Having a bit of a texal density crisis

Chase

I ran a test on a basic cylinder just to make sure texal density was the issue, and all materials look good there. I laid out my uv's using a 2:1 texture sheet, and mirrored everything I could to avoid this potential issue. I was not successful.


The blue faces are mirrored.


From what I see the only option open to me is to split my model into two 4096x2048 sheets instead of the one. Also, mirroring the strap and pad to free up a little more space. Advice?

Scruples

Them's some sharp pixels...

Bek

You could put the accessories (optic, bipod, sling) on their own texture sheets if they're genuinely modular pieces that could be re-used on other weapons.

Bartalon

From what I can see of your normals, they seem pretty smooth compared to those super-aliased details, assuming you aren't using normal maps at a larger resolution than your other maps.  I'm not sure what software you are texturing in, but I have seen some mask generators in Substance Painter be completely pixellated on some settings.  Perhaps you just need to blur a layer mask somewhere?

Chase

@Bek - That'd be a good idea, but I want to figure out a way around this with this many uvs. That way I know for future reference.

@Bartalon - Correct, the doc size in Painter was set to 4096x2048 to match the other maps. I tried just painting with a brush and still had pixely results.

I baked out just the rail, giving it plenty of it's own uv space. STILL have issues even at 4k.


uv space baked at 4k