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Max 18 Jul, 2018 @ 11:01pm
Problem with exporting model w/ custom normals!
Hey! Thanks for a great tool, been using it for years. +100 rep for keeping updating it.
But i've encountered an issue. There is only one good custom normals addon i know - Blend4Web. It works perfectly, but when i export my model to smd and compile it to source, model's vertice normals appear distorted. They are custom yeah but the directions have randomly changed. If i restore custom normals in blender, normals appear the same in source.
I would be real happy if there's a way to solve this. I can provide screenshots if needed.
Thanks!
Last edited by Max; 18 Jul, 2018 @ 11:03pm
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Originally posted by Artfunkel:
If it works with the built-in normals system then it must be a bug with the addon. The exporter doesn't do anything fancy with the normals, it just writes the value given to it.
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Max 18 Jul, 2018 @ 11:16pm 
Here is some screens so its clear.
Here is how i export it, how its in blender:
https://i.gyazo.com/97456ce800c321ee3a25bcc0e852dd18.jpg

And here how it appears in HLMV:
https://i.gyazo.com/8b31121ef3e52b089d6cecb9e3efc764.jpg

Some of the normals are OK, and some of them are very distorted, as seen here.
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Artfunkel 19 Jul, 2018 @ 9:02am 
If it works with the built-in normals system then it must be a bug with the addon. The exporter doesn't do anything fancy with the normals, it just writes the value given to it.
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Taco 2 Dec, 2018 @ 7:09pm 
I know this is an old topic but I just wanted to say that its triangulation that is causing this, apply custom normals with a data transfer from a duplicate, underneath a triangulation modifier set to used Fixed method for quads
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