Am I the only one still having normal mapping issues in 4.4?

[anonymous_user_363c384b]

OK, yeah, that is what a normal map looks like with one smooth group, and most engines support this, even UE4 per the documentation:

https://docs.unrealengine.com/latest/INT/Engine/Content/Types/Textures/NormalMaps/Creation/index.html

You can use this method one of two ways. One is to give your model a single smoothing group. This will create a very gradient heavy normal map but few seams on UV edges. The other method is to break Smoothing groups along UV seams. This will create a flatter normal map but has some seams on UV edges.

The first step is to make sure your model consists of 1 smoothing group. It also helps to triangulate your model using a modifier, that way you do not have to worry about any application changing your triangles.

I view multiple smooth groups and supports loops as tricks that are needed when you don’t have a synced tangents workflow. These things should not be needed.