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title: "Your normal maps look different than the ones my game engine uses!"
description: "Your engine may use inverted Y for normal maps. Use the 'Invert Y axis' option when exporting."
canonical: "https://www.codeandweb.com/spriteilluminator/knowledgebase/normal-map-y-axis"
product: "spriteilluminator"
source: "html"
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# Your normal maps look different than the ones my game engine uses!

It's most likely the **Y-axis** that is inverted in your game engine. When clicking on **Export normal maps**, select the **Invert Y axis** option to fix that.

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