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Re: Vertex normals issue?
Does the lowpoly shading look good with the normal map applied? Hard edges are certainly useful to control the shading of the lowpoly, especially at steep angles - just remember to split the UVs along hard edges to avoid artifacts! Maybe check out Making sense of hard edges, uvs, normal maps and vertex counts? -
Fastest exploded bake method?
I'm trying to figure out an efficient way of making an exploded mesh for baking in Xnormal. Zbrush, 3dcoat, 3dsMax workflow preferable but I'll take anything. Scenario, very dense highpoly and uv'ed lowpoly assets intersecting in hundreds of spots spread over 50+subtools of varying subdivisions. Methods I've tried-… -
xNormal - Multiple Objs and UV mismatch
Hi guys. I'll leave you with this technical challenge hopefully somebody is so kind to offer wisdom. I have a big weapon composed of a fairly high number of elements and overlapping geometry. The highpoly version is composed of multiple smaller objects detailed in Zbrush. The lowpoly, retopoed, uvd version in Max, is the… -
Re: Maya LT
Thank you for the tests and reply ! Unfortunately I think we are not completely understanding each other ... but that's probably because of me not being very clear. I'll try to clarify. My issue is not so much about possibly replicating the "double smoothing" workflow inside of LT (I merely mentioned this technique as it… -
Re: workflow problems
@pior yeah for sure, there are a lot of things you can do with modern lookdev tools like Toolbag to get a very good idea of the final result before you even think about lowpoly/uvs/bakes. Personally I throw updates into TB throughout the process, similar to you, that look something like: * Blockout for major proportions *… -
Re: Do you need smoothing groups if you have normal map?
okay here we go. we have a lowpoly with an hard edge and uvs without a UV cut and a highpoly that is all smooth for the sake of the argzument i rotated the UVs to show the issues between mesh resolution and texel density here is the baked result in 2048x2048px in marmoset toolbag, the cage is averaged. so the split doesnt… -
Re: Bodypaint Alternative
i don't know these games specifically but seams can sometimes occur not because of flaws in the texturing but because of texture scaling and compression that the artists might not have final control over. on topic: it appears zbrush polypaint would be a decent solution to texture assets like the one from your folio. just… -
Re: New online portfolio!
Thanks for your kind comments Memory, I'm glad you like my work :) . For sculpting I use a different basemesh than the lowpoly model itself. In the case of human characters I use always the same basemesh (well not exactly the same, normally I improbe it a bit with each work), for clothing, etc, I make custom basemeshes,… -
Re: Low / high poly and triangles
1 - for games/realtime the lowpoly is the final asset that will be imported to the engine. The highpoly is a mesh that is used to bake maps from, to capture the high fidelity detail to a normal map so that an aproximation of that detail will make the lowpoly look like it's highpoly counterpart without the overheads of that… -
Re: Mynx - Quake 3
Hmm, I have to agree with Odium here, this mesh (if it is your lowpoly!) is really not very optimised or well-laid-out... the poly distribution is VERY strange (loads of polys in places where the shape doesn't change much, then much less in areas where it's important - eg. her upper arm and chest)... is this intended to go…
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