[Solved]Visible seams on imported skeletal meshs.

[Matheus Martino]

It is already some time that i'm using UDK as a hobby but only now i'm trying to create my first character from scratch.

I was modeling a sword and scabbard when I noticed that the textures in 3DS Max looks good, but when imported to UDK I can see the edges of the texture wraping, this happens even if I disable the specular light in the materials.

Here is the scabbard I was modeling, notice how the tip of it has visible seams:



Anyone know what coud be causing it and how to use that model in game without that edges becoming visible?

Thanks.

[Matheus Martino]

It was fixed by changing the compression setting of the normal map texture to TC_NormalMap and unchecking the checkbox SRGB, both on the texture settings.

Also I conected the alpha output of the normal map to the Specular imput of the material.

My katana scabbard is looking as it should be!

[Black_Stormy]

Good to know man, thanks.

[Machinima]

So I desided to copy some characters used in commercial games and see how they look inside UDK, I imported characters from Alice Madness Returns and Mass Effect 3 (both games use UE3)...

How did you (copy and) import the characters? Do you use any third party tools (to export to 3ds Max) because I think the game .upk files cannot be read directly by the UDK Content Browser.

Thanks for sharing your discoveries.

[Matheus Martino]

... Edited to remove possible illegal content.

[TheAgent]

It's illegal to rip content from shipped games, in your case above you just wanted to test UV Seams, however, its never okay to do so.