Kagato98 opened this issue on Aug 28, 2002 ยท 12 posts
Kagato98 posted Wed, 28 August 2002 at 2:09 PM
maclean posted Wed, 28 August 2002 at 2:15 PM
Try running it through uv mapper and using 'split vertices' Or open the PHI in notepad and check to make sure it's ok. mac
Kagato98 posted Wed, 28 August 2002 at 2:39 PM
I used the split vertices command....but it made my model blocky. It's hard to tell, but I still don't think that fixed it :)
Kagato98 posted Wed, 28 August 2002 at 2:41 PM
The Phi file looks fine too.....
Kagato98 posted Wed, 28 August 2002 at 2:50 PM
Dangit...I think I just realized what the problem was, and I
deleted it too....I wonder if 'bend' was turned on...That causes a
lot of problems >_
Kagato98 posted Wed, 28 August 2002 at 3:00 PM
Never mind....That wasn't the problem. It's still there.
bloodsong posted Wed, 28 August 2002 at 4:14 PM
um... what odd artifact where? draw a circle around it. (well, i dunno, looks fine to me.)
Poppi posted Wed, 28 August 2002 at 4:34 PM
whew....i'm not seeing anything, either. could you circle it?
Kagato98 posted Wed, 28 August 2002 at 5:58 PM
Lemurtek posted Thu, 29 August 2002 at 2:42 AM
That looks like Posers infamous smoothy effect. Is it just the one area, as it appears? If you're using UVMapper classic, you're limited to slpitting the whole model, and as you noticed this makes the whole model blocky. UVMapper pro can split specific groups, and/or split by angle, which gives a lot more flexibility. I don't know how you're making this, but if you are using a modeler, see if it has some kind of slpit vertices command, in Lightwave you select the polygons you want and either use the unweld command or simply cut and paste the polygons back into the model. I'm sure other modelers have similar functions. It looks like if you selected the outer brace/ridge polygons, and split them off from the tube, it would fix that. Regards- Lemurtek
bloodsong posted Thu, 29 August 2002 at 2:48 PM
heyas; i still think it looks good that way. looks like some kinda real life surface detail ;) check a smooth or flat shaded lined mode for something strange going on in that area, too.
maclean posted Thu, 29 August 2002 at 2:51 PM
I tend to agree with Lemurtek. It looks to me like something that was born in the modelling app. The possible fixes I suggested were really alternatives to avoid going back to your modeller, but I'm sure that's where the prob is. It would help if we knew what app you use. mac