Rendering my AO map doesn't give me any shadows - Page 2

maxthebest685 · 29-01-2013, 08:35 PM

So you must be using Skylight. You can increse samples from light Tracer..
however this links can help you out.

Ambient Occlusion Baking | Laurens Corijn
AmbientOcclusionMap - Polycount Wiki

Chase · 30-01-2013, 03:25 AM

Genius max! I have those links bookmarked already and didn't even look at em ha. Just did and it pretty much fixed the resolution issue. Albeit there's a few areas that still stand out in the viewport, but not when rendered. I'll look at it in UDK and see how it looks. Here's the viewport vs render comparison.

There's still some weird shading in the hole UVs that just doesn't want to go away no matter how I unwrap them.

I used the MR method by the way. Looks a lot cleaner, but for future reference where might the Sample setting be under for the Scanline Renderer?

maxthebest685 · 30-01-2013, 04:14 AM

Can you please post cage of that affected Part ? and you will not get 100% perfect bake everytime. Sometimes you have to tweak it in photoshop also man... Don't expect everything from Softwares. Add some your efforts :P

Chase · 30-01-2013, 11:53 AM

Im not baking from a hp so I dont have a cage. Should I just add a projection modifier to it? All effort all the time :-P

maxthebest685 · 30-01-2013, 11:08 PM

Send me your Model file.....

maxthebest685 · 31-01-2013, 09:37 AM

Tadaaaa... guess what was the Problem ??

Chase · 31-01-2013, 01:41 PM

Mmm flipped uvs?

kanga · 31-01-2013, 05:24 PM

Put a light grey box under your model when baking AO in max. I use xnormal these days, its quicker.

Chase · 31-01-2013, 07:13 PM

For xnormal do you have to worry about cages? I just downloaded it but haven't had a go yet

maxthebest685 · 31-01-2013, 10:57 PM

there are some overlapped uvs in your model.. specialy at that part that was givving errors. move all the overlapped uvs out of the uv space. just leave a single uv. NO UV OVERLAPPING While baking. Then Bake. after baking you can undo that and then apply Map.

29-01-2013, 08:35 PM	#11 (permalink)
maxthebest685 Senior Member 234 - 3,333	So you must be using Skylight. You can increse samples from light Tracer.. however this links can help you out. Ambient Occlusion Baking \| Laurens Corijn AmbientOcclusionMap - Polycount Wiki __________________ HIT THANKS IF MY POST HAVE HELPED YOU Take a look at this. Maulik Pankhanya - www.maxthebest685.carbonmade.com

30-01-2013, 03:25 AM	#12 (permalink)
Chase Frequenter 93 - 758	Genius max! I have those links bookmarked already and didn't even look at em ha. Just did and it pretty much fixed the resolution issue. Albeit there's a few areas that still stand out in the viewport, but not when rendered. I'll look at it in UDK and see how it looks. Here's the viewport vs render comparison. There's still some weird shading in the hole UVs that just doesn't want to go away no matter how I unwrap them. I used the MR method by the way. Looks a lot cleaner, but for future reference where might the Sample setting be under for the Scanline Renderer? Last edited by Chase; 30-01-2013 at 03:34 AM.

30-01-2013, 04:14 AM	#13 (permalink)
maxthebest685 Senior Member 234 - 3,333	Can you please post cage of that affected Part ? and you will not get 100% perfect bake everytime. Sometimes you have to tweak it in photoshop also man... Don't expect everything from Softwares. Add some your efforts :P __________________ HIT THANKS IF MY POST HAVE HELPED YOU Take a look at this. Maulik Pankhanya - www.maxthebest685.carbonmade.com

30-01-2013, 11:53 AM	#14 (permalink)
Chase Frequenter 93 - 758	Im not baking from a hp so I dont have a cage. Should I just add a projection modifier to it? All effort all the time :-P Last edited by Chase; 30-01-2013 at 02:22 PM.

30-01-2013, 11:08 PM	#15 (permalink)
maxthebest685 Senior Member 234 - 3,333	Send me your Model file..... __________________ HIT THANKS IF MY POST HAVE HELPED YOU Take a look at this. Maulik Pankhanya - www.maxthebest685.carbonmade.com

31-01-2013, 09:37 AM	#16 (permalink)
maxthebest685 Senior Member 234 - 3,333	Tadaaaa... guess what was the Problem ?? __________________ HIT THANKS IF MY POST HAVE HELPED YOU Take a look at this. Maulik Pankhanya - www.maxthebest685.carbonmade.com

31-01-2013, 01:41 PM	#17 (permalink)
Chase Frequenter 93 - 758	Mmm flipped uvs?

31-01-2013, 05:24 PM	#18 (permalink)
kanga Administrator 1,596 - 10,231	Put a light grey box under your model when baking AO in max. I use xnormal these days, its quicker. __________________ Web Demo Youtube Art-Werx.com

31-01-2013, 07:13 PM	#19 (permalink)
Chase Frequenter 93 - 758	For xnormal do you have to worry about cages? I just downloaded it but haven't had a go yet

31-01-2013, 10:57 PM	#20 (permalink)
maxthebest685 Senior Member 234 - 3,333	there are some overlapped uvs in your model.. specialy at that part that was givving errors. move all the overlapped uvs out of the uv space. just leave a single uv. NO UV OVERLAPPING While baking. Then Bake. after baking you can undo that and then apply Map. __________________ HIT THANKS IF MY POST HAVE HELPED YOU Take a look at this. Maulik Pankhanya - www.maxthebest685.carbonmade.com

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