# Zen BBQ **URL:** https://support.zenmasters.team/c/zenbbq/8.md [Latest](https://support.zenmasters.team/latest.md) · [Categories](https://support.zenmasters.team/categories.md) · [Tags](https://support.zenmasters.team/tags.md) --- ## [Zen BBQ Documentation](https://support.zenmasters.team/t/zen-bbq-documentation/53)
**Author:** [@tyapkin.art](https://support.zenmasters.team/u/tyapkin.art)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2024, 5:18pm UTC](https://support.zenmasters.team/t/zen-bbq-documentation/53 "2024-12-13T17:18:21Z")
https://zenmastersteam.github.io/Zen-Dock/ --- ## [📖 Guidelines for the Zen BBQ Forum](https://support.zenmasters.team/t/guidelines-for-the-zen-bbq-forum/12)
**Author:** [@tyapkin.art](https://support.zenmasters.team/u/tyapkin.art)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2024, 1:24pm UTC](https://support.zenmasters.team/t/guidelines-for-the-zen-bbq-forum/12 "2024-11-17T13:24:18Z")
Welcome to “Zen BBQ Add-on for Blender” Support Forum! To keep this space organized and helpful, please follow these guidelines: :one: Use the Right Tags Bug: For reporting issues or errors. Question: For seeking hel… --- ## [Baking normal maps for game model](https://support.zenmasters.team/t/baking-normal-maps-for-game-model/246)
**Author:** [@system](https://support.zenmasters.team/u/system)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2026, 6:28am UTC](https://support.zenmasters.team/t/baking-normal-maps-for-game-model/246 "2026-10-07T06:28:33Z")
P3 Hello. I know you can bake Zenbbq results onto an unwrapped model, but I was wondering if you can make normal maps from higher poly and detailed Zenbbq model, onto a lower poly and less detailed model. I would like t… --- ## [BBQ Normal Map Noise and edges artifacts](https://support.zenmasters.team/t/bbq-normal-map-noise-and-edges-artifacts/202)
**Author:** [@Vitalii\_Gorbushin](https://support.zenmasters.team/u/Vitalii_Gorbushin)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2026, 12:08pm UTC](https://support.zenmasters.team/t/bbq-normal-map-noise-and-edges-artifacts/202 "2026-07-25T12:08:58Z")
Hello! I’ve encoutered some wierd artifacts on planar edges and noise when I bake normal map with bevel shader with Zen BBQ inside Blender. But when I bake the same model with the same bevel shader settings with native … --- ## [Error in blender 4.3. I have paid from gumroad. But it has old version. plz update it for 4.3](https://support.zenmasters.team/t/error-in-blender-4-3-i-have-paid-from-gumroad-but-it-has-old-version-plz-update-it-for-4-3/245)
**Author:** [@system](https://support.zenmasters.team/u/system)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2026, 10:16am UTC](https://support.zenmasters.team/t/error-in-blender-4-3-i-have-paid-from-gumroad-but-it-has-old-version-plz-update-it-for-4-3/245 "2026-07-25T10:16:45Z")
Asim Khan I have in installed Zenuv for blender version Imported from Discord --- ## [How can i have the addon back](https://support.zenmasters.team/t/how-can-i-have-the-addon-back/244)
**Author:** [@system](https://support.zenmasters.team/u/system)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2026, 10:16am UTC](https://support.zenmasters.team/t/how-can-i-have-the-addon-back/244 "2026-07-25T10:16:42Z")
Periodo\_blu guys hi, i bought the basic zenbbq add on like 2 years ago from gumroad and now i dont have the addon anymore, do i have to buy it again? does anyone know if i have some other way to have it back?? Imported… --- ## [Errors in Blender 4.4.0](https://support.zenmasters.team/t/errors-in-blender-4-4-0/243)
**Author:** [@system](https://support.zenmasters.team/u/system)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2026, 10:16am UTC](https://support.zenmasters.team/t/errors-in-blender-4-4-0/243 "2026-07-25T10:16:40Z")
Maarten Using ZenBBQ 1.0.3.2: Imported from Discord --- ## [Error when switching to wireframe blender 5.0](https://support.zenmasters.team/t/error-when-switching-to-wireframe-blender-5-0/242)
**Author:** [@system](https://support.zenmasters.team/u/system)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2026, 10:16am UTC](https://support.zenmasters.team/t/error-when-switching-to-wireframe-blender-5-0/242 "2026-07-25T10:16:37Z")
𝕯𝖆𝖌𝖔𝖇𝖊𝖗𝖙 error when switching to wireframe | WARNING current value ‘3’ matches no enum in ‘View3DShading’, ‘(null)’, ‘studio\_light’ Imported from Discord --- ## [Question - Discord Import](https://support.zenmasters.team/t/question-discord-import/241)
**Author:** [@system](https://support.zenmasters.team/u/system)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2026, 10:16am UTC](https://support.zenmasters.team/t/question-discord-import/241 "2026-07-25T10:16:35Z")
AKAI Do you recommend ZenBBQ to me if I want to make hero assets like guns and swords that will potentially be in an fps game? Or do I stick to high poly to bake to low poly workflow? I tried doing it the vanilla Blender… --- ## [Bake bevel normals into one UV with multiple objects selected?](https://support.zenmasters.team/t/bake-bevel-normals-into-one-uv-with-multiple-objects-selected/240)
