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Re: 3ds max 2012 cuts out top of normal map bake
Problems with normal maps are left, right and centre on this board eh? Could you provide a little bit more information? How you're setting things up, the position of the low/high objects, the cage, the smoothing groups. Are you saving the image in the render window (don't do this) or taking it from it's save location?… -
3ds max 2012 cuts out top of normal map bake
Hi, I'm having some trouble with baking my normal map in 3ds max and I've tried to fix it myself but google is not my friend right now. Well, the problem is that when I bake it totally cuts off the top part of the map and it only shows up blank. I'd really appreciare some help on this since I'm totally lost about what I… -
Re: 3ds max 2012 cuts out top of normal map bake
Well that doesn't look like a normal map. Looks more like an ambient occlusion map or maybe displacement map. Check that your settings are for baking a normal map and not something else. -
Re: 3ds max 2012 cuts out top of normal map bake
Sorry, dont know why that happened heres the images again. Tired :\ Still cuts out the top of the normal map though. -
Re: 3ds max 2012 cuts out top of normal map bake
Well, I go from hipoly to low - then import merge the hipoly into my low so they are at the same position,the cage I use use basic settings but push till it envelops both meshes, the smoothinggroups are frmo the UVshells. I take the image form the save location. I tried xNormal and it works, but as you say I want to figure… -
Re: 3ds max 2012 cuts out top of normal map bake
It could be something weird with the cage, but I feel like this is just a 3DS Max bug since it cuts straight across your UVs. Have you tried using another program like xNormal to see what happens? -
Re: 3ds max 2012 cuts out top of normal map bake
I fixed it, I had some overlapping faces that I fixed, and after that the bake went smoothly, no weird stuff. I dont know personally why it would behave like that because of overlapping faces, but maybe someone can enlighten me. Cheers anyhow.
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