Fnerg
March 30th, 2010, 19:47
Greetings all. I'm happy to report the external model of the Firefly is done. Maybe. After 6 months or more of pushing vertices around, I think I have the shapes and positions as true to the real world plane as I can tell.
Now I'm attempting to map using the LithUnwrap way. Well this is why I say the external model maybe finished, because it seems that I am now chasing after little discrepancies in the lines and vertices which are preventing me from getting a clean UVW template. Man this is frustrating...
So my questions are concerning this process. Just so I can understand this better, the rogue verticies are caused by a) unselected micropoly between two lines?
b) unwelded verticies?
c) a single poly stretched between two shapes? ( looks normal in Gmax, but Lithunwrap says no)
And so, I wonder how much to fix? Since I'm not sure why I can't get a clean template even though I've been meticulous in selecting the polys. Maybe I'll start there first...baby steps...baby steps...
Thank you for your help.
Doug Smith
Now I'm attempting to map using the LithUnwrap way. Well this is why I say the external model maybe finished, because it seems that I am now chasing after little discrepancies in the lines and vertices which are preventing me from getting a clean UVW template. Man this is frustrating...
So my questions are concerning this process. Just so I can understand this better, the rogue verticies are caused by a) unselected micropoly between two lines?
b) unwelded verticies?
c) a single poly stretched between two shapes? ( looks normal in Gmax, but Lithunwrap says no)
And so, I wonder how much to fix? Since I'm not sure why I can't get a clean template even though I've been meticulous in selecting the polys. Maybe I'll start there first...baby steps...baby steps...
Thank you for your help.
Doug Smith