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Re: Blender -> XNormal Baking Issues
Don't use edge split modifier in 2.73. Instead, you should shade your whole mesh smooth, check Auto Smooth, set the angle to 180 degrees so you never get a hard edge that you didn't ask for, and place hard edges as needed. Auto Smooth allows you to have hard edges and custom normals without splitting the edges manually,… -
Re: Questions about Face Weighted Normals in Production
I've been using the FWN script I created here in production with great results. (Well our character artist has been using it.) Here is a post about my tool: http://polycount.com/discussion/comment/2230470/#Comment_2230470 Couple of benefits. * Lower vertex counts. Keeping the entire model and one smoothing group keeps the… -
Re: Using maya as a game editor for environment art
Of course, I know the environment art pipeline and everything to do with modularity/asset reuse. I just wonder if I could make the exporting/importing pipeline smoother. If LiveLink is useful not only for animation, then here are the list of changes in Maya that I would love to do instantly see reflected inside Unreal… -
Re: [WIP] Triumph Rocket 3R Bike (SubD Model)
Sweet! I love modeling in Max, smooth as butter. -
Doom 3 sniper help, please read!
Okay, Heres what i got on my sniper so far.. and when i smooth it it comes out like this I'm really in some need of some help guys lol.. if anyone can please help me please contact me on my aim or msn aim: Resid3nt Evil OB MSN: [Email]disco0kieman@hotmail.com..[/Email] Thanks guys, it would even be nice if you could give… -
Beginner Question about game character modelling!
Hi people! I'm wanting to focus on modeling characters (or anything) for video games. I've taken an introductory course in modelling with Maya and we went over modeling characters sort of generally. Now I'm aware Maya has a "smooth preview" (when you press "3" on the keyboard) where it smooths out your mesh significantly.… -
Re: Difference between Substance Painter's "Average Normals" baking and a traditional cage workflow?
I'm not certain, but i think some of the confusion regarding the "don't harden all UV island edges" comes from the difference between the mindset of smoothing groups vs hard/soft edges. If you are setting uv islands to be separate smoothing groups then that won't harden all the uv borders they are different things. For… -
Re: [UDK] - Stargate Level 28
Hi, I have tried to bake a NM for a metal fence. I tested baking with multiple version of LP. Normal LP (500 tris) + Smooths groups to 1 Normal LP (500 tris) + Smooths groups to 1, 2 and 3 and Optim LP (256 tris) + Smooths groups to 1 Optim LP (256 tris) + Smooths groups to 1, 2 and 3 It works pretty well, but I have a… -
Re: Anime Process + Shader Techniques
After studying the shader to the left extensively (along with other various tutorials), this is the result: It is still a little ways away from what I was going for. First off, nice dark outlines done in the style to the left are hard to achieve on low-poly (there are angles where they appear broken, looking something akin… -
Re: Any tips for normal mapping curved surface?
You are pretty much always going to get that issue if you bake from a high poly to a faceted low poly, although you can improve to better than what you have now. However, there is a way to solve the issue completely using a different method. If, instead of creating a smoothed high poly, you can copy your low poly, and…
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