Normals Flipping after save ? Crazy

Game Engine Game Engine Support and Discussion
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Hi people having a slight issue with 2.79 RC2 ( possibly other versions gonna try soon, I know don’t use RC for making things but I did :stuck_out_tongue: )

Building a low poly flat shaded style F1 car model for a game i plan to make, having a crazy issue with the normals of the exhaust they show to be facing the correct direction even switching back face culling remaining visible in the viewport, however in game engine it’s flipped ( yet to try loading model into something else ), so I deleted the exhaust seeing as its simple to remake remade it which fixed the issue until I saved and loaded the file again and they appear flipped in the game engine again even though edit mode display is showing them facing correct direction and they remain visible when back face culling is switched on or off.

can’t seem to grasp what is going on

heres a screenshot from game engine after remaking exhaust and all was good

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then after saving and loading it flipped inside out again but only in game engine seems to be effected

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baffled , material hasn’t changed only reason view slightly different is caused I had a close look to see if it was definitely the saved revision and it is the redone exhaust , I remade it slightly different

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if it is only the game engine that is affected, the normals are likely facing the wrong direction…first you need to make sure backface culling is enabled or you will not be able to tell if they are facing the wrong direction.

Then… apply scale and rotation(ctrl+a)
in edit mode: select all the faces that are facing the wrong direction > press ‘w’ > select flip normals.

alternatively you can try selecting all faces and recalculating all the normals (ctrl+n) > enter.

I recommend that modeling questions are asked in the modeling forum…I do not mind myself, but this is a modeling issue

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I had this problem as well. Make sure you flip the wrong normals, even if they look correct.

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Like everyone said, inspect the normals first.