No bullet holes on custom props?!

[Sathor]

My custom props just won't show any bullet hole decals. They have correct collision models (smoothing groups etc) and usually use a standard qc like this:

$modelname xxx\xxx\xxx.mdl
$cdmaterials xxx\xxx\materials\props\
$scale 1
$body studio "xxx_ref.smd"
$staticprop
$surfaceprop "metal"
$sequence idle "xxx_still" loop fps 1
$collisionmodel "xxx_phys.smd"
{
$Mass 10
$concave
}

Everything else is alright with the props - only those bullet hole decals won't appear on them. Any ideas? Do I miss something?

[Habboi]

No that looks right to me. Is this a mod you're working on or just EP2 etc?

What I found was the collision model had to be almost skin tight around the body to let bullets essentially hit it.

[marks]

Well, the bullethole decals are going to appear on the surface of the collision model, not the prop model. So if your collision model is slightly smaller, the decals will appear inside the model, your collision should always be slightly bigger than the model actually is.

[crazycarl]

They get projected from the collision model to the nearest point on the visible mesh. So they just have to be close.