faces on object

[Richard Rae]

I have a ball model in my game.When I made it in the model prog it appeared fairly smooth.When I show it in GL Basic it appears faceted(it appears to be made up of a lot of flat faces).Is there any way of smoothing the object other than using a shader?

[Kitty Hello]

More information, please. What program did you model in, what export function was used, what lighting model did you use in GLBasic?
Should be smooth if exported right.

[Richard Rae]

Used ac3d.Exported using your exporter for ac3d.spotlight used set to 360.

[Kitty Hello]

ok. Select the model, then left hand pane click on "smooth" button before exporting. AC3D is perfect for export.

[Richard Rae]

Hi Gernot .Thanks for the quick response.I tried what you said,still don't think it's right.You can download an example of what I mean here //www.rrae.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/smoothing.zip  is there any way to make the ball smoother?

[Kitty Hello]

What's mlt and obj files? Where's the AC3D file?

[Richard Rae]

The .obj file is the file exported from ac3d to lithunwrap in order to uv map the sphere.I imported back into ac3d and textured.Exported as .ddd file from ac3d

[Kitty Hello]

nah. There is an AC3D plugin in your GLBasic/plugins folder.

[Richard Rae]

sorry for being dumb but how do I use this plug in?

[Kitty Hello]

there is a ddd_export.p file. Simply copy it to AC3D\plugins\ folder.
Then restart AC3D. The console should print a friendly:
GLBasic .ddd/.ddw Export Plugin - Version 2.0 - by Gernot Frisch

Then select your object (or nothing for whole model) and select "File/Export/GLBasic .ddd/.ddw"

[Richard Rae]

Thanks Gernot.Works perfect now.

[Kitty Hello]

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