Resources

Its always good to meet repo fans

Umm ill just wait for the higher poly one. THANKS and yes im a fan

can you make the Models for us it would be thankful please i cant do this i give up please can you at list do one model for me please

o ok but do you have any models you could send like soldiers i dont know if you have one can you send them please

who do you have

Hi, Shilo! Thanks in advance for any help you can provide with my (stupidity) issue...
I guess this is along the same lines as what has been discussed here already. I should start by mentioning that I'm pretty new to all this mapping/modeling stuff. Been at it around 3 weeks now, so forgive me if I say anything really dumb.

I'm having major issues with getting textures on my custom models. Here's a screen, followed by as many details as I think you need to know...?:

*EDIT* Let me work on these screens... Ugh. If you're using Firefox, you can right click and View Image... */EDIT*





Texture address: (This is the folder my custom textures reside in)



C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\left 4 dead\left4dead\materials\models\props_escapefromparkdale

FYI: The bottom file (raw_wood_planks_5_brush.vmt) is a working texture ingame (LightmappedGeneric), using the same .vtf as the model texture, which is basically the same file but VertexLitGeneric instead.

Here's the .vmt:

"VertexlitGeneric"
{
"$basetexture" "models\props_escapefromparkdale\raw_wood_planks_5"
"$surfaceprop" "Wood_Plank"
}


Models address: (This is the folder my custom models reside in, particularly the upper landing i'm working on)



C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\left 4 dead\left4dead\models\props_escapefromparkdale\landing_upper


Models work folder address:



C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\left 4 dead\sdk_content\modelsrc\props_escapefromparkdale\landing_upper

Here's the .qc:

$cd "C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\left 4 dead\sdk_content\modelsrc\props_escapefromparkdalezzz\landing_upper"
$modelname "props_escapefromparkdale\landing_upper\landing_upper.mdl"
$body Landing_Upper "landing_upper_ref.smd"
$upaxis z
$staticprop
$surfaceprop "wood_plank"
$cdmaterials "models\props_escapefromparkdale"
// --------- Animation sequences -------
$sequence idle "landing_upper_ref.smd" loop fps 15
//----------- Collision Values ------------
$collisionmodel "landing_upper_ref.smd" { $concave }


GUIStudioMDL output:

SMD MODEL C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\left 4 dead\sdk_content\modelsrc\props_escapefromparkdale\landing_upper/landing_upper_ref.smd
Processing LOD for material: models\escapefromparkdale\raw_wood_planks_5

This seems to be finding the texture ok during the compile...?


Hammer/Game

Model comes into hammer with the good ol' purple & black chequer board... appears ingame same way...

Here's an error from the l4d console:

props_escapefromparkdale\landing_upper\landing_upper.mdl : material "models/props_escapefromparkdale/models/escapefromparkdale/raw_wood_planks_5" not found.


So there it is... Again, any help is incredibly appreciated. I know it's just some dumb pathing crap, but I've changed so many things so many times and I still can't get it to work, that I kinda think I need to get some outside help on this one.

Cheers!

Oilcake

Awesome tutorial buddy! Too bad i'm such a complete newb when it comes to modeling.

please can you give me one of your models please

MTL, you've been given so much information, and have been tolerated way more than most people might give you. Don't badger authors for content.

im sorry but its just its to hard

Hey again! Thanks for the input! Tried opening model w/ model viewer. No dice. I've been compiling w/ the L4D version of studiomdl as well, but that doesn't appear to affect the issue either. Changed the .qc to "props_escapefromparkdale_1" (great suggestion, btw, made me think in ways I hadn't been), but also no dice. Oddly i get the exact same error msg in the console I was getting before... No "_1" anywhere...

Here's a question, tho. Is there any texture info of that sort that would be included in the .smd file i've created in SketchUp? I think, for that matter, that I'll have a go with XSI Mod Tool instead of SketchUp to see if it makes any difference. I was kinda trying to avoid that because for a noob like me XSI is far more intimidating than SketchUp. Haha.

In any case, I'm gonna set this aside for a couple of days... Concentrate on some other things, see if anything clicks in my head in the meantime. I'll definitely post here again when there's some change in the situation, though, just in case it can help others.

Cheers!

i dont wish to sound rude but everything is coverd in this tutorial, and shilo is helping those that have problems, im sure that this isnt to difficult for you 1sg heartless, just give it a try and we will all be more than willing to help you out, but this isnt a request others to do it for you thread,

@shilo nice tutorial worked great for me, i had a problem with my eyes but its all fixed and sweet now.

redspike wrote:i had a problem with my eyes but its all fixed and sweet now.

how did u fix the eye problem?

i've got my character in game now but have a few issues

the character doesn't cast a flashlight shadow, so you just see medpack and gun shadows hovering

the characters hair goes transparent in the light, if i set translusent to 0 in the vmt it stays visible but it disables the alpha channel

seems if i use $alphatest instead of $translucent i can avoid the hair issue, probably not a perfect solution but does the job for now

are there any guides on how to get the character blinking, is this done in the face poser tool?

when you guys are done are sending for download because that would be cool and any pictures of you character in game please

mines nowhere near ready for release but heres a pic to show some progress, going with the title left in pajamas

it would be cool if you make resident evil model i lots if you need some let me know

Hello peeps, first of all big thank you to Shilo. Absolutely awesome contributions, I would love to see a video of any characters you have in game. Doesn't matter if it's a low-poly model, anything will be much appreciated

I have one question, is there any way to import custom animations as well or is it only character rigging you can do to your custom models? (therefore limited to L4D animations).