UV Island/ Texel density size match to other assets in the scene

vali

Hi everyone, I am working on a project in Maya and I am new to creating game assets and UV islands. My map in Maya in set to 2048 for all my assets, but I have one asset that is really big in the scene and I can't match its UV size to the rest of my assets. I am still working to understand a bit more about texel density and UV's. I am trying to cut the bigger asset into smaller UVshells to fit it into the 1x1 UV island, but it's still too big if I match it to my other assets texel density. Any advise on how I can work around this is really appreciated. Thank you.

Cibo

1. A uniform Texel Density is not always the best choice. Look from the "Player" view. When you can kiss the wall, the wall needs higher density than a roof you never can visit. Its nice to have "playable" Blockout for this for optimation. (Unreal5 has extra Viewport Modus for Texel Density)
2. Increase the minimum view distance with natural objects
3. Increase Texture Size, Unreal5 Megascans are 8k 😁
4. Cut the asset in smaller Meshes. Can be better because when only 1 Polygon is visible the whole Mesh must be rendered in many Game Engines
5. Chaotic rocks or flat surfaces can use of seamless textures and decals or another texture overlay for break up the pattern

Fabi_G

Hi! Maybe also try the forums search function. Texel density is a common topic and you might find information that's useful for your case.

(https://polycount.com/search?adv=1&search=Texel+density&title=&author=&cat=all&subcats=1&tags=&discussion_discussion=1&within=6+months&date=Today+)

Good luck!

vali

Thank you for your comments and your help. I appreciate it. I will try the different options you mentioned. I guess as I am new to this, it looks really overwhelming and I want to get it right. I will do some more reading in the forum for any additional tips :)

sprunghunt

in the maya UV toolkit there's a texel density tool (see image)

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/maya/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2022/ENU/Maya-Modeling/files/GUID-73BF7546-3BF2-44F3-9192-15A024CEC173-htm.html