Advice on Workflow for a Large Model

helloMher

Hi Polycount community

I’m working on a large game-ready model and facing some issues. The bake quality is poor, and the texel density is in bad shape. I’d prefer not to use multiple UV maps as I think it won’t save memory.

Would it be worth trying a tiling texture workflow? Will it work better, or is there a better approach?

Looking forward to your advice. Thanks!

Eric Chadwick

What is your photo reference and/or concept? In other words, what visual result are you aiming towards?

For a mechanical model like this I would suggest not baking a normal map from a higher res model, but instead using bevels and weighted vertex normals.

Fabi_G

Hi! What became of your last thread? You got a few suggestions there, where you not able to take anything from it? Why not update the thread and get more eyes on it? Deleting the original text and opening a new thread basically repeating the question will just disperse information - and in my opinion is somewhat disregarding the time people took to help you.

Yet, on the topic: You can combine large elements using tiling textures (broken up using masks and/or decals) with uniquely textured elements no problem.

helloMher

Eric Chadwick said:

What is your photo reference and/or concept? In other words, what visual result are you aiming towards?

For a mechanical model like this I would suggest not baking a normal map from a higher res model, but instead using bevels and weighted vertex normals.

The visual appearance will be realistic. Excuse me, can I use multiple tiled textures for this model? Or will I not save memory size?

helloMher

Fabi_G said:

Hi! What became of your last thread? You got a few suggestions there, where you not able to take anything from it? Why not update the thread and get more eyes on it? Deleting the original text and opening a new thread basically repeating the question will just disperse information - and in my opinion is somewhat disregarding the time people took to help you.

Yet, on the topic: You can combine large elements using tiling textures (broken up using masks and/or decals) with uniquely textured elements no problem.

Sorry about this. I posted it on a few forums and forgot I had also posted it here, then I deleted the previous one😅

Thanks a lot! I’ll use tiling textures.