[3ds max, Headus UV ] My low poly model looks shit after re importing from headus Help

cdeeks

Hi i modeled a weapon and my lowpoly looked good in 3ds max and when i exported as a OBJ and unwrapped it in headus UV and imported back to max it looks awfull. i made sure smoothing groups was imported also. but even fixing SG does not seem to help.  The last 3 pics are after re import

C86G

Before exporting, set your normals to explicit with a edit normals modifier and also add a reset X-form, just in case.
When importing, rest the normals with an edit normals modifier. If that doesn´t work, edit smooting groups by UVs with Xnormal and reset the normals.

cdeeks

Edit smoothing groups using Xnormals as in the program Xnormal? 

pior

I think he probably meant Textools. Although I don't think that would help anyways, since your hard edges seem to be manually placed as opposed to driven by UV islands.

cdeeks

thanks i used edit normals and it worked. But now i have baked my normal map and it looks awfull, lol need a lot more lessons on baking Normal maps.

CGnula

Hi !
After you import from Headus UV to 3Ds Max, try setting up Smoothing groups from UV shells using Textools. I think it'll fix this issue as this looks like a smoothing problem to me. I have used this method so please feel free to give it a try. 

Cheers ! 

coven

Make sure you aren't using gamma correction on your normal map. 

Hope it helps!