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Re: Problem with wires and smooth stuff.
By 'custom lightmaps' I mean lightmap UVs generated in a 3D app. Perhaps it's not a bug but it seemed to me that the editor should assign the first working UV to the model, not just insist on the second one, whether it exists or not. And if we're going to be such language purists, lightmaps aren't custom by nature,… -
Re: Combining multiple UVs and exporting to UDK
well lightmaps in UDK and AO aren't the same. AO is natural shadows, like the shadows in a folded paper. lightmaps are generated in UDK based on the lights you created around this mesh. the reason why UDK doesn't share lightmaps between meshes is simple, a lightmap for a mesh is created for each mesh you have in the scene,… -
Re: An exercise in modular textures - Scifi lab UDK
Well, sure, I get that. But at this point you use a 512x256 diffuse/normal spec (which is awesome) and what seems to be a 256² for just the microscope lightmap. So in the end, going down from 1x1024² in textures and 10x1024² in lightmaps, to 1x512x256 in textures and 10x1024² in lightmaps gives very little reward for a lot… -
Re: Foundry announces strategic decision to wind down development of Modo
Modo's codebase might actually be workable since it is a "young" application compared to the usual dinosaurs. As I remember it was a 2004-era restart of Lightwave modeler with some of the original developers and supposedly with lessons learned taken into account. Question is if there'd even be anybody really interested in… -
Re: Lighting Problem: Unknown highlights
Hi Alan, I have bumped the lightmap on the door up to 128, but there was no change. I have been using the lightmap density view to check my lightmaps, and at 128 the door's lightmap is starting to register as being too large, so I'm not sure increasing its size would help. What is interesting to note is that the door, the… -
Re: Frankensteins lab
Lightmaps in Unreal store all lighting and shadow information in a RGB format so you get full color lighting and shadows. If you want to go with a full dynamic lighting solution you could use Crytek's Sandbox editor rather than UDK. Check out the Crysis Sandbox Editor - MASTER THREAD on how to get it for free, and my post… -
Re: Marmoset Skyshop 1.07 is out! Image Based Lighting for Unity
This is a complicated question but let me take a crack at it. It helps to think of the Skyshop Sky object as another dynamic light in your scene. Objects with lightmaps can still be lit by other lights in the scene; think muzzle flashes, vehicle headlights moving around, etc. All these other lights are added on top of… -
Re: Noob Learning Challenge, Dark Aribeth (NSFW)
18. Baking: Lightmaps There are a few different types of lightmap you can utilise and each has its own uses. The most common one is a Point Light Map which involves placing lights within a scene and rendering a lightmap from your low-poly. This can be done in 3ds Max by setting up some omni lights in your scene, spacing… -
Re: Junkton (UE3 Environment)
Two explanations: 1) if these objects have vertex-based lighting, then it means u need to adjust your smmothing groups in your 3d app. Smoothing grouops applied to the mesh should be in a sequential order (e.g. 1, 2, 3, 4 etc., but NOT 1, 5, 12, 2 etc.). 2) if you use actual UV unwrap to have lightmap baked into these… -
Re: light maps, and their implementation in engine
I would not split a object on multiple lightmaps, that is not efficient at all at runtime. (unless the object already is made of different materials that reflect that split). Else you ask for the same model needing separate drawcalls just as you changed lightmaps and nothing else... multiple meshes on one map is what you…
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