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Hey,
I modelled a couple of meshes for a mini-golf simulation and load them using smgr->getMesh(path.c_str()); smgr->addAnimatedMeshSceneNode(..); node->setMaterialFlag(video::EMF_NORMALIZE_NORMALS, true);
The models look quite alright in blender with the normals on the outside etc.. but in Irrlicht the hole mesh looks like the light source was to the far left ( I put a light in every direction at infinite distance to achieve equal illumination ). The slope mesh looks alright. The problem does not apear if I switch "Set Smooth" off in Blender. The meshes are exported as Wavefront OBJ.
well I would have something to do with smoothing groups but you say you tested that? (I'm a maxer not a blender-er).
btw judging from the FPS and the visible polys I can see on the round piece - it looks way too high poly for a game imo. Should be able to get away with at least half of those sections on the round part and still look good (with a good texture and smoothing)
the poly has ~1400 faces, which is probably too much. Good, that Irrlicht supports LOD. The framerate would be much higher though, but is locked to 60 FPS .
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