normal mapping in xsi

[GavinG]

Hey,

Not sure for 4 (i'm on 3.5 now) but what you want to look for is the d3 shaders. Search around here or http://www.xsibase.com . Sorry, i can't remember the site for d3 right off hand. Basically your process will go like this (if i remember correctly :P):

Create low poly model.
Unwrap.
Duplicate.
Create high poly model from duplicate model.
Apply d3 normal map gen to loe poly model, point it towards your high poly.
Adjust settings and create render map.
Now, apply this newly created map to your low poly mesh.
Voila, normal mapped low poly model.

(obviously there are the settings and stuff you need to tinker with...but this is the basic layout of how you'll do it.)

Cheers,
Gav

[Zemorph]

Sites down right now, maybe it will be back up in a few days? - http://be3d.republika.pl/howto_d3_normalmap.html It was a tutorial on D3 Shaders.

Also, you can grab the D3 shaders from XSI Net view.

[the_zed_axis]

thanks for the reply guys :)

[vmpre]

Check the NetView in 4.0

Open NetView alt-5
Click on the Add Ons Link at the top
Click on the GPU Surface FX link

Click on the SetUp link on the left

There is a whole page that will setup and render out ore normal maps.

Cool trick: Use displacement maps to add addtional detail to your normal map without having to model it in.

HTH

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