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No height maps?
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So you save the height map as normal map???Yep, that's probably the better choice in this case. I took a portion of the money I saved by using Blender and invested it into Substance Painter - and booooooooooooy, is that program awesome!
I’m curious about this, I’m a substance user too.
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Check out this post:
www.fsdeveloper.com
I attached the export presets I use. It will automatically generate your normal maps out of the height map in substance.
MSFS20 - Substance Painter
Hello. Has anyone been successful at creating an export profile for MSFS2020 within Substance Painter? If so, mind sharing the output channels? Many thanks in advance!
www.fsdeveloper.com
)) when making a normal a height map the elevation isn't that big or am I doing something wrong?
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You question is a bit wonky, I'm not quite sure what you're asking. So here's a more generic response to hopefully further your understanding:
A displacement map is generally used to displace a pixel of the texture. This is done in the shader of your engine by painting the pixel at a different position than where it would be if there wasn't a displacement map.
A normal map on the other hand contains vector information of each pixel on the map. This vector (x,y,z) reflects the normal of that point on the texture. Or in other words: it's describing the slope of that point in correlation to the actual geometry, but it is NOT moving the pixel anywhere else. However, the "slope" of each pixel determines how light gets reflected of that spot. That's why you can use normal maps to simulate bumps in the surface, but never proper holes with steep side.
A displacement map is generally used to displace a pixel of the texture. This is done in the shader of your engine by painting the pixel at a different position than where it would be if there wasn't a displacement map.
A normal map on the other hand contains vector information of each pixel on the map. This vector (x,y,z) reflects the normal of that point on the texture. Or in other words: it's describing the slope of that point in correlation to the actual geometry, but it is NOT moving the pixel anywhere else. However, the "slope" of each pixel determines how light gets reflected of that spot. That's why you can use normal maps to simulate bumps in the surface, but never proper holes with steep side.