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DanGarnett
12-03-2006, 07:25 AM
Hey guys, I need some help.

I imported a mesh made in 3dsmax, divided it and worked on it for a while to create a normal map. After working on it for a while I had realized that I had accidentaly divided the mesh while some of the mesh was hidden. This created triangles and I didn't realize it until I finished.

With the triangles I can't Reconstruct Subdivision to create the Normal Map?? Is there anything I can do to fix this??? I don't want to do all that work over again and I can't seem to find a way to fix it.

Thanks
Womball
12-03-2006, 04:22 PM
Can't you reimport your base mesh obj file at the lowest subdivision level of the ztool? If you can't do that you might have to save out a displacement map and use that to recover the details with the reimported base mesh.
DanGarnett
12-03-2006, 08:59 PM
If you can't do that you might have to save out a displacement map and use that to recover the details with the reimported base mesh.

How do I create a displacement if i'm not able to subdivde the mesh to a lower res.? It's the same reason I can't create a normal map.
Womball
12-03-2006, 11:06 PM
And you didn't store a morph target? If that's the case I would just start a new ztool. And save a morph target of the lowest subdivision level.
DanGarnett
12-03-2006, 11:11 PM
And you didn't store a morph target? If that's the case I would just start a new ztool. And save a morph target of the lowest subdivision level.

Yeah, I'm just starting over and doing it again. I think I spent more time to fix it then it took me to create it. It just sucks doing it all over again. If i wasn't under such a time constraint to finish this, I would keep looking for a way to fix it, but I can't seem to find a way now. Thanks anyway
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