Multiple Textures/UV for one mesh

[Devbro]

Hi, I'm making a mesh which will have different armors. I first sculpted all the details and baked all the objects onto a low poly retopo mesh. I took all the pieces arm, leg, chest etc. and merged them into one UV Set in the UV room after painting. Is it too late to go back into the sculpt room and make some modifications and bake these onto the same retopo mesh so I can get a different armor look? I want to be able to have the same mesh and only have to rig it once, and be able to switch out textures. But it seems I have to have multiple Uv sets. Is this possible and/or is this the best way to do this?

Edited December 28, 2016 by Devbro

[Carlosan]

a mesh which will have different armors, and be able to switch out textures...

Why to have the same mesh with multiple UV sets ?

Can you use the same UVset with different textures ?

[Devbro]

Honestly I don't know, I know I could use photoshop and just change the texture, but If I redo something in the sculpt room so I can bake those into a new normal map, won't that unwrap differently causing me too need multiple sets?

[Carlosan]

Make a base bake, then add different normal maps layers in paint room to paint any changes in textures.

if you dont change the mesh shape or retopo topology/geometry, that will works fine.

[Devbro]

Ah ok, thanks.