Max: Smoothing groups
polycounter lvl 6
Hi guys. First let me start out that I am a total noob in Max. Anyway I'm building some assets for a game in Maya then importing to Max, as FBX, in order to import the assets into the game. Once I import into Max, the only thing I do is set up the game specific shaders then export. After getting the first asset into the game I noticed that there were some shading artifacts. Going back into Max I realized that the smoothing groups were completely jacked up. Prior to importing into Max I set up all of my hard/soft edges in Maya as I thought that would eliminate any need to screw with smoothing groups in Max. Evidently I was wrong or I'm doing something wrong. Is that just the nature of the beast and I will have to tweak my smoothing groups in Max or is there something I can do in Maya to prevent having to tweak the smoothing groups in Max?
Here's an image of how the item is ending up. Max smoothing groups in blue.
Here's an image of how the item is ending up. Max smoothing groups in blue.
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But actually its probably better to understand the smoothing groups first.
If you want a hard edge, polys on either side need to be in separate smoothing groups.
There are 32 groups but that doesn't mean every piece needs its own group.
If the pieces don't share a common edge you can and them to previously used groups.