GTR2 - Objects are lit wrong

-Jesse- · Mar 20, 2011

Can't figure out what is causing this, but in GTR2, all objects (my own, from xpacks or from other modellers) are lit wrong. The side of building where the sun shines is dark and the side of the shadow is bright. Any ideas?

Also the sealings are lit and roofs dark, as seen on the tower in the picture. So everything seems to be the opposite of what they should be.

Kyle Puttifer · Mar 20, 2011

Maybe you should look at reversing the faces in whatever 3D program you use. But if it happens to all objects then I don't know.

Tomas Beha · Mar 20, 2011

Google Sketchup is really annoying, with making unintented reversed faces - that will cause this, as Kyle points out.

Kyle Puttifer · Mar 20, 2011

In Sketchup, the faces that you can see are shown in white (before you texture the object). The "back" of the face is an unappealing shade of blue. I guess it's that colour so we have to do everything we can so we don't have to see it! XD
If you see the unappealing shade of blue, right click on the face and select "Reverse Face".

yetisaj · Mar 21, 2011

Also, If you go into the styles menu in Sketchup you can change the colour for the front/back faces so they are more noticable. Before exporting any of my models I always change the front face to bright red and the back to bright green. Its really easy to spot faces that need reversing then.

-Jesse- · Mar 21, 2011

No, it's not reversed faces. They would look something totally different if they where.

Objects are just fine in SketchUp, 3DSimEd and in Blender. It's either BTB or GTR2, but I don't have any clue how to fix this.

yetisaj · Mar 21, 2011

Have you tried flipping them with the object scale tool in BTB?

-Jesse- · Mar 21, 2011

yetisaj said:
Have you tried flipping them with the object scale tool in BTB?

I will if you tell how that is done

yetisaj · Mar 22, 2011

When you have the object tab open in BTB, simply go to the edit tab and choose the scale tool. Instead of enlarging the model by pulling on the axis, go the other way until it flips. Obviously choose the X or Y axis, the Z will turn your model upsidown lol.