Ok, that is pretty much what I figured and my procedure is similar to the one you mention. On top of that with the plugin consolidating the materials down to only a handful that are reused by different zones, it's not that big of an issue if at all.

Hey guys,

This question I guess is more aimed at T_3, but I figured I would post it to the more general audience since I maybe overlooking something.

Is there a way to copy just the material parameters minus any texture maps from one material and add it to another similar material? I'm thinking ...

After about 40 minutes of baking... the start to my new steam avatar!

I am also having an installation issue... Windows 7 x64, with MSE turned off running the installer as admin. I'm getting to the second install screen when clicking next and then the installer just quits... no error, no OctaneRender subfolder in my home folder, nothing...

Wow that's sweet, I got the Axiom-49 and I love it!

very cool, but it's a pity about those smooth shading issues.
should have split some of those edges...

Radiance


Is that how you go about fixing it? I couldn't disable smooth shading on that specific material because the highlights were all faceted. I tried to go with a higher Sub-D by my ...

7500 Sample render in about 2 hours.

While not quite a car, how about a bike?


"great we definitely need more cool car renders "

-Radiance

Looks great n1k!

Any chance in "dirtying" up the textures a bit, at least for the wheels and such as they look too clean...

Yeah It needs some work still, I want to try some more SubD smoothing on it, because when I got much closer then that shot it started to look really faceted. I think my hardest time right now is working to get the glass looking right. For instance the headlights... it doesn't even look like anything ...

This looks great! Good Job.