2nd Uv Nightlights Starting With L3?

you're talking about the maps self-illumination?
I had a problem. I can not install it in any way. Create a map and set it on map channel 2. Usually use 1 channel. but looking through some fashion you see that someone manages to make a map for 2 channel
The result set that map.

3d Max everything looked perfect.
But the game turned out horrible.

All the basics of 3D Max and modding know. Because channels in 3D Max configured correctly. It seems to be)

 

In 3d max.

 

I would also like to know this as well....

@vipklerri
are You choose building_enhancedUV2_v1 shader?

 

I'm not much not understood this phrase. Explain more

 

and what they actually differ?

I just used the parameter Building

 

I don't understand why you start with LOD3??? Could you explain it a bit??

About the 2nd channel nightlights, I can make a new tutorial based (at least 90%) on Monty's tutorial but I'll have to ask him first. But it would be same as his, starting with LOD1. I did figure out a way to make parts of the texture more sharp (like windows). That method works best if there is a small amount of windows in the model.

 

Ok whatever makes it easier for you is fine. You can actually (I think) finish all the LODS and then make the nightlights and lightmap. That should work just fine, because you need a fully textured LOD1 to make the nightlights and lightmap. By fully textured I mean the diffuse texture.

 

The point of starting with Lod3 is that you leave space space on the diffuse bitmap to use for more details as they are added. It also means you can copy the 2ndUV channel to the other more detailed lods which is a real time saver when doing baked nightlighting , provided that you also arrange the UV map manually to leave enough space in the UV layout to add extra faces as they are created for the more detailed lods.

I used to do it Lod1 first , but I am starting to see the attraction of the Lod3 first approach, particularly if you take the time to design your 2nd Uv layout manually and plan ahead a bit.

PJC

 

if you create an object with a 2nd UV channel mapping applied , when you clone or copy the object as a basis for the next lod , the 2nd UV channel mapping will be copied with it.

In other words , create the 2nd UV channel BEFORE you clone it to create other LODS.

The automatic packing or flattening of UV wastes so much space. You need to allocate more space to the faces that need it , and less to those that will hardly be seen at all or which the lightmap or nighlights will not have much impact. For example , windows need to be a reasonable size, large faces that are not subject ot much indirect lighting do not .

Adding extra details and texturing them , then cloning them , then attaching them to the model, then remapping the 2nd UV is one way to do it , but the actual way you do it depends on your style and way of working. Everyone is different in that respect.

Sometimes skillfull extruding within the existing UV mapping can work , depending on the detail, but there is not fast way to a decent result, a quality finish takes time and effort.

 

Everyone has their own slightly different way to do it, and you are right, it takes time and effort whichever way you go.
I go from LOD1 and adjust the 2nv UV Mapping manually (make the windows and lit up faces bigger).

 

I got that error too a lot, try pressing polygon button after opening the uv-editor window

 

Hi, everyone. As i understand the uv-map for nightlights should be the same for all 3 lod, but is there exist any possibility to make 3 different maps for each lod?