Normal maps don't work when NOT converting textures in part tools

[vvaris]

I would like to leave textures unconverted when saving my parts in part tools. I left the convert texture tickbox unselected. This is what I got: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/2988574/screenshot1.png. If I convert the texture it works fine. Any ideas how to fix this?

[Tosh]

I'm too not quite happy with conversion PartTools applies .

But, it seems that in order to leave textures unconverted, one should re-write PartTools a bit (as the sources are included)... I just did not succeed in doing that (and, uh, I wonder does EULA allow it? ).

[vvaris]

Leaving textures unconverted is pretty essential for editable skins so I hope there is a fix. I tried inverting colors channels and adding alpha channel to the normal map but no luck..

[Tosh]

Leaving textures unconverted is pretty essential for editable skins so I hope there is a fix. I tried inverting colors channels and adding alpha channel to the normal map but no luck..

As far as I understand, KSP just cannot tell the texture is to be used as "normal map" if it's not converted, and interprets it as a "simple texture".

Try to change "texture type" to "texture" in Unity Editor import settings; you'll get similar result

So... fiddling with texture itself won't help

[Dani-Sang]

Yes, you want to convert them because thats how the system works.

Also it looks like that unity doesn't see that map as a normal... you sure that unity identify the map as a normal one?