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Old 26th March 2010, 03:12 AM   #1
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Question Unwanted Surfaces

I seem to have this problem with hidden unwanted surfaces in AC3D. When I do the models in the editor, they look fine, but when I load them up into the code I often get these ugly black surfaces. look at the picture below as an example. Notice that on each step of the stairway on both sides there apears these little black triangles.

How do I get rid of these things? Or do I have to redo that model all over again?



edit: here's what it looks like in AC3D:

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Old 26th March 2010, 04:12 AM   #2
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I suspect the stair sides are a single polygon? If so - triangulate them (menu surface->triangulate). AC3D triangulates polys automatically but it looks like your viewer doesn't.
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Old 26th March 2010, 02:28 PM   #3
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I suspect the stair sides are a single polygon? If so - triangulate them (menu surface->triangulate). AC3D triangulates polys automatically but it looks like your viewer doesn't.
Yeah, that seemed to do the trick :P thanks!

I'm using Blitz 3D in that first screenshot. If that tells you anything.
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Old 26th March 2010, 06:41 PM   #4
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Looks great - can you post some pics in the WIP section so we can see what you are making?
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Old 26th March 2010, 06:44 PM   #5
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Looks great - can you post some pics in the WIP section so we can see what you are making?
Give me some time on that and I'll have something ready right now what you see is what you get. That was a result of only just a few hours of experimentation.

But you have my promise! I'll post pictures soon!
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