They really don't need to be the same. System units is the important setting as that affects interaction with other packages, world scale and things like viewport clipping. If you set it to cm, you have a 1:1 relationship with fbx's baseline, unreal, substance and many other apps - if you set it to anything else you…
Yup, Max UV channel ID = UDK Light Map Coordinate Index -1. Typically in UDK your diffuse/normal/spec/etc. maps will be mapped to coordinate index 0 (Max UV channel 1) and your light maps will be baked using coordinate index 1 (Max UV channel 2). You can use whatever coordinate index/UV channels you want for anything you…
Yup, just clamp the area you want to use to extract from texture. To combine 2 images you multiply by 0.5 both images and add 0.5 to 1 of them. Then to extract you clamp base texture with min 0 and max 0.5 to get 1st map and min 0.5, max 1 to get 2nd map. You can also multiply by 2 to get them back to their original range…
I use Max with Unreal and Unity. For a long time I worked with the System Units set to 1 unit = 1 cm, but displaying generic units. Now I switched over to displaying in cm just cause I like it as a reminder. Also it was very embarrassing when I realized years down the road that Max will automatically convert any unit you…
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As for #1, the tiling on the mesh is controlled by the UVs. If the mesh is not a square shape, then you can adjust how the material tiles across it by extending the UV beyond the 0-1 space. If you had a Wall that is twice as long as it is tall, for example, then you could double the width of the UV beyond the 0-1 space to…
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What i believe without doing it myself, nearly ever so grainiest of salts with my post here but from what i see is: modular kit assets. (make environment life easier) preferably made by you, dependent on your goals with your designing and $ pocket depth. 1. Artstation link Fundamentals of Modular kits 2. Artstation link…
@Jonathan85 there are some good responses in that Reddit thread. It seems the slight offset with IS systems can result in somewhat less accurate scans. Another person was using a multi-camera rig and the slight delay from the IS system activating was an issue for syncing the cameras. It would be worth doing some detailed…
Yes Maya has backface culling. In the viewport menu -> Shading>Backface Culling Alternatively you can go into Lighting and turn off two sided lighting, this will show a black polygon face instead of a transparent polygon(possibly easier to spot). You can also verify face normal directions through Display>Polygons>Face…