[Plib-users] Objects with emissive color

[Luca M. <luc...@li...>]

Hi,

I'm modelling a new airplane for FlightGear. I'm using 3dsMax 
an=
d I export the model in the ASE format. Now i'm trying to add 
the light=
s to the model (in FlightGear the lights are objects, 
created with AC3D=
, where the emissive colour field is setted to 
some value so they don't=
 really make light ...). The ony field in 
3dsMax that seems the same as=
 emissive is "selfillumination" 
but the every change I made it's not re=
cognized by FlightGear 
(I set selfillumination colour to red but when t=
he night falls the 
object becomes black). I can't use AC3D due to the f=
act that 
AC3D and 3dsMAX are compatible only throught 3ds file format, =

which, during the export operation, creates problems with the 
surface=
s (a lot of normals will be reversed, and it's a problem 
reverse the no=
rmals of an object with 3000 faces ...). If I create 
the objects with A=
C3D and load them as separate entitys in 
FlightGear, they cause problem=
s in the objects with trasparency, 
even if they are culled by some othe=
r objects. 

So, there's a way to add the emissive field in the ASE for=
mat? 

Tanks, Luca