Decal Texture map does not work in VW 2022

[MGuilfoile]

Despite my following the instructions from the VW site, I cannot make a decal that works. In fact, I can't even the Extract Surface tool to work which is one step in the tutorial. Does anyone know the secret to getting this mapping tool to work?

Thanks,

MHBrown

[Tom W.]

I've only used Decals a handful of times but every occasion it took a bit of searching to find them on the object (offset H + V in OIP)... It looked like nothing had happened but the decal was way off the side of the object + needed reeling in...

[MGuilfoile]

Thanks, Tom. That might just the problem in my case. These types of tools that sort of work need to be fixed. Most of the 3D modeling tools are equally difficult to use and remain really half-baked. Thanks again for the great tip!

MHBrown

[mjm]

On 11/14/2022 at 12:46 PM, Tom W. said:

I've only used Decals a handful of times but every occasion it took a bit of searching to find them on the object (offset H + V in OIP)... It looked like nothing had happened but the decal was way off the side of the object + needed reeling in...

Decals seem pretty counter-intuitive as-built to me. User wise, Want to select a resource and click on a face to place it, then drag/scale/etc till done. Applying a decal and then hunting for it hasn't made sense to me yet, but it's just as likely I'm missing whatever crucial step in the decal workflow…

 

[Tom W.]

@mjm I agree. The few times I've used them the results were great in the end but I didn't feel entirely in control of the operation or confident of the outcome. Also a couple of times the decal has disappeared after I'd set it up then I'd have to shake things around to try + coax it to reappear. The fact you're having to use a render style as well each time to see the thing slows the process down further. Actually @MGuilfoile that's another thing to bear in mind: Decals don't work in OpenGL/Shaded...

[mjm]

5 hours ago, Tom W. said:

@mjm I agree. The few times I've used them the results were great in the end but I didn't feel entirely in control of the operation or confident of the outcome. Also a couple of times the decal has disappeared after I'd set it up then I'd have to shake things around to try + coax it to reappear. The fact you're having to use a render style as well each time to see the thing slows the process down further. Actually @MGuilfoile that's another thing to bear in mind: Decals don't work in OpenGL/Shaded...

@Tom W. wow yes totally forgot about that render style limitation