I need some normal map help, not much though.
polycounter lvl 13
So I really need help.
I'm trying to refine my game modeling skills, and i know there is a way to bake floating, unwrapped geometry's normals onto a low poly, unwrapped object.
For example. say i have a soldier with magazine holders on his vest, i model the magazine holders and the vest in zbrush, then i make a lowpoly. I want the lowpoly to have the normal map of the highpoly vest and magazine holders baked into it.
In other words, can i bake multiple objects into one lowpoly mesh?
I know it's kind of hard to explain typing, but if you can help me i'd owe you hah.
I'm trying to refine my game modeling skills, and i know there is a way to bake floating, unwrapped geometry's normals onto a low poly, unwrapped object.
For example. say i have a soldier with magazine holders on his vest, i model the magazine holders and the vest in zbrush, then i make a lowpoly. I want the lowpoly to have the normal map of the highpoly vest and magazine holders baked into it.
In other words, can i bake multiple objects into one lowpoly mesh?
I know it's kind of hard to explain typing, but if you can help me i'd owe you hah.
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http://www.iddevnet.com/quake4/ArtReference_CreatingModels
In some cases it helps to triangulate the model yourself, like if you have non-planar quads because the inner edge could either make it into a valley or a ridge...
Eric beat me to it with better information.
Alex