A Problem With Mah Model

wnn

<div class="IPBDescription">something about the shading</div> I'm having a problem with my knife model, the blade seems as if i stood in a dark corner,
what can i say, a picture worths a 1000 words <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo--> ill show you what i mean..

This is how the model looks from the right side (like it should look):

wnn

this is how the left side looks, which is wrong :\ is it a problem with the smoothing ? the texture is fine,
i even mirrored the model to test it.. and in milkshape it seems a little dark but still fine..

so what is the problem ? :\

Jamil

Hard to say. Try it out in game, it could just be the viewer.

wnn

nah, its not just the viewer, i wouldnt take ur time jsut because it looked bad at the viewer <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo--> ...

Anyone can help me ? <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo-->

CoolCookieCooks

when flatshaded, are the dark areas black with no skin? maybe its becasue you got the vertex thing wrong, try reversing the vertex order

Jamil

The only thing it could be is smoothing groups. It can't be backwards faces, because they appear invisible. You have to resmooth that side of the knife.

wnn

Yey ! <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo--> it was the Smoothing groups ! Thanks Jamil <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->