Zmapper prob, please help

soulstice · Sep 2007

hi guys,

I'm currently in the process of trying to render out a normal map as a test, what I'm basically running into is a weird distortion in my normal map render from zmapper. I'm using the custom configuration of 3DS Max7 TangentSpace BestQuality(default settings) under zmapper. I've included an image of the distortion I'm getting from Zmapper along with my UV layout.

Any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

fal$eProfit · Sep 2007

What I would try is to increase the Ray Casting distance. I think its under the MISC tab.

soulstice · Oct 2007

tried playing around with raycasting still didnt solve it. =( here is the normal map generated if anyone knows why its causing this distortion.

Joao Sapiro · Oct 2007

thats probably an uvw error.

Asmuel · Oct 2007

Looks like your UV's on the right had side being to close/going over the edge could be causing the problem no?

EarthQuake · Oct 2007

Yep UV error, most programs will ignore whats outside of the 0-1 uv range when baking maps, so if you have a polygon that has a vert outside that range its going to get fucked. Or its simply thinking that vert should be tiled on the far left side because its slightly off the right side, and stretching it over.

soulstice · Oct 2007

Thank you soo much! After moving the the UVs it worked!

Zmapper prob, please help

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