Those 1px lines... are they collapsed UV islands or does that program just chose to display it so poorly? :S I just tried the ol' basic-example-of-hard-edges-on-a-5-sided-layout, it seemed to display fine enough in xnormal
Its not a nice option, but its what you have to deal with when using a broken tanget space setup. Unfortunately this is the only technically correct method, everything else gives visual artifacts as already explained. Its not really something you're doing wrong persay, but the realities of every bit of software handeling…
Alright. First of all, this post: http://www.polycount.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1472238&postcount=2243 Secondly, look here (UDK forum) on the very last post to see engine rendering issues that I'm facing with the normals on edges:…
Again, thanks for all the responses. From what I gathered, I should bevel highpoly edges whenever possible. This is confusing because: a) I've seen it not done in many games (including UT3 I think) b) As evidenced by this picture hotlinked from the article: PICTURE Either I'm blind or this guy didn't bevel his edges. And…
One very important thing to note, if you're working with a broken tangent space, adding in lots of small bevels, as apposed to hard edges will likely result in a worse end result. While bevels can help lessen smoothing errors, they can still be quite apparent, as in the OP's example with a broken tangent space. Not to…