paramount opened this issue on Nov 20, 2008 · 225 posts
bagginsbill posted Thu, 11 December 2008 at 7:08 AM
The rib alignment is probably due to the orientation of the arms in the UV map.
If it looks like V4's map, one arm is horizontal and the other arm is vertical. Actual neither is perfectly aligned with either axis, but slightly rotated. What this total lack of respect for orientation means is that consistent procedural effects are extremely difficult. Any basic effect shader that creates a "uniform field" will appear to be rotated 90 degrees on V4.
Of course, if you're "painting" directly on the figure with some modern 3d painting tool, none of this matters.
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