[Maya] Smoothing groups problem, weird looking artifacts

Ne0nfire · Feb 2015

Hi guys I need your help.

I applied a smoothing group inside of maya on my character and
on the screenshot you can see the result I get. I did use google and forum search,
but I can't find the reason for this problem. Smoothing group ankle is 180°.

vskdharmasena · Feb 2015

Hey i am a noob but try this this kind of thing happens to me too.turn off two sided lighting and see if any normals are flipped.
thanks

Bal · Feb 2015

There are no smoothing groups in Maya (only soft and hard edges).
Try Normals > Unlock Normals, and if there are still any hard edges, Normals > Soften Edge.

Ne0nfire · Feb 2015

Thanks man, it worked!

Ne0nfire · Feb 2015

Ok, I have another problem which is a bit different but maybe you know the answer.
I baked the normal map with xnormal and the resulting normal map looks weird.
Also if I apply this weird looking normal map in maya, it just looks horrible.. why?

[Maya] Smoothing groups problem, weird looking artifacts

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