Seams on SkeletalMesh

kanga · Jul 2011

Hi
Just managed to get my DWV into UDK. This is the June build and I think it looks pretty good except for the seams. Switching off stuff in the material showed that is was not the normal map but the others. You can see the seams around the feet quite a bit. Wondering if anyone has some ideas on material settings. The maps were baked using xnormal. There is a 2px bleed on the uv islands.

Thanks in advance.

Oniram · Jul 2011

i dont see it

Xendance · Jul 2011

I too don't see any seams :P

Ghostscape · Jul 2011

Are you talking about the white pixels showing up on the skin surrounding the anklet? I'm new to UDK but I'd imagine its MIPing your diffuse and 2px on a 2048^2 is not going to fix that, you'd want a much thicker bleed.

Dylan Brady · Jul 2011

I had this problem with UDK when I tried to use it too...
Just kinda gave up.
how sad of me.

kanga · Jul 2011

Oniram
Xendance, yeah its most visible in the top view around the ankle sections. Did you look at the full size? Anyhow if you were playing the exe you would see them and they would piss you off

Ghostscape I zoomed in and the seams went wawy, strange I am sure it is the LOD and of course not enough padding in the diffuse, which I am fixing right now!

Bonebrew22, NNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Thanks for the comments and help,
Cheers

Ace-Angel · Jul 2011

Just set the Texture to UI/World LOD and make sure the mipmapping is off.

kanga · Jul 2011

Ace-Angel, thanks!

kanga · Jul 2011

Ace-Angel wrote: »

Just set the Texture to UI/World LOD and make sure the mipmapping is off.

Set the mip off and there are no more seams. There is only an LODGroup with a drop down. I could set that to world or UI not both unless I wasnt looking in the right place for UI/World LOD.

Thanks man!

m4dcow · Jul 2011

For future reference though, 2px bleed for a 2048 map is way too small. 2px is small in almost any situation, because it is only the first mip level.

Ace-Angel · Jul 2011

UDK only needs 4-8 in most cases, 16 if you want to be safe. Also, set a basic color in the BG appropiate for bleeding, that helps.

kanga · Jul 2011

Thanks for the pointers on the bleed an BG.

Cheers

Seams on SkeletalMesh

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