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FSX Bumpmap not aligned with Diffuse map?

Timmo

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Hey team- this is actually for a scenery object but I thought the modelling/texture gurus probably lurk about in here :)

Im just 'having a play' with bump maps for a quick little airstrip im working on- I can get the bump mapping working fine in the sim (i.e. it shows and it's bumpy ;)) however, it seems to have texture mapping all of its own.

I created the bump map from my diffuse map .PSD and saved as a new file, it is the same size and depth etc so I would assume it would just fit over the diffuse map and align perfectly? This does not happen- instead, the bump map is tiled over my object.

Ive tried tweaking the various settings (including downloading Lionhearts tutorial to see how he implemented it) but it doesn't seem to make a difference.

Any ideas?
 
Have you changed the 'Other Texture info: Bump' scale value from 1? This controls how the bump map is tiled.
 
ahh that was it- I assumed that may have been a multiplier for the bump map height/depth :)

Thanks heaps Robin
 
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Hi,

And did you process the texture with a normal map plugin so that it contains the right information for a bump map? Just using your diffuse texture will probably give weird results.
 
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