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MSFS20 Distorted texture

Basically what You need to do is to forget about the default Sketchup Texture tool and use Thrupaint. Start modeling with default white textures, do what is needed, but only then, after detailing, start the texturing to avoid any risks.
 
ErethOllen said:
Basically what You need to do is to forget about the default Sketchup Texture tool and use Thrupaint. Start modeling with default white textures, do what is needed, but only then, after detailing, start the texturing to avoid any risks.
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Yes. On Sketchup, rely on Thrupaint but you must know how to use it.
People normally have this distorted textures via Blender as well. And even using Thrupaint you might find some issues. Make sure to do tests.
 
For what it's worth: I just discovered that distorted textures in MSFS (on Sketchup imports) can very well be caused by "offsite" UVW mapping coordinates.
In case you import a Sketchup model into 3DS MAX, you will see that there are lots of UVW coordinates outside the 1x1 window of the texture but often outside of it (e.g. a vertex at 23.53 instead of 0.53).
MSFS seems to have problems with UVW mapping coordinates outside the 1x1 texture coordinates and causes them to distord. Nothing to do with the model's triangles and polygons in that case.
 

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Hello:

A recent discussion of Sketchup options to work-around UV texture vertex coordinate offset issues via default features and/or Ruby plugin scripts ...is here: :idea:

https://www.fsdeveloper.com/forum/threads/material-colors-not-displaying-in-msfs.453561/post-890748


Some considerations when 3D modeling for export to FS (IMHO, "any FS version" including MSFS-2020) are cited here: :pushpin:

https://www.fsdeveloper.com/forum/threads/misaligned-textures.434275/post-712756


Some related search results on this subject:

https://www.google.com/search?q=site:www.fsdeveloper.com+GaryGB+Sketchup+UV+vertex+offset+Make+Unique+Combine+Textures&ei=9mtsYbOZI8m4qtsPkcOogAc&ved=0ahUKEwiz7IyTitLzAhVJnGoFHZEhCnAQ4dUDCA0&uact=5&oq=site:www.fsdeveloper.com+GaryGB+Sketchup+UV+vertex+offset+Make+Unique+Combine+Textures&gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EANKBAhBGAFQ60hYhmxgunJoAXAAeACAAYABiAG-CpIBBDEwLjSYAQCgAQHAAQE&sclient=gws-wiz

GaryGB
 
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