Making local maps via 3ds max, zbrush, melody etc?

odium

Hey guys.

I'm having a bit of trouble. I have 2 models, one is the low poly mesh and the other is the high poly mesh with the detail on.

The problem I'm having is that I cant for the life of me get a decent normal map from it. I've even tried Doom 3's renderbump and it comes out just wrong looking

Is there by chance a step by step guide I can use somewhere that will talk me through it?

Thanks in advance.

MoP

Moved to 2D/3D Discussion forum.


http://www.cgchat.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=20424&perpage=15&pagenumber=1

You can change what type of normal map it is (Tangent-space, world space, etc.) in the Options menu of the Projection sub-section of Max7's Render to Texture menu.

JKMakowka

Have you tried using ORB?

Sadly the original page of it is down since some time, but I have mirrored the last version on our FreeGameArts webpage (see sig) under tools.

KDR_11k

What part of it is wrong? What do your models look like? Too little information, could be stuff like having UVs overlap (e.g. mirrored parts are included twice), could be that you have shapes that don't work with NMs, could be that your hipoly and lowpoly mesh don't match up, etc.

Hooker with a Penis

Makowka, just wanted to thank you for hosting ORB, since with the site being taken down (much to my suprise, considering how popular it was) I need to get ORB (Melody gave me the finger a while ago). So thanks, mate, I appreciate it (and I'll stick it on my FTP too since it's apparently going to be harder to get now).

lio

hi everyone, this is probably a strange place to put a first post but i figured i´d post the url to the seemingly "new" orb website (at least that´s where i found it last time i looked for orb):

http://engineering.soclab.bth.se/tools/177.aspx

MoP

lio: Great stuff, thanks!