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Post by beartobear on May 16, 2023 5:19:51 GMT -5
I'm making a set and using a recently learned method of baking normal to active object in blender so I can get high poly to low poly. However, every item has now strange shadowing and I can only assume it's because of the normals even if I make them correctly and export in a right format. What could be wrong? Replacing normal maps with empty maps solves the shadow problem, that's why I assume it's because of them. But I still need the maps. folder with packages and screenshots |
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Post by beartobear on May 17, 2023 5:16:55 GMT -5
Please help?
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Post by mauvemorn on May 17, 2023 9:43:58 GMT -5
Hi. Object making is not my area of knowledge, but something is better than nothing, i guess. Replacing the specular map seems to fix the issue. Create a 512x512 blank image, put a small white dot somewhere in the corner, save as png, import into the package
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Post by beartobear on May 17, 2023 11:47:13 GMT -5
Hi! I really appreciate that you answered but unfortunately that didn't seem to fix the issue:(
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Post by mauvemorn on May 17, 2023 12:59:33 GMT -5
apologies, replaced both normal and spec, checked in-game, then re-imported the original spec into the wrong file.... It was a normal map after all, not a specular The hex code of the background is not right, should be 848484 in both rgb and alpha
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Post by beartobear on May 17, 2023 14:05:35 GMT -5
What do you mean by the hex code? That term is unfamiliar to me.
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Post by mauvemorn on May 17, 2023 14:51:39 GMT -5
every color has its hexadecimal representation, a 6-digit code. When you make a normal map, the background must be of a specific color, hex 848484  |
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Post by beartobear on May 18, 2023 2:53:37 GMT -5
One more question: how do I make the already existing map to have the right hex code? I can't just color it and I have no other ideas... xd
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Post by mauvemorn on May 18, 2023 4:43:49 GMT -5
You should remake the normal map, something must have been done wrong because it should not be that light to begin with. Then you can select the details, invert the selection, then fill the background of rgb and alpha channels with 848484. How to do this depends on what programs you're using, but all of them should have Fill tool
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Post by beartobear on May 18, 2023 7:15:32 GMT -5
The item sees to get fixed when I recolor some map areas to have the right shade. Unfortunately recoloring ornaments isn't possible so now I just gotta figure why it's so light in color and maybe that will fix the issue completely. Thanks!
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Post by Fwecka (Lolabellesims) on May 21, 2023 21:47:03 GMT -5
Hi beartobear, I use this tutorial for baking a high poly mesh to a low poly mesh. It works the same for objects except that on step 20 where it says to edit the canvas size and set an anchor you don't need to do that. Using this tutorial, you'll end up with a PNG file with purplish images and a transparent background which you can use to make a normal map. Your new normal map will be a DDS file. Save this initial PNG file (that you baked in Blender) so you don't have to rebake everything in Blender again if you make a mistake. I think you can make a PNG normal map that you can import into Studio, but I don't know how to do that. DDS is easier, I think. |
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