Normal Map help

[Roninfang]

tried baking a normal map with maya

but i keep getting this wierd lines at the edges so anyone know how to fix that?

[Torch]

Looks like your smoothing groups are messed up...have you softened the edges on your model? What are you baking in?

[maxthebest685]

Check edge smoothing and check your envelope.

[Leyto]

You can put a unique smoothing group to your whole low poly model, then generate the normal map with this model, and all the facets may be gone

Please have a look here also NormalMap - Polycount Wiki

[Roninfang]

..."have you softened the edges on your model?" oh XD only softned the faces didnt know i have to soften the edges as well >_<

[Roninfang]

@ torch ^^ yeah did a bit of reading, yeah i forgot to adjust the normals on the edges, i had to go to edit polygons set normal angle to 180 for the edges before baking the high to the low poly

not next question how do i do the same process in 3dmax hmmm

[bb0x]

3ds Max Help

[maxthebest685]

Originally Posted by Roninfang

..."have you softened the edges on your model?" oh XD only softned the faces didnt know i have to soften the edges as well >_<

Both are same. soften edges is Maya's function and
Smoothing groups is Max's Function. both works same in the end.