Vector uv's

[Hoi]

Is there any (preferable free way) to get vector uv's? (1px lines, 100% accurate) I'm getting really annoyed by the wings uvmaps.
or maybe psd paths, there is a psd path unwrapper for max, but maybe there is something like it for free, or as a wings plugin.

[rattle]

3ds max + UV to PSD path wrapper plugin

The only reason why I keep 3ds max

[smoth]

Why would you NEED vector based uvs. Even if you use them, with the way engines render models and textures it will not help you. You have to use a bit of bleed over otherwise you get "seams" where you have other parts of the texture bleeding over when the texture is miped.

[rattle]

They come in very handy for low resolution textures (256 and lower).

[smoth]

really?

[Wolf-In-Exile]

It is quite useful for lower-res textures, yes, where individual pixels matter alot.

But even with the vector paths, the seams will never be 100% accurate due to painting pixels, you'll still need to compensate for the pixels.

[Hoi]

I know.

Would the psd path unwraper also work on the 'trail' version of max?

[rattle]

Who knows

Here's the plugin anyway. It needs RPManager to function properly (actually, only RPMdlx.dlx). To run the plugin I had to assign a key first, it's hidden somewhere in the hotkey list. I'd delete the UV coords of all duplicates and mirrored halves before running it, though.