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modular characters
im trying to do something i see a lot in games...but not sure how it is done. setting up a modular character. so i figure doing a multi sub in max so each part has its own map would be the best way of going about this... but baking out normal maps with a multi sub or taking it into zbrush both seem to not work. so breaking… -
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Hahahaha Componented character hell. Welcome to the ever growing expectation of gamers that everything on their character needs to be able to swap out with a completely new asset everytime they equip something new in the inventory. -
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Also possible to solve seams too if you want to hard-swap body parts, using a cut-up game model. Just have to get the Max exporter to read edited normals. Works great. Line up all the body parts, as they should be, select all, add an Edit Normals modifier, select the normals and... can't recall the buttonology here but… -
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yup, spent 8 months helping to develop such a system. enough to give you nightmares:) -
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thank ya boys, once i have tried it i will post up a pic. per, yeah, ive seen the uv space method before. wouldnt that lead to way oversized textures with not much of the space actually in use. like once the body is covered you would just have a corner for the head texture, and the rest would be unused. that was my only… -
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Been working on this very problem for about 2 months so I feel your pain I have a system down, but unfortunately I can't post anything. I'm not sure where it's not working out for you, but it's not as complicated as you'd first think. In the example of a naked model, I export the high poly from Z as a complete model into…
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