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1. xnormal error with cage

   

   Topic by dolemite · Oct 2013 · Home› Technical Talk

   hey all! I'm dusting off my xnormal skills, haven't done this in about a year. I'm getting an error when I try to bake with a cage that says the cage does not have the same number of vertices as the lowpoly mesh. Problem is, they do. :( I used the push modifier in 3ds max to make the cage. also, I did google this and I…

2. Re: xnormal error with cage

   

   Reply by dolemite · Oct 2013 · Home› Technical Talk

   thanks for the response! I actually switched over to .smb format for the bake and it's all working fantastically.

3. Re: xnormal error with cage

   

   Reply by lukepham101 · Oct 2013 · Home› Technical Talk

   Nice working on fixing the problem. Just a note for future reference in case anyone else reads this, using the Push modifier in 3ds Max to create your cage can cause problems a lot. Usually if you've got geometry more complicated than simple quads, or essentially some N-Gons somewhere in your model somewhere the push…