i’m pretty much lost, cant get the displacement maps to work, test renders take way to long, so with no idear what the proper workflow is, this is a mission impossible.
Looked at wiki, but it is a tut with max 6.0 ,or 7, and zbrush 2.0 , settings have changed so much that it all just doesnt work, does anyone have a propper workflow for max 08 or 09 ?
I’ll pretty much have to go with maya, would be a pain, caus i would have to do my rigging etc in maya to, not what i had planned.
i’m a newbie to max 2008/zbrush… both awesome programs… I’ve been told that max 2008 breaks zbrush displacement maps… they (Autodesk) are working on it… but I wouldn’t hold your breath… cause they will work hard to make Mud Box work well… and try to kill zBrush.
What pixelogic needs to do is write a plugin for max/maya to import zBrush tools directly … this would solve all the problems… and probably increase market share for them… cause casual 3D users (such as my self) could quickly move between applications… without having to have such a high learning curve…
So this has been a huge problem for a lot of people it seems. I’m new to zbrush and made a model in zbrush exported it as OBJ and then did that work around in 3.1 to make my displacement a normal map. So I have those files, I flipped the normal map so its facing the right way…I import it all into max…and I get my model with spikes sticking out of it everywhere instead of the actual displacement I did in zbrush. Is this the issue others are having or am I missing something important here?
I’ve looked at numerous tutorials on this and somehow I’ve never gotten this to work. Ever. Its really frustrating me and I’m about to just give up on zbrush all together and try mudbox 
Thought I would point these out for this thread
Using displacement maps in MAYA and MAX
http://www.zbrushcentral.com/zbc/showpost.php?p=441437&postcount=117
Maya 2008 Displacements
http://www.zbrushcentral.com/zbc/showpost.php?p=446550&postcount=151
Hi Canned, I’ve been watching your videos. I grabbed that one now and I’ll try it out.
Can you just upload your model(base obj + detailed ztl) on rapidshare and post the link here. That sounds obvioulsy so wrong and I might be fixed your problem 
I have my own web server, I’ll post it there:
http://www.20hitcombo.com/zbrush.html
Hope you can figure this out, and thanks for the hand 
oh that was quick! mind if i grab a .ztl file as well?
Ok I’ve opend your supposed-to-be-a-displacement-map
1st off, what’s that? wire frames? shouldnt be there and have no idea why it’s there and how. Make sure you collapsed your unwrap UVW in max before export to zbrush.
and 2nd of all, displacement map is supposed to be white/grey/black colors.
Are you trying to firgure out how to use normal maps in MAX?
haha, well I don’t know why those are there. I was trying to export a normal map from zbrush to use in max. I really don’t know why there is a checker pattern there. I’ll upload the ztl file next, won’t hurt any lol. Check the page again and it should be there. This is my first time using zbrush after going through a bunch of tutorials so I won’t be surprised if I messed up something a long the way, this was a test before I did anything serious.
3am_ have you done a Uv Check for your model?
I opened you model in Zbrush 3.1 then did a Uv Check.
I have converted the resulting .psd to .jpg for reduced file size.
The resulting texture shows a lot of over laping Uv’s as the red indicates.
I suggest using Blender to unwrap the model the Cannedmushroom way.
Remember to make the unwrap Uv’s slightly smaller in scale so they do not reach outside the base region.
Alright, I’ll give that a shot. I just got the video downloaded to see how he does it. I’ve not used blender before so I’ll have to read up a bit on that too. All of this seems pretty complicated right now for setting stuff up! 
Oh that’s not mine
blanktarget: I’ve checked your head obj and what the hell man? If you wanna test, use simple objects like a teapot?!. unwrap it properly (always double check if there is any overlapping verticies). good luck with it!
Well I wanted to play with zbrush and got a little carried away
Thanks for pointing this stuff out though. I’ll grab blender when I get home from work tonight and give that a shot.
3am_ .,… no offence intended.:o
It was my mistake regarding the http://www.zbrushcentral.com/zbc/newreply.php model.
This leaves me wondering how blanktarget’s project is progressing now that he has Blender.
I also found installing the latest version of Python gives me Collada full export in Blender.
The Collada export allows you to export Blender then import into Unrealed for UT3 map content:)
Hey thanks for checking up on this I haven’t had a chance to work on it again just yet, got really swamped with other projects and stuff. I hope to work on it late tonight or tomorrow
hey, theres a thread on this subject of renderings displacements in max
http://www.zbrushcentral.com/zbc/showthread.php?t=52762
ive tried rendering in mentalray and in vray and both work exellent
the tutorials is in spanish, but if you wanna give it a shot and cant read spanish maybe i can ask the author to let me transalte it
good luck
Hi, i dunno if this might help those who want a zbrush to max pipeline
http://www.zbrushcentral.com/zbc/showthread.php?t=59918
It seems Zbrush - Max integration looks more easy and fluent than Zbrush/Maya workflow.
True. 