some baked textures are brighter than others

Billabong · Aug 2008

I have this low poly truck I had to do , but for some reason the baked textures on the door are coming out brighter than the rest of the truck and I cannot figure out why. I am using nothing but default lighting when I bake and I am only baking the normals and diffuse channels. This is done using Max 9.

Any ideas as to why this happening

Eric Chadwick · Aug 2008

Check the material, and make sure to grab it fresh from the scene.

Billabong · Aug 2008

Thanks for trying to help Eric, that didnt work either

Eric Chadwick · Aug 2008

Is the baked bitmap itself brighter than the others?

Billabong · Aug 2008

Yeah, that what i dont understand, its baking bright but the other bitmaps don't

Eric Chadwick · Aug 2008

OK, so do they all use the same material, or does the door use a different material than the rest? Also the bumper looks over-bright. Check the door's original unbaked material.

Billabong · Aug 2008

here is the original rig, I think I may try to just add an omni to the scene and turn it off and see if that will balance it out

MoP · Aug 2008

Maybe the door geometry is duplicated in place somehow? That can sometimes give an overbright effect, but I've never seen it happen during baking.

kio · Aug 2008

mhh diffuse slot -> alpha source -> none?

Billabong · Aug 2008

Im sorry Kio, I dont understand what you mean

Yozora · Aug 2008

MoP wrote: »

Maybe the door geometry is duplicated in place somehow? That can sometimes give an overbright effect, but I've never seen it happen during baking.

Yea I had this problem before where there were 2 faces in 1 face, try deleting one of the faces in the doors to see if theres anything behind them.

Billabong · Aug 2008

OK Well i think this may be a bug in Max, as soon as I introduced an omni in the scene and rendered, the textures look correct

bugo · Aug 2008

ow dude, i hope you dont send it as presentation with this blue background, it´s hurting my eyes, nice truck tho.

Michael Knubben · Aug 2008

Some textures mothers, are brighter than other textures mothers.

Err yeah, sorry. I just couldn't help reading the title to the tune of a Smiths song!

Billabong · Aug 2008

bugo wrote: »

ow dude, i hope you dont send it as presentation with this blue background, it´s hurting my eyes, nice truck tho.

LOL, no don't worry . Their engine doesn't support backface culling, So I have the hideous blue in their to make sure I cant see through anything

some baked textures are brighter than others

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