I got bored today so i messed about in max and realised i never used smoothing groups properly, after learning a lil more about them, heres a lil model i made with smoothing groups
http://dynamic5.gamespy.com/~sos/forum/attachment.php?s=&postid=16370
http://dynamic5.gamespy.com/~sos/forum/attachment.php?s=&postid=16370