Bake Texture from procedural Shader to multiple Objects from Array

Question

Here's my problem (2nd attempt at explaining it btw :D)

I got a wooden panel thingy. I selected two array modifiers (x and y axis). Those are not applied yet. I did build a shader (see below), and did adjust it, so that it makes for a reasonable wood texture. I.e.: I did tweak the parameters to achieve just the kind of texture I want across the whole array. The Shader is using procedural Textures and Object Mapping.

The Problem: I need to apply the Array modifier to be able to modify individual objects. When I apply the Array modifier though, the whole texture is messed up (scale and distribution among different objects)

The kind of Solution I hope for: Any way to bake the whole thing "as is": I want just the stuff I got on my screen in preview to be applied as image textures to the individual objects after applying the array modifier.

Any directions on how to solve this? Thanks!

Edit: Here's a screenshot of the Shader and the multiple wooden panels still with an unapplied array modifier.

Answer 1

I'm afraid the Array modifier needs to be applied before any texture baking.
Or it will only bake the original tile - which is not what you want.

Another solution:
Use Object or UV coordinates for both your textures

• the Noise Texture uses Generated coordinates, when it's not connected to anything
• but Generated coordinates change when you apply the Array modifier
• use Object coordinates instead, for both textures, and they will stay the same