Flatiron

[AlexP]

Anyone using Flatiron currently/recently successfully with Vray to go to UE or Unity?
Any recommendations for it? I tried the demo but didn't really have time to figure it all out properly, but on paper it looks good...

[squeakybadger]

Using it on a project now to get into UE4 & Sketchfab.

It's very useful for a 2 click solution (unwrap & bake), especially for someone who hates any other uvw mapping apart from Box type

It can be quite slow I have found when rendering, even when using 10+ machines with DR, but that could just be my settings. Things can get blotchy really easily which is why I whack them up.

The newest version has some really good features such as multi map baking and different unwrap modes, which were a pain in previous versions as you had to bake multiple times.

Compared to using the steamroller script and render to texture in max, worth every penny!

[AlexP]

Ok interesting, as Im basically doing steamroller and RTT as you said...pain
Are you using it with high poly meshes successfully? Things like soft furniture, plants etc?

[squeakybadger]

I'm trying to figure out the highpoly->lowpoly baking now. Just used it on exteriors so far.

The unwrap thing in flatiron is really good, so I doubt it will have a problem with super high poly meshes, I remember doing some hedges and trees with millions of leaves and it still worked it out.