just opened up new doors..

Eric Ramberg

Just as Bek says they are not exactly one click solutions although they might be sometimes, but the idea is to create something off your own starting with the smart materials as a base. Let me know if you have any questions regarding smart materials!

Synaesthesia

Just like anything else, it really helps to read the manual.

bac9-flcl

I also recommend watching this perfect overview video, it explains pretty much every single important part of working with DDO, including usage of material hierarchy and the dynamask editor.

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0A7Pq8bY3SM[/ame]