normal faceting, is there a way to smooth the normals?

andy circus · Post by **andy circus** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 5:10 pm

is there a goruad material?
i think thats the only reason i can't get the normal maps to look good.
thanks for any help!

Post by **steven8** » Sat Sep 22, 2007 11:30 am

Howdy Andy,

You can use gouraud shading by selecting your brush, opening the face attributes dialog, and selecting 'gouraud shading'. I've never been happy with the results, but your more than welcome to give it a try.

Good luck!

P.S. - this is for objects made in RFEditPro

Destron · Post by **Destron** » Sat Sep 22, 2007 6:27 pm

Hmmm, after reading this article, it seems like Gourad wouldn't be so good for RF, since it requires hi-poly models to make it look good.

Post by **paradoxnj** » Sun Sep 23, 2007 12:09 am

The Genesis engine uses Gouraud shading for all non-textured polys.

andy circus · Post by **andy circus** » Sun Sep 23, 2007 10:03 am

thanks for the reply, its been a while since i used rf,
but i thought i would give that 'smooth' a shot

actually though guaroud can look pretty good!
it just depends on the amount of normals smoothing,
but it also droops the texture a little.
that wiki example just looked pretty terrible

Post by **Jay** » Wed Sep 26, 2007 6:27 pm

I don't think the 'goruad' option in the face attributes will help you much with normal mapping, since there is no normal mapping for world geometry.