The author of the technique byob shared is the same developer who wrote the tangent space normal mapping standard we use in lux. He has actually posted a new method that is state of the art. It also allows mixing of bump and normal maps, and to my knowledge doesn't require uvs.
He also provides source code.
https://mmikkelsen3d.blogspot.com/p/3d- ... s.html?m=1
Triplanar mapping / stochastic texturing
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Re: Triplanar mapping / stochastic texturing
I thought I would do a simple cube projection UV's but that also ruins bump mapping quite a bit.
bump simply needs a good proper unwrap, or seam will show.
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Re: Triplanar mapping / stochastic texturing
ok..but today..is very strange to use just diffuse and not bump...so if you use triplanar mapping for diffuse and not for bump mapping..it's not the best...or am I missing something?
Re: Triplanar mapping / stochastic texturing
Yes, I'm just stating that this issue is not because of triplanar not working. It's because bump mapping needs good UV's.
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Understood but it still a big problem...in my opinion.
Dade, you say that you need a "space" to reference the axis...but why object space or world space is not suitable?
I know that it's not so useful but I've checked the Vray implementation and they have 2 mode: local space or reference node.
If you set reference node and you don't set any reference object, it uses the world space.
Dade, you say that you need a "space" to reference the axis...but why object space or world space is not suitable?
I know that it's not so useful but I've checked the Vray implementation and they have 2 mode: local space or reference node.
If you set reference node and you don't set any reference object, it uses the world space.
Re: Triplanar mapping / stochastic texturing
It is not an object "space" but the intersection point "space" (i.e. Z along the point normal, etc.).
Re: Triplanar mapping / stochastic texturing
However this looks like a totally new framework and it would require to change all bump map related code including all textures and materials. It is a lot of work.patrickawalz wrote: ↑Thu Jan 09, 2020 12:22 am The author of the technique byob shared is the same developer who wrote the tangent space normal mapping standard we use in lux. He has actually posted a new method that is state of the art. It also allows mixing of bump and normal maps, and to my knowledge doesn't require uvs.
He also provides source code.
https://mmikkelsen3d.blogspot.com/p/3d- ... s.html?m=1
Re: Triplanar mapping / stochastic texturing
And from the examples shown, skin bump aside, it doesn't look that great.Dade wrote: ↑Thu Jan 09, 2020 10:41 amHowever this looks like a totally new framework and it would require to change all bump map related code including all textures and materials. It is a lot of work.patrickawalz wrote: ↑Thu Jan 09, 2020 12:22 am The author of the technique byob shared is the same developer who wrote the tangent space normal mapping standard we use in lux. He has actually posted a new method that is state of the art. It also allows mixing of bump and normal maps, and to my knowledge doesn't require uvs.
He also provides source code.
https://mmikkelsen3d.blogspot.com/p/3d- ... s.html?m=1
Some simplified approximation isn't possible for cases of no uv present? Just to have a better fallback than weird looking shading. Combined with a warning in blender it could be "good enough"