Custom Source MDL not rendering correctly

[Tetraspore]

Hey everyone! I'm working on an inner armor mod and I'm having difficulty getting the object to render properly in game.

The problem is-- if I export the model from 3DSMax with normals that look normal, the object appears with flipped normals in game (looks inside out), but has appropriate lighting.

If I export the model from 3DSMax with flipped normals, the object is flipped right side out, however the lighting is inverted:



I'm using 3DSMax 2018 with these plugins:

https://gamebanana.com/tools/6098

I've tried various qc commands like illumposition to no avail. Does anyone have experience with this error?

[MentaL]

[Tetraspore]

Now if I use Wunderboy's SMD exporter, I get these results--



Something is up with the way I have normals set up or something, but everything looks peachy in 3DSMax.

[Tetraspore]

Solved!

If anyone else runs into this problem in the future, here's what my mesh stack looked like in 3DS Max:

Skin
Edit Normals
Edit Poly

I had to go into the Edit Poly and select all the faces. Then, I used the "Flip" button. The faces then became hard edged. I then added the "Edit Normals" modifier, at which point the model's faces inverted and turned black. Then, I selected all of the normals and unified with the option to "Unify/Break to Average" selected (<--- IMPORTANT IF THAT IS NOT CHECKED, LIGHTING WILL BE INVERTED). I then exported using import/export plugins.

Hope this helps someone else in the future!