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--- 3d:export-runtime [2026/03/03 10:26] – [Step 1 – Apply All Modifiers] mh
+++ 3d:export-runtime [2026/03/03 10:33] (current) – [Step 7 – (Optional but Recommended) Apply Transforms] mh
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 ==== Step 1 – Apply All Modifiers ====
-Select all objects. **F3 → “Convert to Mesh”**
+Select all objects.
-OR
+  * **F3 → “Convert to Mesh”**
+OR
-Object Mode → Object → Convert → Mesh
+  * Object Mode → Object → Convert → Mesh
 //This applies all modifiers (including bevel) destructively.//
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 ==== Step 2 – Join Into One Object ====
-Select all objects.
+Select all objects. **Select one last as active** (it becomes the base object)
-**Select one last as active** (it becomes the base object)
 → ''Ctrl + J''
-Now you have one mesh containing all objects.
+All objects become one mesh.
-Important:
-Check for duplicate vertices if objects were touching:
-Go to **Edit Mode** → ''A'' → ''M'' → **By Distance**
-This cleans overlapping vertices.
+Clean-up:
+  * Check for duplicate vertices
+  * **Edit Mode** → ''A'' → ''M'' → **By Distance**
+  * With everything still selected
+  * ''SHIFT + N'' to recalculate normals
 ==== Step 3 – UV Unwrap Properly ====
 Now that it's one object:
-Go to Edit Mode
+  * **Edit Mode** → ''A'' → ''U'' → **Smart UV Project**
-''A'' to select all faces
-''U'' → **Smart UV Project**
 Adapt projection method if needed for geometry.
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 In Shader Editor:
-Add **Image Texture node**
+  * Add **Image Texture node**
+  * Click ''New''
-Click ''New''
+  * Choose resolution (512 - 2048 or 4096)
+  * Name it “Object_Baked_BaseColor”
-Choose resolution (512 - 2048 or 4096)
-Name it “Object_Baked_BaseColor”
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 ==== Step 5 – Bake Maps ====
-Bake Base Color (Albedo)
-Render → Cycles
+=== Bake Base Color (Albedo) ===
-**Bake Type:** Diffuse
+In the Render tab (Cycles selected)
-Disable:
+  * Open **Bake** section
-  * Direct
+  * **Bake Type:** Diffuse
-  * Indirect
+  * Disable:
-  * Leave only Color checked
+    * Direct
+    * Indirect
+    * Leave only Color checked
+  * Press ''Bake''.
-Press ''Bake''.
+<WRAP round important 30%>
+**IMPORTANT:**
 Save the image afterward in Image Editor.
+If it's not saved to disk it can be lost.
+</WRAP>
 Repeat the process for Normal Map:
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 ==== Step 6 – Create a New Game-Ready Material ====
-Now create a clean Principled BSDF:
+Create a clean Principled BSDF:
   * Plug BaseColor texture into Base Color
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 ==== Step 7 – (Optional but Recommended) Apply Transforms ====
-**Object Mode**:
+  * **Object Mode** → ''Ctrl + A'' → **Apply Rotation/Scale**.
-''Ctrl + A'' → **Apply Rotation/Scale**. In most cases don't apply location if your object is not an independent asset placed at world origin.
+//In most cases don't apply location if your object is not an independent asset placed at world origin.//
 GLTF likes clean scale = 1, rotation = 0.
 Game engines prefer clean transforms.
-Also ''Shift + N'' → Recalculate Normals.
-Game engines like clean normals.