AO bake ground plate misalignment [solved]

Beherith · Post by **Beherith** » 03 Sep 2010, 00:45

I exported a 3do to obj with upspring, slapped a 128*128 elmo square plane under (centered to origin) it with wings3d, and then ao baked it in xNormal.

The result is misaligned

Any tips why?

Left has bake, right doesnt.

Das Bruce · Post by **Das Bruce** » 03 Sep 2010, 02:25

I can't see any difference.

Hobo Joe · Post by **Hobo Joe** » 03 Sep 2010, 05:08

Turn off shadows. It doesn't look like it's misaligned though, just very oversized, and (imo) much much too blurred.

Hoi · Post by **Hoi** » 03 Sep 2010, 09:17

Can you post the AO map?

Beherith · Post by **Beherith** » 03 Sep 2010, 10:26

The plate:

Of course the plate doesnt look exactly like this, since the color channel is all black, and the alpha channel has the inverse of the posted image. But the dimensions are unchanged.

Beherith · Post by **Beherith** » 03 Sep 2010, 12:31

Solved: I was using /give to place the unit, and didnt know it would place with perfect accuracy. (meaning it can place under the 16 elmo resolution).

Masse · Post by **Masse** » 03 Sep 2010, 12:48

Beherith wrote:Solved: I was using /give to place the unit, and didnt know it would place with perfect accuracy. (meaning it can place under the 16 elmo resolution).

Aww... this was the first time I knew what was the problem and you went ahead and found the problem yourself :'(

Beherith · Post by **Beherith** » 03 Sep 2010, 12:50

Thanks masse!
Here is the pic of the effect. Its very subtle, but looks great.
Fusions on left have ao baked ground, right is normal fusions.

very_bad_soldier · Post by **very_bad_soldier** » 03 Sep 2010, 13:15

I love it! Looks far more natural, good stuff!

Cremuss · Post by **Cremuss** » 03 Sep 2010, 13:43

yup looks good,

The only negative point is that you need to make the grounddecal texture disapear instantly if the building is destroyed and I suppose it'll give a strange visual effect since the wreckage will have basicly the same shape near the ground but no ground AO anymore.

Beherith · Post by **Beherith** » 03 Sep 2010, 14:07

Can features have ground plates?

Masse · Post by **Masse** » 03 Sep 2010, 14:15

Beherith wrote:Can features have ground plates?

No... Or at least time I was playing around with spring.

Post by **hoijui** » 05 Sep 2010, 15:33

ahh yeah, would be nice for forests!

rattle · Post by **rattle** » 05 Sep 2010, 15:53

even though it looks good it makes little sense to have shadows from the side where the light comes from

thesleepless · Post by **thesleepless** » 06 Sep 2010, 04:00

rattle wrote:even though it looks good it makes little sense to have shadows from the side where the light comes from

i like to think of it more as dirt than a shadow.

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