Help! Normal map problem.

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August 14, 2018 at 2:33 pm #7690
Erik Salaun
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Hello,

Im working on my FPS rifle now for a while but i cant fix my problem with the normal map baking, When I bake the round part of my gun it keeps baking lines where the mesh is even tough i set it on smoth shading. I dont know how to fix that.
August 15, 2018 at 10:15 am #27503
Jonathan Lampel
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Hey Erik, I haven’t been able to replicate this issue. Could I take a look at your file?

http://pasteall.org/blend/
August 16, 2018 at 12:10 am #27504
Erik Salaun
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Sure. Here is it: http://pasteall.org/blend/index.php?id=50157

And heres the map: http://pasteall.org/pic/8912c59626458ec791fe99f8f133c029

I have my problem in the barrels group with the barrelsup object. I also had problems with the barrelslow1 object which I already baked. I dont know if I did it right because I had to change the cage object in Edit mode in order to get the detail in the corners. Maybe you could take a quick look if I did it right?

Thank you very much!
August 16, 2018 at 2:04 pm #27505
Erik Salaun
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Hello again!

I have found the solution by playing around for a while now. Turns out that the problem was that i subdivided the cage & the low poly objects. Im not sure why, but when i dont subdivide them the map looks fine.

Thanks for your help anyway!

Erik
August 16, 2018 at 2:53 pm #27506
Jonathan Lampel
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Aha, good catch! Subdivision can be helpful to prevent skewed details (if that’s a problem), but smooth parts of objects like this should not be creased when subdivided (or using Simple subdivision, which does the same thing).

Good luck with the rest of the project!
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