Normal Maps in Cyberpunk

Technical details about normal maps

Summary

Created: Feb 21 2025 by mana vortex Last documented update: Feb 21 2025 by mana vortex

This page contains technical details about Cyberpunk's normal maps. You can find a detailed explanation video at the end of the page.

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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

Video explanation

Video by jato