Smoothing group help?

Sithis324

Hey guys,

I did a quick test before going into high poly modeling.
I have a simple hi poly mesh that i have baked onto a low poly but i get an dark line running though

Im assuming this is a smoothing group issue?
Looking at some tutorials for now but any feedback would be appreciated.
Thanks

jeremiah_bigley

Looks to me to be something Nitrous related.
3ds max updated their viewport engine in 2012 and something that is on by default now is the "2 light" option in the viewport.

+ > configure viewports > Lighting and Shadows Tab > use the 1 light option. See if that does anything.

This honestly doesn't look like a smoothing group issue to me.

Sithis324

WOW
Thanks for the quick reply. Changing the option has completly fixed my problem

Thanks again

jeremiah_bigley

Visceral

Yeah dont really trust the viewport. Especially not Nitrus. And dont get worried if normals come out weird in Max viewport aswell. I would recoment either 3point light shader for accurate preview or just export it into a game enginge like UDK to preview.