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Hey all,
I am working on a program to convert a file from one format to a .X file and then load it into DBPro. I can convert everything I need so far just fine, (textures, uv's, vertices, etc...) but one problem I have come across is that the files I am starting with don't contain vertex normals for properly calculating light. Anybody here know a good/easy (easy to do and explain) method for calculating vertex normals? I am completely stuck and have been trying eveything I can find on the net, but I am not really a math person and could easily be misunderstanding the concepts. I know to calculate the surface normals for each of the polygons, and to then average those for every point a polygon meets which results in the vertex normal...but it just isn't coming out right. Any thoughts? Thanks!

Hello...anybody?

It seems to me that you've got the right method. Just ensure that you don't normalise your vectors until the last step - I usually find I get slightly better results that way

Yeah I thought I was doing it right too, but for some reason the lighting comes out all wrong when the model is used. Can you post an example of how to go about doing it so I can stop ripping my hair out trying to figure it out? I'd really appreciate it.