omg that helps so much. iv asked on other forums and they havent been able to help. do hard edges replace the normal seem when you unwrap? if you use blender 2.8 is it mark sharp if there isnt a hard edge option?
Yes mark sharp sounds right. As for do hard edges replace the normal seam, I'm not quiite sure what you mean by that. But just make sure to stick UV seams every where you set an edge hard (or else there will be another type of visible bad seam). And jset up those hard edges in places where you think shading is looking a…
Those are mostly because the texture breaks at the UV seams, not optimally placed seams and smooth shading the low poly model and hoping the normal map can compensate. A general indicator these sorts of issues will occur is that if the low poly shades badly before a normal map is ever on there. The harsh gradients in a…