Baking in Substance- settings

NOTE: BAKE SETTINGS ARE DIFFERENT DEPEDNING ON YOUR PURPOSE!

GAME

1. Make sure each shader has these maps
1. Base Color
2. Height
3. Roughness
4. Metallic
5. Normal
6. Ambient Occlusion
1. If you have to add one manually you need to go through each shader and add them individually

In the "bake mesh maps" pop-up these mesh maps should be enabled for this round of baking:

1. Normal
2. World Space normal
3. ID
4. Curvature
5. Position

• Output size- 2048 or 4096 (figure out which is best for your object but remember you can always go down, but you need to re-bake to make it higher)
• Dilation Width- 16
• Apply Diffusion
• IF YOU HAVE A HIGH POLY MESH
• DON'T click "use low poly mesh as high poly mesh"
• Click the document icon next to the large box and find your high poly mesh
• IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A HIGH POLY MESH
• Click "use low poly mesh as high poly mesh"
• That's it :^)
• Max frontal and rear distance- .005
• Uncheck Average Normals
• Anti-Aliasing- Subsampling 8x8

Go to the "ID" mesh map

• Color source- Mesh ID/ poly group
• Color generator- Random

Press "bake selected textures

After this set is done reopen the "bake mesh maps" popup

Have these maps checked:

1. Ambient Occlusion
2. Thickness

• In the general tab change:
• Anti-Aliasing- Subsampling 2x2

For Ambient Occlusion change:

• Secondary Rays- 256
• Min Occluder Distance- .001
• Self-Occlusion- Only same mesh name

For thickness change:

• Secondary Rays- 256
• Min Occluder Distance- .001
• Max Occluder Distance- 0.1
• Self-Occlusion- Only same mesh name

NOTE: If a mesh map's settings aren't listed, they are default

In the new version of the Substance baker mess with the Min and Max occluder distance and try turning on Average Normals.

- This will effect the cage for the mesh (meaning it only really matters if you have a high poly to bake from)

- To check to make sure the settings are accurate, investigate your model and scan for red parts on the mesh, this would mean you need to alter the settings above

FILM

Open the bake menu

Output Size: 4096

Anti-aliasing: 4x4

For Ambient Occlusion. Curvature, & Thickness change:

 Secondary Rays: 256

Enable height, bent normals, and opacity

Bake Selected Textures!