Re-Skinning Models

[Pig Popper]

Check this link for thw 211 prob..
http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Talk:Source_SDK_Bugs

AND can anyone know why when i click the browse button it tells me no mdl file selected. Is there another way to browse to the file i want to edit?

[PaGaN]

Thnx : )

[IzludeTingel]

When i try to browse to get my model, well one I have no access to all of my models, i need help with that because in my model viewer on Source SDK i cannot see all of the models from HL2 or CS:S anywhere, why is that? And two, when i click the ... button to choose my model, this error shows up and shuts down my Decompiler


"Can't load C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\
***\sourcesk\bin\filesystem_steam.dll."

I have a feeling it is just because i have a directory path set wrong but how do i change it?? I need help, i really want to do this, oh and nice Tutorial 2 thumbs up =)

[NightWolf]

I really need to reskin a door model, but when I click browse or so anything else with The MDL Decompiler I get this message and then it closes.



If anyone can help I would be a very happy person

[Theyus]

Non of my textures are working. I've double, triple and quadruple checked my path names and I'm 95% sure they're right. The model is correct in model viewer, but it's checkered.

If anyone is willing to help me on AIM or something, I'd greatly appreciate it.

EDIT: Does \ or / matter?

[Mr. Happy]

For some things the difference between / and \ will break it!

[IzludeTingel]

Look, ive tried and tried, and nothing!


i have a new error now!


Extra App ID set to 211, but no SteamAppld


This is gay, please help!

[IzludeTingel]

yeah forget that last part i did, now i get another error! yeah i suck



This is it

No reference Decompile

help me out c_c

[Valar]

Hi,


followed your tut and got to a brick wall.
problem #1: there is no modelsrc folder in 'hl2mp' so ive created one. is that wrong?
problem #2: once all was done per your intructions i went ahead and created the bat file and excuted it. no go. i didn't get a new model and the bat log shows this:

C:\Documents and Settings\*****\Desktop>"C:\Program Files\Valve\Steam\SteamApps
\*****\sourcesdk\bin\studiomdl.exe"
ERROR: Bad or missing options
usage: studiomdl [options] <file.qc>
options:
[-a <normal_blend_angle>]
[-checklengths]
[-d] - dump glview files
[-definebones]
[-f] - flip all triangles
[-fullcollide] - don't truncate really big collisionmodels
[-game <gamedir>]
[-h] - dump hboxes
[-i] - ignore warnings
[-minlod <lod>] - truncate to highest detail <lod>
[-n] - tag bad normals
[-perf]
[-printbones]
[-printgraph]
[-quiet] - operate silently
[-r] - tag reversed
[-t <texture>]
[-xbox] - enable xbox processing(default)
[-notxbox] - disable xbox processing
[-nowarnings] - disable warnings

C:\Documents and Settings\*****\Desktop>"C:\Program Files\Valve\Steam\SteamApps
\*****\half-life 2 deathmatch\hl2mp\models\oildrum001_explosive\mdldecompiler.qc

the decompiled files are in hl2mp/modelsrc - in a folder named "oildrum001_explosive"
the materials are in hl2mp/materials/models - in a folder named "oildrum001_explosive".

what am i doing wrong?
thanks for any help anyone can provide.

[Wroth]

Hi, great tutorial, but I ran into a problem.

I got as far as being able to see my model in the model viewer, but when I load it into Hammer, it's invisible

edit: after a recompile it now works in hammer and the model viewer , just not in-game

[Jest@]

Valar - your batch file is executing wrongly - looks like you have the QC filename on a different line in the bat file from the studiomdl path; it's meant to just have a single space between the two. If it looked like they were on separate lines in the tutorial (or elsewhere) that's probably just word-wrap The QC path/filename is meant to be a parameter sent into studiomdl.exe - at the mo, its trying to execute studiomdl with no parameters (hence the usage listing) then trying to execute the qc file (which, of course, does nothing cos its not executable)

Wroth - that sounds like a prop-type error. If it shows in the model browser/hammer, then the model and texture should - should - be ok.Try with, say, prop_static, prop_physics_override, etc. If that fails, make sure you try all the usual stuff for invisible/dissapearing props (fade distances etc - there's help around the Level Design subforum for that. Failing that, put the game into developer mode ('developer 1' in console) and reload: model or material errors should show up in the console.

If you still cant get it to work, please post in the Modelling forum, and me or someone else will try to help you out




To any future readers - this tutorial was written many, many moons ago, and in places it isn't bang up to date, and may not fit your workflow. Please don't jump straight in and try to follow it 'to the letter' - read it all the way through, get a general idea of the process, what each step means, etc, and then you'll be able to do it yourself in seconds.

Also, I don't check comments in the Tutorials subforum very often (I don't think many people here do), so if you want a hand, your best bet (for this tut) is to post in the Modelling subforum.

[dark_veil]

how would u do this, say for the police.mdl

i want to try and modify the general police.mdl, but cant seem to get it to work


i get this from the mdlcompiler thingy


C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\SourceMods\MGS Source\materials\MGS\Police>"C:\
Program Files\Steam\steamapps\rapsam90@hotmail.com\sourcesdk\bin\ep1\bin\studiom
dl.exe"
ERROR: Bad or missing options
usage: studiomdl [options] <file.qc>
options:
[-a <normal_blend_angle>]
[-checklengths]
[-d] - dump glview files
[-definebones]
[-f] - flip all triangles
[-fullcollide] - don't truncate really big collisionmodels
[-game <gamedir>]
[-h] - dump hboxes
[-i] - ignore warnings
[-minlod <lod>] - truncate to highest detail <lod>
[-n] - tag bad normals
[-perf]
[-printbones]
[-printgraph]
[-quiet] - operate silently
[-r] - tag reversed
[-t <texture>]
[-xbox] - enable xbox processing(default)
[-notxbox] - disable xbox processing
[-nowarnings] - disable warnings

C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\SourceMods\MGS Source\materials\MGS\Police>"C:\
Program Files\Steam\steamapps\SourceMods\MGS Source\materials\MGS\Police\mdldeco
mpiler.qc"

[Holymac]

LOL, I don't know if it was intentional, but in one of the text files, showiing for the QC, your steam name was showing. I don't know if it was fake but owen_rl_smith@hotmail.com. SOmeone guesses your pass, your kinda screwed.