Normal Maps in Cyberpunk

Technical details about normal maps

Summary

Created: Feb 21 2025 by manavortex Last documented update: Feb 21 2025 by manavortex

This page contains technical details about Cyberpunk's normal maps.

DirectX normal maps

Cyberpunk uses DirectX normal maps (screenshot: left). You can read more details about this e.g. here (external page).

If your normal map is inverted, you can use Photoshop or photopea to invert your green channel.

Baking in Blender

If you're using Blender to bake normal maps, use +X, -Y, and +Z, like so:

Note G is using -Y, not +Y as default