Hi I''m currently trying to render a heightmap: for (currentY = 1; currentY <= 16; currentY++) { glBegin(GL_QUAD_STRIP); for (currentX = 1; currentX <= 16; currentX++) { glVertex3f(currentX, HeightMap[currentX][currentY-1], currentY-1); glVertex3f(currentX, HeightMap[currentX][currentY], currentY); } glEnd(); } When, how, and how often should I put in the normal''s of each of the quads that I''m drawing? I sort of understand how to do normals with single triangles, but not with quads, not to mention quad strips... Thanks in advance StiNKy

Thanks for your reply. But if I use quads it finds the best method in which way I connect the two tri''s that represent one block in the height map. don''t understand? nevermind
I''m only familiar with getting it for single triangles, not strips, so could you help me in how I would go about it?