I want ALL the faces of my mesh to be drawn

[jpenguin]

So, I'm making a platform you can jump on from underneath; it works, but the bottom of it is not draw 8untill you jump on-top of it

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define os
   mesh
   vertex -1 -1 0
   vertex 1 -1 0
   vertex 1 1 0
   vertex -1 1 0
   vertex -1 -1 1
   vertex 1 -1 1
   vertex 1 1 1
   vertex -1 1 1
   face #south
       vertices 0 1 5 4
   endface
   face #east
       vertices 1 2 6 5
   endface
   face #north
       vertices 2 3 7 6
   endface
   face #west
       vertices 3 0 4 7 
   endface
   face #bottom
       vertices 0 1 2 3
       passable
   endface
   face #top
       vertices 4 5 6 7
   endface
   noclusters
end #mesh
enddef

and I'm placing i9t with

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group os
   scale 1 1 1
   shift 250 0 10
   matref s-red
end

[Spectre]

I think this might be your problem.
BZFlag mesh faces are one-sided, meaning a face is see-through, drive-through, and shoot-through from one side, but not from the other. The face is drawn on top of a counter-clockwise set of vertices, meaning that this:

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mesh
   vertex 10 10 10
   vertex -10 10 10
   vertex -10 -10 10
   vertex 10 -10 10

   face
   vertices 0 1 2 3
   endface
end

will be jump-through from the bottom.
So will this:

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mesh
   vertex 10 10 10
   vertex -10 10 10
   vertex -10 -10 10
   vertex 10 -10 10

   face #top
   vertices 0 1 2 3
   endface

   face #bottom
   vertices 3 2 1 0
   passable
   endface
end

This works because the bottom face will be oriented toward you, but drivethrough. Because faces are one-sided, you will then go up through the non-existent side of the top face.

Hope you understood a word of that, and if you did, that it helps.

[TD-Linux]

Bucko got this absolutely right - face winding is the key here. Most games' 3D faces are only one sided, as this allows major performance enhancements.

The direction of a face is determined by the order of its vertices. Your face should specify its vertices so that when you look at the front of the face, they are numbered in a counterclockwise order. Where you start doesn't matter, it's what order you go in. Speaking of, don't try to go in crazy hourglass shapes

The drivethrough option on your bottom face will let your tank go through the bottom of your mesh, while the top mesh will 'catch' your tank when it begins to fall because of its one-sidedness.

I guess I pretty much repeated what Bucky said, but sometimes two different explanations can help