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P3D v4 Normal map creation tutorial

Tako_Kichi

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Hi, does anyone have any links to tutorials on how to create 'Normal' maps (a.k.a. bump maps in FSX) for P3D v4.5+?

I've done a conversion of Milton's Spartan 7W and the original bump maps are just place holders with no detail. I tried making them for FSX years ago but I sucked at it and left them to the LDR team texture artists after that!

Any help would be appreciated.
 
In 3ds Max you can "bake to texture" and "render to texture" which are algorithms that apply geometry details. You can also paint in details like rivets and panel lines, some developers model all of that, create the normal map and then delete the detail. You could do a hybrid where you model one rivet and then copy/paste that throughout your normal texture. Blender surely has a similar ability.
 
I don't have the source files so I will have to create a normal map in Photoshop and then apply it in MCX.
 
You don't have to have the source files you can export an FBX and bake to that.
 
I sure didn't invent the idea, not recalling anything specific however. Try searching 3ds Max normal map.
 
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