Question about Upspring and s3o models

[minion]

Hello All

New to this forum, been at TAU for a long time.

I have a question concerning Upspring and s3o models. Looking at the picture I have attached, on the left is a 3 point triangle, on the right is a 4 point square. I using Rhino 3D version 3 SR3.
Getting back to the triangle and square, using triangles on my models work fine within Rhino, when viewing as a wire frame and shade previewing.
But in the past 3DO builder did not display where I had used triangles when imported the model was imported in a .lwo. They were just missing.
when using a 4 point square and merging two control points into a triangle I had no problem with the model importing into 3DO builder.
But in Rhino when using command "MeshToNurb" to create a model ready to have textures applied to each single face for rendering, the command would delete all squares merged into a triangle.

So to the question. If I create 3 point triangles in Rhino 3D and export the model in a .OBJ file or .3DS file for Upspring and s3o file creation, will I have any problems?

Thanks

PS. This is one of my models: Fortress

[FLOZi]

Tris work fine for s3o, don't work fine for 3do.

I use Rhino for all my s3o modelling in S44 and don't have any issues.

[minion]

Thanks FLOZi

I'll get modeling then.

[Peet]

Pretty much any shape of poly will work (upspring or spring triangulates automatically when necessary), as long as it is convex and flat. Non-convex or non-planar faces tend to do very strange things.

[minion]

I've replaced and removed more poly's from the model which you described as "bad". The model is looking a lot better now.

[HeavyLancer]

Are you minion of TA:Independence War fame?

[j5mello]

that's him

[Neddie]

Minion, I assume you put the port of IW to Spring on hold along with the Smoth's site FF project?

[minion]

Hi neddiedrow

I had a computer failure recently and lost the latest version of TA I-War for OTA.
Now though I've started on this 3D space strategy instead, I'm still working on the older OTA I-War game as well.

[bobthedinosaur]

cool minion, looks very macross-y