Do You Have To Skin Every Face?

chadypu

lets say i dont skin a face (or even skinmesh) that is not visible, will it still be possible to export to smd and compile to mdl?

Billy_Silverfish

If it is not visible why is it there, young Grasshopper?

chadypu

i dont know, theres like 2 of them on my model

im a n00b modeler too :|

edit-i figured out why
its because its the side of a group and the two sides of the groups meet

will i be fine with no skin on these 2 spots?

Obst

You cannot export to smd without all groups being assigned to materials. If there is a material, it doesnt matter if it's skinmeshed or not <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->

chadypu

okay, so as long as i have a material assigned im good

thanks

Obst

<!--QuoteBegin-chadypu+May 16 2004, 08:29 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (chadypu @ May 16 2004, 08:29 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> okay, so as long as i have a material assigned im good
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Correct. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->

Drfuzzy

It is best to delete faces you will not see though, lowers polycounty by half sometimes. Geat strategy for those round high polyish models like high poly grenades <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->

Mintman

To summarise what has been said. If you don't need to skin it, then it doesn't need to be in the model.