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How to make beautiful textures _nohq?

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Currently, to make my _nohq texture, I use the NVIDIA plugin. But it gives me a not clean RVMAT. I would like to know if there is other solution to make these textures or what are the necessary settings of the plugin ?

Thank you in advance

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what settings are you trying to use?

I use the NVIDIA plugin and i get really good results.

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  W4lkn said:
Currently, to make my _nohq texture, I use the NVIDIA plugin. But it gives me a not clean RVMAT. I would like to know if there is other solution to make these textures or what are the necessary settings of the plugin ?

Thank you in advance

best result is 3d baking (be it in a modelling software package or dedicated baking software like xnormals)

other 2d software (google them):

nDO Normal Map

CrazyBump

PixPlant

Xnormals PS Plugin

ShaderMap

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  wld427 said:
what settings are you trying to use?

I use the NVIDIA plugin and i get really good results.

How should I modify the file _co to ensure that the _nohq will be cleaner ? Here are my settings :

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well the cleaner your texture the better. So go back into your PSD and remove the majority of your weathering and whatnot to ensure smoothness withint he details you are trying to show.

also desaturate it to grey and nto color for best results.

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yes, to generate good NOHQ you must think about elements in model, not just open plugin and push texture trough it, you must think and leave elements which are holes, which are rivets, which are bumped etc.

do not make NOHQ from texture as is, especially with camo or shadow painted

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Garbage in, garbage out. It really depends on what you're putting into your normal map program. At the very least, you're going to have to make your own height map.

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Thank you for your advice :D

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maybe check out crazybump too. 1 month demo should be still available. its just a software solution, but its fast and has a preview feature and after a while you get a feel for it how your normals should look as texture to look ok ingame too.

http://www.crazybump.com/

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