Looking for a stand-alone normal map viewer app

PaK

<u>I have a unique problem:</u>

I need to test character normal maps heavily modified in photoshop in a viewer that is not Max, Maya or any game engine.

The ATI normal mapper only allows you to view normal maps cooked by the tool itself. the same is true with Melody.

Does anyone know of an app that can load a custom normal map and a custom model. I only need to see normal maps applied to a model, I don't need a generator.

-R

ScoobyDoofus

I'm looking for the same, and please don't say "doom 3".

Daz

Orb?

EDIT: Oh wait,I think the same problem you mention applied to Orb too.

acc

Orb
From the "previewhead.cfg" file:
#
# This example shows using ORB as a previewer,
# i.e. to view an existing model with existing
# normal map(s) and/or decal map(s)
#


# import model for viewing
ViewModel imports/dericks_head_low.obj

# Specify which normal map to use on material 0
SetViewNormalmap 0 textures/derhead_local.tga

# Specify which diffuse map to use on material 0
SetViewDiffusemap 0 textures/derhead_d.tga

Not sure about specular maps, though.

sinistergfx

ORB should work just fine. It isn't limiting to viewing only maps you just generated with it.

EDIT: acc beat me.

PaK

Someone mentioned Orb to me on model_design, and provided me a link but I have lost it. Does anyone have a link to orb?

-R

MoP

ORB is here.

PaK

thx

thomasp

there are several nice md5 viewers that do not require doom3 to be installed. only drawback is of course that you'd need an md5 exporter for your app to make use of those. (found them at doom3 world forums).

EarthQuake

Orb dosent let you load spec maps, so its just about useless.... To me atleast.

ScoobyDoofus

Ok, another question!
Does Orb support normal maps with some mirrored UV coordinates or does it have to be 100% unique coords?

I am, of course, downloading it anyway...

Joshua Stubbles

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I was using Crytek´s Polybump Previewer. It looks good to show some Normal Maps created in ZBrush.

I think this is a Evaluation version, but I didn´t found what´s the limitation. Check it out!

[/ QUOTE ]

Polybump certainly looks great. It looks as though it even supports mirrored UV's. Unfortuneatly, it'sa rip-off at $1000 U.S, and the 'demo' plugin for 3dsmax is for version FOUR. FOUR? What's with these people....