Ok im an idiot, there is literally a mask by alpha button, However: When i hit the create alpha button it doesnt seem to be creating an alpha map that mimics my mask... it creates an alpha that appears to be just a few miniscule dots
Heres the issue im having, When i do press the create alpha map button id, the alpha map essentially looks like the book on the left, the book on the right is the original model with the masking on the clasps and the runes on the cover
Heres another WIP, I had some luck turning my mask into Polygroups, sadly though I didn't see your comment after I had basically finished the sculpt (That would have been mighty useful for touch-ups and poly painting right about now), but none the less its nice to have figured out a way to save out a mask so thank you sir.…
How many points does the lowest subdivision level contain? If you remeshed it at any point or deleted the lower levels then UVing can be more crash-happy as it can leave a lot of data to process, but if it's not a big number I'm not sure what would cause the frequent crashing. If you do have lower subdivision levels that…