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Adding normal textures (bump maps)

Eberhard Haberkorn

Eberhard Haberkorn

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I am pretty sure this question has been posted before, but I could not find anything.

I am currently working on retexturing (4096) an excellent model of the Junkers Ju-52 by Oliver Fischer.

I got the model working in P3dv5 with the help of MCX.

What I cannot get right / figure out is how to add bump maps to the model.

This is what I did, but MCX does not show the normal mapping. I have re-exported the model and loaded it again.
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This is the bump map I created in Photoshop
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The problem is the rivets will not show on the preview.
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Is there something else I need to bear in mind?

Any help will be appreciated.
 
Hi,

Two things to check:
  • Do you have the complex shader enabled (teapot icon)? The simple shader does not render normal/bump maps.
  • There is also a bump scale attribute, if you have that set to 0 nothing will show either. The default value should be 1.
 
Did you also convert the bump map to the layout the FS uses? That differs from the default layout as Photoshop makes it.
 
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