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General Anim8or Forum / Newbie- Light Normals question
« on: April 16, 2009, 10:00:26 pm »
I search and couldn't find any information on this even though it's probably been asked a million times...but I've been struggling with this for some time.
I am trying to get the an8 models I generate to load into a DirectX application I am writing. I create just a simple sphere, add a material color to it, and save it as an an8 just to keep it.
Then I export it as a *.3ds file. I use conv3ds to convert it to an *.x file.
When I try to view it at this point (tried with deveral different viewers) it has no lighting normals whatsoever.
I am trying to determine if it is conv3ds or Anim8or which is dropping the normals. Is there something you need to do to tell Anim8or to create the lighting normals, or does it automatically create them when you export the file as 3ds?
Thanks!
-David
I am trying to get the an8 models I generate to load into a DirectX application I am writing. I create just a simple sphere, add a material color to it, and save it as an an8 just to keep it.
Then I export it as a *.3ds file. I use conv3ds to convert it to an *.x file.
When I try to view it at this point (tried with deveral different viewers) it has no lighting normals whatsoever.
I am trying to determine if it is conv3ds or Anim8or which is dropping the normals. Is there something you need to do to tell Anim8or to create the lighting normals, or does it automatically create them when you export the file as 3ds?
Thanks!
-David