Why am i getting these baking issues with my mesh?

cturbo

I am modeling a bed, and after baking, I am getting reflections or shadows on my model, such as the mattress and on some of the wood ends where it sits next to another plank of wood. Can someone explain why this is happening? If I remove the mattress, I don't get the errors, but I shouldn't have to break the model apart and bake separately to stop baking issues. I am new to games and would be very grateful if someone could help me.

Fabi_G

Hi! That's probably the result of nearby geometry projecting onto each other. Check out Painters "Match by Name" option. The wiki entry on Texture baking describes the option of exploding the mesh. Personally with the options Painter and Toolbag (Bake Groups) offer, didn't do so since forever.

cturbo

thanks so much those links are very useful, im going to look at it now.

Eric Chadwick

Nice one Fabi_G!
I've updated the wiki, adding a note about tools that avoid the need to explode.

cturbo

im still getting errors after changing the mesh name. can you look at my file for me and tell me what i have done wrong?

cturbo

yah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i fixed it! exploding meshes top tip! i realised you cant rely on just mesh by name.