Re: .x Object Not Showing Light

From: ZMan (zman_at_thezbuffer.com)
Date: 12/05/04

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    Are there normals in the mesh? Assuming you mean some kind of light other
    than ambient the mesh will need to have normals for the light caluclation to
    be done. 

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"Randy Chow" <randychow2000@hotmail.com> wrote in message 
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> Hello everyone, hope all is well.  I have a issue with a simple box I
> exported from 3D Studios Max to a .x file.  I placed the object in my 
> scene
> and loaded the bitmap map.  All is fine, until I enable any light, the 
> light
> does not show on the object.  I try it with a sphere and it works.  Any
> ideas?  Thanks.
>
>
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