**Author:** [@system](https://support.zenmasters.team/u/system)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2026, 10:16am UTC](https://support.zenmasters.team/t/bake-bevel-normals-into-one-uv-with-multiple-objects-selected/240 "2026-07-25T10:16:31Z")
AKAI I have multiple parts of this gun and I tried baking but when I bake it only bakes that on part of the mesh I’ve selected, I’ll try to demonstrate it real quick Can I bake ALL m… --- ## [Question about baking with UDIMS](https://support.zenmasters.team/t/question-about-baking-with-udims/239)
**Author:** [@system](https://support.zenmasters.team/u/system)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2026, 10:16am UTC](https://support.zenmasters.team/t/question-about-baking-with-udims/239 "2026-07-25T10:16:28Z")
AKAI Ok oops, I just learned how to properly make UDIMs, I followed a youtube tutorial and Idk if this is more proper. Imported from Discord --- ## [My bakes are giving me hard faces for some reason](https://support.zenmasters.team/t/my-bakes-are-giving-me-hard-faces-for-some-reason/238)
**Author:** [@system](https://support.zenmasters.team/u/system)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2026, 10:16am UTC](https://support.zenmasters.team/t/my-bakes-are-giving-me-hard-faces-for-some-reason/238 "2026-07-25T10:16:23Z")
Abacabb Hi, I’m trying to bake the normals for this sandal but it keeps baking the faces quite sharp for some reason. I’ve already set and applied the normal weights to my preferred angle which should be completely smoot… --- ## [How to fix that artefacts](https://support.zenmasters.team/t/how-to-fix-that-artefacts/237)
**Author:** [@system](https://support.zenmasters.team/u/system)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2026, 10:16am UTC](https://support.zenmasters.team/t/how-to-fix-that-artefacts/237 "2026-07-25T10:16:18Z")
puss how to clean that poop mess in normal map after bake Imported from Discord --- ## [Zen BBQ seems to cause crash when baked with Simple Bake](https://support.zenmasters.team/t/zen-bbq-seems-to-cause-crash-when-baked-with-simple-bake/236)
**Author:** [@system](https://support.zenmasters.team/u/system)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2026, 10:16am UTC](https://support.zenmasters.team/t/zen-bbq-seems-to-cause-crash-when-baked-with-simple-bake/236 "2026-07-25T10:16:14Z")
Fallon Grace Hello! Whenever I set bevel amounts with Zen BBQ and then attempt to bake them out using Simple Bake, Blender will crash to desktop if I click on the Shading workspace tab. Speaking to the developer of Sim… --- ## [\[SOLVED\] Zen BBQ and SH repository issue](https://support.zenmasters.team/t/solved-zen-bbq-and-sh-repository-issue/235)
**Author:** [@system](https://support.zenmasters.team/u/system)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2026, 10:15am UTC](https://support.zenmasters.team/t/solved-zen-bbq-and-sh-repository-issue/235 "2026-07-25T10:15:07Z")
Sorn Thanks for the new ZenBBQ 2.0.0.10 update! By the way, it doesn’t seem to appear in the SuperHive extensions repository. It was bought with all other Zen tools (Zen Bundle), and the rest of the tools \[ZenUV, ZenSe… --- ## [BBQ back](https://support.zenmasters.team/t/bbq-back/201)
**Author:** [@zy777](https://support.zenmasters.team/u/zy777)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2026, 2:29pm UTC](https://support.zenmasters.team/t/bbq-back/201 "2026-07-21T14:29:50Z")
Hi, I noticed an issue with the baking feature in zenBBQ. When I set a custom export path, the baked textures fail to automatically apply to the model after the baking is finished. --- ## ['Ref vs Instance' encounter + Strange Issue](https://support.zenmasters.team/t/ref-vs-instance-encounter-strange-issue/197)
**Author:** [@system](https://support.zenmasters.team/u/system)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2026, 11:56am UTC](https://support.zenmasters.team/t/ref-vs-instance-encounter-strange-issue/197 "2026-07-09T11:56:37Z")
Maarten I’m still new to the addon, so I might be missing something, but at least it feels unintuitive/random/off to me what I’m seeing happening here now; ISSUE 1) I have a car with a body, a left door and a trunk, a… --- ## [Zen BBQ Problem with Vulcan](https://support.zenmasters.team/t/zen-bbq-problem-with-vulcan/108)
**Author:** [@AnNo1968](https://support.zenmasters.team/u/AnNo1968)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2025, 9:44am UTC](https://support.zenmasters.team/t/zen-bbq-problem-with-vulcan/108 "2025-07-24T09:44:09Z")
Hello, Zen BBQ 1.04.0 seems to have a problem with Vulcan. I am using Blender 4.5.0 Portable. In the Preferences → System → Display Graphics → Backend I have set Vulcan. In the Blender System Console I get the follow…