Material Appears Different When Model Rotated

[Shando]

Hi all,

I have just tried setting up a PBR Material on one of the standard Skyline blocks (BlockG). When I apply the material, it looks like the block on the left. However, when I clone the block and rotate it 90 degrees (image on right), the material on the rotated block appears different:



and, if I rotate by 270 degrees, it looks different again:



Any help would be greatly appreciated as I'm trying to create a maze and it doesn't look good with what appear to be different materials on the walls.

Thanks

Shando

[StarFire]

When i get a chance i will have a look at this as it is strange. if you have a test scene i could use or the texture you are having issues with, would speed up the process

[Shando]

Hi StarFire,

I'm using the textures from http://www.freepbr.com and it seems to affect most of them. If I use the .png Normal Map they appear to be much closer (if not identical) as opposed to using the .dds version? I did read that because .dds is lossy, it can affect Normal Maps more than others?

I also read something similar happens in Unity (something to do with inversing the matrix not working in the general case) and a user produced an 'Inverse Function' that corrected it? (this is a link to his tweet: https://twitter.com/elvismdd/status/1517951430988025860?t=P2nknJ6oaGw-pbFJBOsiZg&s=03).

Shando

[StarFire]

I suspect the block you used. The newer geometry I created uv maps where as the orig blocks were very basic mapping. This usually creates a correct surface on one side and invese surface on the backside.

Using the new geometry i dl a texture from the site mentioned above and applied that to a material. Looks great on all sides. Please see images below

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I had to reduce the spec as there is always going to be minor variations on how ppl design their pbr. Hope this helps.

[Shando]

Hi StarFire,

Thanks for that

I assumed it was something simple I had missed, but modelling/texturing is not my forte

Thanks again

Shando