wierd face prob

[notamondayfan]

hey guys,

a quick prob that has been buggin me this morn. i have 3 faces all that apear the incorrect colour. its basically a plane, ploy modeled, and then ive use a multi sub material for its texture.

i have tried other textures, and sub object numbering, but still the colour apears. i have deleted and remade the faces several times, and im positive there arent any hiden back facing faces.

 

 

by the way, im using max 6, with vray free, GI and 1 direct light.

 

thanks, dean

[STRAT]

tried unifying sll the normals?

[notamondayfan]

jus tried that, and nothing. also 2 note, if i delete another face, along the same plane, then create a new one, this newer dark colour is applied 2 it too.

[STRAT]

in that case it sounds like your not quite doing your submaterialing correctly. try it as a separate object in it's own right without the need for subobject matertials and face numbering.

[notamondayfan]

right, i have tried deleting the faces, and replaced it with a seperate plane, but using the same coords. then i have used the same material, and its still loads darker. ive hidden everything in the scene, so theres def no shadows being cast on it.

any ideas?

[STRAT]

have you tried making it a separate object (not connected) with new coords? how does that work?

[noi-pi]

.....perhaps the face has a different smoothing groups? You could check that one too.

[notamondayfan]

tried both them, and still nothing.

 

when i move the verts by huge amounts, say to make the face 45 deg, instead of vertical, the face then becomes slightly lighter, but it ruins the model.