thanks @Neox hardening the edges reduced the artifact just enough so that you cant see it unless you get really close and view it from an angle. should I stop here or try to remove it entirely Regular view Viewed from a specific angle Edit: Fixed it completely by playing around with the shading and hardening more edges.…
just look at the lowpoly mesh without wireframe. the shading is just very strong. without more resolution and probably 16bit depth, the normalmap can only do so much. ideally you want as little shading as possible in your lowpoly.you can achieve this by using extra chamfers (costs more geo) or using hard edges on UV seams,…