Racer445 Normal Map Issues


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How to Bake a Flawless Normal Map in 3ds Max by "racer445"<> is a great overall introduction to normalmapping, but there are some important corrections to make:

(5:42) Object-space maps can be mirrored (why)

(6:10) Mirroring isn't always flawless (why)

(6:45) 90 degree angles aren't bad since he's using a projection cage instead of a distance-based raycast (why)

(9:39) In-game vertex count for a hard-edged model is not more than a bevelled model (why)

(11:00) UVs aren't good because some seams are overlapping (why)

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