some baked textures are brighter than others

[Billabong]

I have this low poly truck I had to do , but for some reason the baked textures on the door are coming out brighter than the rest of the truck and I cannot figure out why. I am using nothing but default lighting when I bake and I am only baking the normals and diffuse channels. This is done using Max 9.

Any ideas as to why this happening

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa298/Billabon654/bright.jpg

[Eric Chadwick]

Check the material, and make sure to grab it fresh from the scene.

[Billabong]

Thanks for trying to help Eric, that didnt work either

[Eric Chadwick]

Is the baked bitmap itself brighter than the others?

[Billabong]

Yeah, that what i dont understand, its baking bright but the other bitmaps don't

[Eric Chadwick]

OK, so do they all use the same material, or does the door use a different material than the rest? Also the bumper looks over-bright. Check the door's original unbaked material.

[Billabong]

here is the original rig, I think I may try to just add an omni to the scene and turn it off and see if that will balance it out

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa298/Billabon654/original.jpg

[MoP]

Maybe the door geometry is duplicated in place somehow? That can sometimes give an overbright effect, but I've never seen it happen during baking.

[kio]

mhh diffuse slot -> alpha source -> none?

[Billabong]

Im sorry Kio, I dont understand what you mean

[Yozora]

Maybe the door geometry is duplicated in place somehow? That can sometimes give an overbright effect, but I've never seen it happen during baking.

Yea I had this problem before where there were 2 faces in 1 face, try deleting one of the faces in the doors to see if theres anything behind them.

[Billabong]

OK Well i think this may be a bug in Max, as soon as I introduced an omni in the scene and rendered, the textures look correct

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa298/Billabon654/omin_turned_on.jpg

[bugo]

ow dude, i hope you dont send it as presentation with this blue background, it´s hurting my eyes, nice truck tho.

[MightyPea]

Some textures mothers, are brighter than other textures mothers.

Err yeah, sorry. I just couldn't help reading the title to the tune of a Smiths song!

[Billabong]

ow dude, i hope you dont send it as presentation with this blue background, it´s hurting my eyes, nice truck tho.


LOL, no don't worry . Their engine doesn't support backface culling, So I have the hideous blue in their to make sure I cant see through anything