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Hello,

I am attempting to rip karts from MK8 and everything is going smoothly except for the fact that I cannot get normal maps.

I used BNTX Extractor to get .dds from textures.bntx which classified the normal map as a BC5_SNORM.

I've tried many methods for converting this BC5_SNORM .dds to a .png such as using CompressonatorCLI and Photoshop, but I am yet to get anything that looks like what I'm expecting (see attached image for result).

What is the typical method of getting normal maps?

Many thanks!
n

Try viewing the texture in Noesis. That should make it render as a regular Normal map.

(11-20-2018, 05:08 PM)The Prawn Wrote: [ -> ]Try viewing the texture in Noesis. That should make it render as a regular Normal map.

Wow this is beautiful! Thank you very much!

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(11-21-2018, 02:01 PM)nwam Wrote: [ -> ]

(11-20-2018, 05:08 PM)The Prawn Wrote: [ -> ]Try viewing the texture in Noesis. That should make it render as a regular Normal map.

Wow this is beautiful! Thank you very much!

Some of the normal maps are rendering completely white. Is this a common problem?

I managed to fix my problem by using a different version of bntx_extract (v0.5) instead of (v0.4)!

(11-21-2018, 06:51 PM)nwam Wrote: [ -> ]I managed to fix my problem by using a different version of bntx_extract (v0.5) instead of (v0.4)!

That'll do it, alright!

Can you upload all dds maps i take a look?

(11-20-2018, 03:59 PM)nwam Wrote: [ -> ]Hello,

I am attempting to rip karts from MK8 and everything is going smoothly except for the fact that I cannot get normal maps.

I used BNTX Extractor to get .dds from textures.bntx which classified the normal map as a BC5_SNORM.

I've tried many methods for converting this BC5_SNORM .dds to a .png such as using CompressonatorCLI and Photoshop, but I am yet to get anything that looks like what I'm expecting (see attached image for result).

What is the typical method of getting normal maps?

Many thanks!
n

Just use https://www.irfanview.com/ and save the texture as .png?