[Solved] Normal map is scattered

[Hrungdak]

Hi Folks,

I have already completed some simple objects and imported them to unity. But some of my models don't do what I want. One example: I want to sculpt a simple block for a stair or a wall. The sculpt looks like this:

Very simple, very basic, very boring, I know.

Next, I do the low poly mesh, define Seams and unwrap:

The UV needs some workover, I know. The problem begins with the BAKE:

I choose Unity and let the standard settings as is. The result is this:

The normal map looks very scattered, and the model is not usable with this map.

What am I doing wrong here?

 

[Carlosan]

Hi Folks,
I have already completed some simple objects and imported them to unity. But some of my models don't do what I want. One example: I want to sculpt a simple block for a stair or a wall. The sculpt looks like this:

Very simple, very basic, very boring, I know.
Next, I do the low poly mesh, define Seams and unwrap:

The UV needs some workover, I know. The problem begins with the BAKE:

I choose Unity and let the standard settings as is. The result is this:

The normal map looks very scattered, and the model is not usable with this map.
What am I doing wrong here?
 

This is not bake settings, its export window in paint room. Please go back to retopo room and use the command in bake menu.

[Hrungdak]

I used the bake command. The Import Object dialog appears as the last dialog of the bake command:

 

[Carlosan]

Please check this workflow

 

[Hrungdak]

The workflow in the Paint room is not the problem. The way TO the paintroom is.

I think, i found the solution. In the sculpt room I took the Clay-Shader for the model. If I reset this to Default, it works.

 

[Fluffy]

I ran into a similar problem recently and the problem seems to be that the shaders bumpiness/depth setting isn't scaling with layer resolution during baking.  As the voxels increase in resolution the shaders texture scale, etc decreases accordingly but when you bake that shader information to a low poly model the scaling isn't being applied to the bumpiness setting of the shader.

To test this I created a quick test object, duplicated it and then increased the layer resolution on the duplicate to x4,

then I applied the clay shader to both and baked them,

As you can see the version baked from the x4 voxel object has the same issue you described, while the x1 version appears as expected.

Just to test the theory about shader bumpiness not scaling with voxel density I went back and changed the shader settings for the x4 voxel object and reduced the bumpiness from 10.0 to 2.5 then rebaked.

 

So as a quick workaround try editing the shader settings on each of your voxel layers, divide the current bumpiness value by the voxel density of the layer and that should fix the noisy normal map issue.

[supereasy1001]

Holy cow I've been banging my head against this exact same problem. Testing the shader bump scale now.  see below for the sculpt vs the bake. have done this countless times and somehow managed to screw something up this time.

[supereasy1001]

That did the trick. Thanks for the help.