Using AlembicPlayback with a PBRMaterial (Metallic) does not work with normal maps. So assigning any normal map turns the object black. I thought it might be related to some export option, but nothing helped so far. @torinos : hope you can have a look, and thx for the contribution!

Most applications do not include tangent in Alembic exports. Also, VL.Alembic does not currently plan to support the import of tangents that are explicitly included. VL.Fuse.DomainExtensions include a node that completes missing tangents in their and does normal mapping in shader, using the Materia…

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VL.Alembic object black with normal texture

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reaktant July 13, 2022, 7:22pm 6

Thanks everyone!