Normal Problem on Skeletal Mesh

TheGreatMinky

Hi Polycount,

I've been having some really annoying problems with a skeletal mesh I've been importing for a game I'm making for a project. We're using the August 2010 release of UDK. I've been having some normal issues upon importing with my mesh shown below:

http://thegreatminky.deviantart.com/art/Turret-202577625

So the things I've done so far to fix this problem with no success:

Unlocking the normals in maya and redoing them, deleting non-deformer history.

In the fbx exporter, trying both Smooth Mesh and without Smooth Mesh in the Geometry menu.

Exporting the model into another scene file, then reimporting it back into my previous file again to see if the object was broken or something.

Trying various import settings with UDK, on/off with combine meshes and explicit normals.

Maybe something else but I can't remember all of them, some help would be greatly appreciated, thanks .

Oniram

doesnt look like a normal issue, looks more like a smoothing group issue. dont know what you would call that in maya, but if you set your mesh needs to have smoothing groups set, otherwise it will assign its own.

(just did a quick search and i believe in maya its referred to as soft/hard edges??? maybe)

Gilgamesh

Looks like the edges are not smoothed or welded properly then smoothed, select the face and smooth it.

Visceral

have you checked export normals when exporting in FBX? also when in UDK have you checked "explicit normals?"

Tidus

Export in FBX. UDK makes smoothing groups from .ase files using UV islands.