Normal map issue, with pics
polycounter lvl 9
Sup guys I need your help badly. Ill try to explain the problem as best as I can.
I modeled my char in 3dsmax, unwrapped it and exported it in Zbrush to start doing my high poly mesh. At that point, the unwrap was bad. While doing the normal map in zbrush I retouched the UVWs of the low poly mesh in max. ( removed his left arm and leg to optimize the UV since it was gonna be symmetrical anyway). Was gonna do a symmetry in max as soon as the normal was baked on the low poly mesh. thats a trick i got from a co worker after being done with unwrapping at first, thats why I retouched it later on.
So earlier I exported as OBJ my high poly model as well as my low poly with the definitive unwrap. I created the normal using xnormal default settings (I did a 2048 ) and thats what I got... ( last pic).
Anyone knows whats up? Ill provide additional info if I forgot anything but I think thats the jist of it.
I modeled my char in 3dsmax, unwrapped it and exported it in Zbrush to start doing my high poly mesh. At that point, the unwrap was bad. While doing the normal map in zbrush I retouched the UVWs of the low poly mesh in max. ( removed his left arm and leg to optimize the UV since it was gonna be symmetrical anyway). Was gonna do a symmetry in max as soon as the normal was baked on the low poly mesh. thats a trick i got from a co worker after being done with unwrapping at first, thats why I retouched it later on.
So earlier I exported as OBJ my high poly model as well as my low poly with the definitive unwrap. I created the normal using xnormal default settings (I did a 2048 ) and thats what I got... ( last pic).
Anyone knows whats up? Ill provide additional info if I forgot anything but I think thats the jist of it.
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I have no clue what the hell is going on! Did you collapse your Unwrap UVW stack before exporting the low poly? Did you try a reset xform? What happens when you put on a simple checker map on your low poly? Do your high poly and low-poly meshes match up? (Import your HP in max, and see if the two are placed one over the other. It almost looks like you moved your low poly in the world space, and the HP and LP meshes aren't aligned at all.
I'll see you at work tomorrow, maybe having everything in front of me will help out.
sounds good!
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Also! Make sure you selected your LP mesh in the Low definition section of xNormal. It's possible that you're baking your HP results onto your HP's UV's.