Norms Issues in 3Ds max 2012

HornyRhino

Hey guys i started baking down a Weapon i made but i am having issues with the Norms on only 1 part of the weapon. here are the norms:



And this is how it looks like when applied to the model.


And



Any ideas as to why this is happening? thanks will check the cage tonight and update if there are any changes

HornyRhino

any ideas guys? i have tried moving the UVS and re-baking but to no avail. its doing this issue on ONLY this one part...

GeeDave

Well you're clearly not a "n00b" so feel free to slap me for saying this, but... my first impression is that you've set the projection cage up wrong in that area.

TonyClifton

The region you have marked in the normal map looks a little different than the other parts, I mean more "leveled". Is that just my impression or did you change something there?

I do not really know much about it, but I remember there was once a problem with the gamma in 3ds max and normal maps. Try this (see image).

EarthQuake

This looks like the highpoly area on question was simply hidden or not selected in the list of objects to trace from.

HornyRhino

@GeeDave: lol thanks man, but i still consider myself very Noob :P i thought the same to, i have looked at it several times. I think i will delete this cage and make another one and see what happens. looky



@TonyClifton: I changed nothing bro. i just slaped on a Projection Mod and told it to bake for me... and weird thing is ONLY that area :S oh and i cant seem to be able to click the Override Button :P look

Serp

Here are some basic things you can try if you haven't

-reset xforms on low and high
-make sure low is 1 smoothing group
-Apply a new material to low and high before bake

HornyRhino

Thanks Serp i gave it a try but nothing something is wrong... will try figure it out. trying with Xnormal now thanks guys