Difference between revisions of "Retex Troubleshooting"
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==Missing Normal Map== | ==Missing Normal Map== | ||
A quite common problem with retexturing is the disappearance of bodyparts when you use an retextured armor. This is caused by a missing normal map. For some reason the game seems to mix up an object's axes when the normal map is missing. | A quite common problem with retexturing is the disappearance of bodyparts, especially when you use an retextured armor. This is caused by a missing normal map. For some reason the game seems to mix up an object's axes when the normal map is missing. | ||
*Retextured static object without a normal map suddenly flip around one | *Retextured static object without a normal map suddenly flip around one axis when you turn them on another axis in the Render Window. | ||
*Retextured Armor seems to have invisible bodyparts, this is the same symptom, the game tries to turn them around one axis and they flip over on the other, out of the player's view. | *Retextured Armor seems to have invisible bodyparts, this is the same symptom, the game tries to turn them around one axis and they flip over on the other, out of the player's view. | ||
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There is another thing you need to keep in mind, though: The game is designed to have similar textures (like shop signs) share one normal map. To realize this, the normal map's filename is determined by | There is another thing you need to keep in mind, though: The game is designed to have similar textures (like shop signs) share one normal map. To realize this, the normal map's filename is determined by the texture's filename simply by truncating it at the position of the first underscore ("_") and appending "_n.dds". | ||