I would recommend that you manually go in and check the ''winding order'' of the vertexs (vertai for plural?) Each triangle should have its points described in a clockwise order, this tells D3D which side is the front (normal). The back side is never drawn of course. If the vertai are not described in a clockwise fashion you have to get TS to tell you the normals. (pain in the bum)

I would also recommend that you manually create a directional light source initially so you can find your loaded objects no matter where they are.

Good Luck!

PS (sorry if this got posted twice)

Demetrios Georgeadis
Director/Programmer
Oniera Software Artists
www.oniera.com

"Programmin'' ain''t like dusting crops boy!" If you do not understand the way 3D engines work, then getting someone else''s code is not going to help you!

CLOCKWISE= plot the triangle on a graph then connect the dots starting with the point to the top left.
IGNORE the Z coord.

look at these points:
a)-25,50,40
b)-5,-5,0
c)5,22,10

The correct ordering is: a,c,b.

Hope this helps. Good Luck

Demetrios Georgeadis
Director/Programmer
Oniera Software Artists
www.oniera.com