Search

1. Re: To Map or Not To Map - Modeling Mapping Question

   

   Reply by mAlkAv!An · Jul 2013 · Home› Technical Talk

   There are some false and misleading information in your tutorial. When explaining AO maps you show shadows from direct lighting (sun) which is no ambient occlusion at all. Your AO map is probably not normalized, that's why it's mid grey rather than white with some darker spots (which would work just fine for multiply blend…

2. Re: To Map or Not To Map - Modeling Mapping Question

   

   Reply by TorQue[MoD] · Jul 2013 · Home› Technical Talk

   Ok tutorial is up. Longer than I originally planned, but it coves what the maps are and the different ways you can use them all in UDK. http://youtu.be/4vnwsnRwcyk

3. Re: To Map or Not To Map - Modeling Mapping Question

   

   Reply by Nosslak · Aug 2013 · Home› Technical Talk

   If you bake out an AO map correctly (normalized) it will be mostly white with darker (black) shadows. To use this texture you simply multiply it on top of the other textures. It works the same for in Photoshop and UDK, just set the layer to multiply or use a multiply node. With a working AO-map you should not need to…