has anybody succeeded in extracting a Normal Map in ZB3?
tryed all the ways, but using create normal map button nothing happens…
Auric Help!!!
ps : checked all parameters and uv and all is fine, it won’t work neither with a ZTL that works perfectly with zb2…
pps: tryed to reinstall but its the same.
I’m having exactly the same issue; following the workflow from ZBrush 2, being on level 0. Clicking the normal map button does nothing.
specs:
XP 32bit sp2
3.5 Gb Ram
2.8 GHz Opteron
Quadro FX 4500
same thing here. its sad but i have to go back to two for a few days till these issues are resolved 
I’m having the same issue - It’s as if the rollout/ui hasn’t been connected to any code at all! - Has anyone successfully produced a normal map in Z3?
Ganymedes
Same issue. I think we need Zmapper3 or something.
FWIW: Baking Normal Maps in Modo is working pretty good for me.
-K
Ditto – cannot make a normal map. This is a rather enormous omission!
I’m not sure if z2 plugins should work with z3, but zmapper crashes whenever I try to use it. I never made a normal map without zmapper in z2, so I’m not even sure how to do it the other way.
Same problem here.
older versions of ZMapper, Zaplink etc are to be avoided in 3.
I have the same problem with normal map creation.
I think this is the same bug as with stencil if you try to activate stencil through Stencil menu, it work only through Alpha menu>make st.
To any of the beta testers (or Pixologic): Is Normal Map creation supposed to work? Did it ever work in one of the beta versions?
Or is this an issue just a few of us have?
Ganymedes
I second the request for an official confirmation. This is obviously a gigantic problem if it’s universal. If it isn’t I’d like to know so I can attempt some kind of corrective action.
Same here, I just tried it this morning with no Joy, it’s a bit of a big problem, I hope the solution isn’t going to be zmapper, because people can’t wait that long and there shouldn’t be dead/broken areas of the core (to be honest i’m surprised that zmapper wasn’t integrated more so that it replaced the core functionality completely in the interface and was a part of zb3 rather than continuing as a seperate plugin).
same here
Zmapper= crash
no normal maps at all I can find
in fact most of the zscript dont work.
Hmmm I wonder if it has to do with any call to the move tool o I’m sorry “tweak brush”. hmmmmmmmmm
Just a thought
None of the old plugins will work with Z3.
Stencil button appears to be disabled for now.
YOu guys need to add your system specs to help them out…
Without your system spec’s it is very hard to bug hunt / troubleshoot…
I have the same problem…
Windows X64
4 gigs ram
amd 4800 x2 
Using XP Pro, 5GB ram, on a Quad-core MacPro 3Ghz. But I suspect that everyone is having the same problem, so it’s most likely got nothing to do with OS/Hardware. Or am I wrong? Has anyone been able to create a normal map in ZB3?
XP Pro under Parallels, 1.5GB RAM. Same problem.
my speculations, normal map will be on with the other plugin zmapper!
Andreseloy
its simple zscript error in this particular button. nothing to do with hardware specs.
same problem on this machine i have>>
2.67 gigahertz Intel Core 2 Duo
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX
320.07 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
4000+ Megabytes Installed Memory
Board: ASUSTeK Computer INC. P5B-Deluxe Rev 1.xx
Bus Clock: 266 megahertz
BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. 0711 09/29/2006
but again its a simple basic error guys the call is there in the code i guess just the button is not linked correctly. god knows better.
I know I am going to get flamed for this, but I really thought they were going to take all the extra scripts you had to have for Z2 and incorporate them into 3 so you didnt need to install extra stuff. Thats what many software upgrades are about, seems silly not to do that, then not have the functionality in the software without them…then not update the scripts before releasing the software…
I use XSI and have always had issues creating the maps out of Z2 and gettting them to replicate in XSI. I use MB a bit now, and have no problem in this area. Yes yes there are other apps out there that do map conversion I know, but doesnt seem like you should have to.
I was really hoping for presets in the preferences for the top 3, Max, Maya, and XSI. Then you just set that stuff for whatever your output is, turn the brain off and just create cool art.
ok, flame on.