Z-mapper question

almighty_gir

ok, so my initial sculpt was made using arshes basemesh (i love it.)

but now that it comes to the actual normalmapping part etc, i've rebuilt the low poly mesh to the point where it no longer resembles the basemesh, and has many new/removed verticies.

is it still possible to import this new low-res mesh into zbrush and have it take advantage of the polypainted high res model i used?

MoP

As far as I'm aware, you can only bake normalmaps to meshes of different topology using ZMapper.
If you want to preserve your polypainting, you'll have to use Col>Txr button to convert the polypainting to a texture, then export that along with a fairly high level mesh into Max/Maya/XNormal and use their baking tools to transfer the colour info. At which point you might as well bake normals there too.

almighty_gir

ahhh ok, so i don't need to worry about how the UV's are layed out for the high res? i just export the colour information with the mesh?

MoP

Well, obviously if your UVs are laid out nicely then it will be easier to edit the map if you wanted, but you should be able to use ZBrush's auto UVs and bake correctly in another app.

almighty_gir

ahh awesome, thanks mop