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1. Are normal maps always necessary?

   

   Topic by Tom Ellis · Oct 2009 · Home› Technical Talk

   Hi there, I'm still a beginner, so I've got a beginners question. Is it always necessary to bake a normal map when creating hard surface models for games? I'll always bake a normal map for organic stuff, characters etc, and up until now I usually do on my hard surface models, but it seems to be slowing down my workflow a…

2. Re: Are normal maps always necessary?

   

   Reply by Tom Ellis · Oct 2009 · Home› Technical Talk

   Thanks for the reply Companion, As I said in my OP, I have created normal maps by simply reworking the diffuse/spec and running them through Crazybump, just that as I'm still very new to creating game art, I wasn't sure if this was the wrong way to go. Thanks