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# 1 26-03-2012 , 03:17 AM
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Attach AO node to Material

Ok I have assigned a material to some geo. Lets say a blinn for arguments sake...I have attached my diffuse file to this (pretty colours etc)...now I want to attach an AO node to this. I have opened hypershade..drag and drop mib_AO into the graph and attached to the material as default. Now I have used Xnormals to generate a normal map and an AO...where the hell do I attach the file?? in bright/dark?????? can somebody help me please. I then need to be able to bake this texture to the model before I import to my engine...this I will Google and use the help files before I ask LOL. But the file for the AO..where the hell does that go?

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# 2 26-03-2012 , 03:42 AM
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You don't need an AO node to apply the ambient occlusion texture. That's only for generating them. Multiply the AO over the color texture, and that should be good enough.
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# 3 26-03-2012 , 03:56 AM
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aaaaaahhhhhhhh ND got you....in PS then multiply and apply THAT as my texture in Maya...bloody idiot I am...been doing that and didnt even think....brain fade...LOL thanks mate...gawd I feel like a tool now!! bahahah

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