Mirrored UV´s / Crazybump Seam Issue

alter5

First of here are my files, guess you can tell me more if you actually see what i did wrong.

The 3Ds Max Project File:  http://www.mediafire.com/download/mq2spac5k6l5a7k/Axe_Project.max

and the height map im firing into CB

Basically the issue im having is that i get some weird Seam´ish like artifacts along the center of the mesh.

Honestly im almost a 100% sure that my height map is messed up somehow...

Thanks in advance!

Eric Chadwick

 A tool like Crazy Bump will not create the necessary normal map values to solve a mirror seam. Instead you should bake a normal map from a 3d model. Here's why:

http://wiki.polycount.com/wiki/Normal_map#2D_Workflow

alter5

Yeah i actually forgot to say that i dont get any seams when baking with Xnormal for example... This sucks though i wanna make maps without a highpoly and enjoy the amazing detail crazybump normals have... ._. xD

skankerzero

have you tried painting out the bend in separate channels?

alter5

I havent, and im not sure if i can catch your drift like do you mean for example paint around the shell edges in the green channel of the normal or the height map?

Sorry im more or less clueless when it comes to solving modeling/texturing issues like im way at better creating ones..

Eric Chadwick

Yeah, you can paint flat color along the shell edges, which will eliminate some of the seams. Some info here 

http://wiki.polycount.com/wiki/Normal_Map_Modeling#Mirroring

Neox

the way you waste your texturespace you could also just make it without a mirror seam