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Re: Getting Confused with Normal Mapping [Solved]
A bit of ye ol' history: The demonification of the hard edge dates back to the dark ages of poor baking software and worse baking workflows. Basically, before we collectively figured out how this whole baking thing works. In the old days, baking software didn't have an option to bake with an averaged or smoothed cage (I… -
Re: Getting Confused with Normal Mapping [Solved]
While this is focused on Toolbag 3's baker, the following tutorial covers all of your issues and then some: https://www.marmoset.co/posts/toolbag-baking-tutorial/ Check out the Basics and Best Results sections. "I never said that it is "pointless to worry about smoothing groups", quite the contrary. What I am saying is… -
Re: Getting Confused with Normal Mapping [Solved]
Heya ! I never said that it is "pointless to worry about smoothing groups", quite the contrary. What I am saying is that it is pointless to put hard edges on all UV islands. It is a widely spread misconception that pops up about once a week here. There's probably a popular tutorial out there claiming that (or being very… -
Re: Getting Confused with Normal Mapping [Solved]
"I make sure there are separate smoothing groups assigned to each UV island" You absolutely do not need to do that, at all. Some people do it because their assets or art style just happens to be visually compatible with this brute force approach, but this is absolutely not a necessary condition. By doing so, you simply run…
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