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Nova5F95
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July 10, 2021
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Normal maps export as if 3D Space Neighbor is active instead of UV Space Neighbor

  • July 10, 2021
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Ive tried on Substance painter 2020 and 2021, and am trying on the most recent version... all of them have had the same issue, I prefer to have all my projects set to "UV Space Neighbor" in "texture set settings" as I don't like not having control over how textures blend between seams, Problem is... all my maps will export fine as if they are and hw they appear on screen... except for normal maps which seem to export out as if 3D Space neighbor was active instead which is honestly infuriating to me. It should export as it appears on screen like all the other maps do should it not? 

3D Space neighbor 

UV Space Neighbor

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    Correct answer Cyril Dellenbach

    This issue is now solved with 9.1.2 release.

    Regards,

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    Cyril Dellenbach
    Community Manager
    Cyril DellenbachCommunity ManagerCorrect answer
    Community Manager
    February 1, 2024

    This issue is now solved with 9.1.2 release.

    Regards,

    Cyril Dellenbach (Micro) | QA Support Artist | Adobe
      vianvolaeus
      vianvolaeus
      Participant
      November 13, 2023

      This issue is still accuring for me in the 9.1.0 update. 

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        Cake Dragon
        Participant
        April 5, 2022

        Issue still persists in Version 7.4.2, making the height to normal pretty much useless for me.

          Léna Piquet Froyok
          Adobe Employee
          Léna Piquet Froyok
          Adobe Employee
          April 6, 2022

          Hi,

          The normal textures should be exported as if the setting was always set to "UV space neighbor", they are not compatible with the 3D space version (as stated in our documentation: https://substance3d.adobe.com/documentation/spdoc/texture-set-settings-29130771.html#section5 ).

           

          Can you share an example or project of the issue ?

          Cyril Dellenbach
          Community Manager
          Cyril DellenbachCommunity Manager
          Community Manager
          September 25, 2023

          @Léna Piquet - Froyok Running into this on 9.0.1 still and have been for over a year at this point. Converted OpenGL/DirectX normals ALWAYS export as if using 3D Space neighbor. I've got an example mesh with a sharp seam along the sides of the heels.

          UV Padding mode set to UV Space neighbor in Substance.

           

          UV Padding mode set to 3D Space neighbor in Substance.

           

          And here's the Exported OpenGL converted normal map REGARDLESS of what UV padding mode is set to.  

          UV Padding set to  UV Space neighbor should result in this exported map looking like the first image.

           

           


          Hello everyone,

           

          Thank you for bringing the subject back up.

           

          We are checking with the team what's the current state of this issue, and I'll come back to you as soon as I can give you a proper answer.

           

          Best regards,

           

          Cyril Dellenbach (Micro) | QA Support Artist | Adobe
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          Nova5F95Author
          Participant
          July 10, 2021

          Here is what the exported map looks like, as you can see it has those dark patches that only appear on the 3D Space Neighbor setting.  As I said before all other map types appear to export correctly. 

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