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Re: is it possible to fix my UV Map?
Make sure you don't have any overlapping UV shells when baking, or the software will try to place 2 sets of information in the same spot and cause errors. Offset any overlapping shells by 1 unit in the UV editor in any direction. If this isn't the issue, it's probably not your UVs that are bad but rather your mesh normals… -
Re: [WIP] The Widowmaker
Very nice highpoly and bake. The only thing would be the smoothing errors on the rail. You should fix that. Could be the triangles that's switched. I think you have a very good base texture, but it's not very exiting to look at atm. There's not really anything that happens with it. You got some dirt in there, but that's… -
Re: Different T-Pose advantages?
Yes it does, in some companies, they create two copies of the same character, one with raised arms and the second with relaxed arms, they then bake down from those two the final textures, and it helps determine how to finalize the topology of said character. Either way, it's all about finding the proper topology through… -
Re: 3ds Max and Normal/Bump Maps
Just checked, works fine for me. What image format are you using for your normal map? You should never use JPG for normal maps (unless you're rendering with a web 3d player, maybe). Better to use TGA or TIF. Can you post a closeup crop of a part of the normal map that's causing the error? Also a closeup render of the model… -
Re: Texturing improvement
It's a bit flat at the moment.. The hardest part of metal work is getting the specularity right.. Actually I'd say nailing metal spec is probably one of the hardest texturing challenges around. I'd go out and just fill yer boots with tutorials on the subject and just try and try and try again because it's gonna take a lot… -
Re: "Transfer Maps" results in a blank normal map?
Thanks for replying! Unfortunately, that didn't fix the error -- it's still generating a blank normal map. Full settings: http://imgur.com/6aSSm9o The "Output UV Set" was listed as "Lightmap" because I wanted to make sure that my overlapping texture sheet (in the default texture map channel, not Lightmap channel) wasn't… -
Re: Wizard Vira D'Mentis
You can set your cleanup tool to not do anything to your geometry while still highlighting possible errors. By setting 'Cleanup effect' to 'Select matching polygons' it will choose the faces that fall into the parameters you defined and just show you where they are :) I like the stone in the staff, nice choice of colors… -
Re: [WIP] Concussion Pistol Firearm
Had to rebake the normal to fix a few errors that I'd missed. AO is also baked now. Frustratingly, Windows decided to update mid-bake, cancelling the last 2 hours of my AO bake. Had to do the whole thing again. :( Started to add some detailing in nDo - gone quite far from my original concept, but I think I've improved it.… -
Re: [WIP] Flamethrower
Might want to show different style of rendering. AO renders look great an all, but the tend to hide shading errors. I would recommend taking some screens with a neutral gray diffuse and a decent amount of specular on the model so you can see where you are getting shading issues. Also The edges are way to sharp if you plan… -
Re: Sci-fi Bus Stop
Looking good, mate! I can see you're spending most of your budget on those rounded bits too. Keep on going, noting to add :D It doesn't matter, really. Whichever has a lower tri count. As long as you stay away from long and skinny triangles. Those will give you shading errors down the line (think you're good here).
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