I understand that to render opaque and semi-transparent objects correctly, you would normally: 1) Render all opaque objects from front to back with depth buffer on & alpha blending off. 2) Then render all transparent objects from back to front with depth buffer off & alpha blending on. But what happens when you have models with ...

For anyone else who is looking for it, I've found a function in Blender to automatically reduce poly count. To do this: 1. Select the mesh you want to reduce 2. In object mode, add modifier "Decimate" 3. Change ratio to the amount of reduction you want (e.g. ratio = 0.2 means you will remove 80% of polygons)

OK, I think its fixed now. I think this was just an error pointing to the wrong path for the DLL. Still, I'm surprised you dont get an error from the build system when you reference something that doesnt exist?

Yes I tried that too: msBuildProject.AddNewItem("Reference", "C:\\MyImporter\\bin\\x86\\Debug\\MyImporter.dll"); and still reports cannot find importer. Strangely I also tried msBuildProject.AddNewItem("Reference", "C:\\Doesnt-exist\\Garbage.dll"); and didnt get any errors. I ...

I'm still struggling to get this to work with a custom model importer. namespace MyNamespace  {      public class MyImporter : ContentImporter<MeshContent>  ...

If you have to pay to get premium CC then it's not really free is it? /Steve

XSI isnt currently available for download. I've been looking for a while for an open-source poly reduction tool and havent found anything (only things like Vizup which are in the 100s of dollars mark). Is anyone aware of any other tools that are free? thx Steve

BrikWars is a new computer game based on the BrikWars wargame (www.brikwars.com) where players can build custom armies of plastic toys and battle against the computer or each other on the network. It's written in C#/XNA and runs on Windows platforms with DirectX9.    We've already released the first playable version, which ...

You need to define normals for lighting to work. Alternatively, calculate your own lighting on a per-vertex base and apply it to the vertex color.