Normals look good in Max/C4D, bad seams in Source engine

TH98

I'm working on this character for a Source mod, and I have a problem with the normal maps, which I rendered in Xnormal. In 3DS Max and Cinema 4D, the normal maps seem to have worked pretty well, as seen here:


But ingame, they have brutal nasty seams that match the seams on the UV map:


What causes this? Is there anything I can do to fix it?

jocose

flip the green channel

Firebert

and be sure to have enough padding for the mips that vtf will create.

TH98

It worked! Thanks guys.

SpeCter

what the... hell did you do to the gman?

Joao Sapiro

im sorry i couldnt resist man.



it had to be done

Moosey_G

I don't get it, he asked for help.

TH98

You guys are lifesavers.


He looks much better now: