annoying purple checkers

[swiss_cheese9797]

Hi, havn't been here for a while since I havn't hit any problems with editing models till now. I am doing something very simple, making an egg model. I have the vtf txture made and in the right directory, the model is compiled and in the right directory. I have checked my paths about 30 times and I even used mdltextureinfo.exe to make certain my paths are right which they are. However, my model's textures still arent showing up in mdlviewer. instead of course its the purple/black checkers. I tried to see if my .vtf texture is not up to par, but it is. i decompiled it to back to .tga and its fine. I have made a couple models before that worked, even a complex, hi poly jack o lantern wiht animations and a physics model. Is there som quirk or finer point about models I'm missing? Thanks.

 

[swiss_cheese9797]

BTW heres my qc file:

$modelname "egg/egg.mdl"
$cdmaterials "models/egg"
$scale 1
$body studio "egg.smd"

$sequence idle "idle1" loop fps 30 ACT_IDLE 1

$surfaceprop "watermelon"
//$surfaceprop "glass"

// $keyvalues { "prop_data" { "base" "glass.small" } }


$collisionmodel "egg_phys.smd" {
Mass in kilograms
$mass 0.08
$concave

}

 

[Some0ne]

post your VMT

 

[swiss_cheese9797]

here is my VMT like you said.

"VertexLitGeneric" { "$basetexture" "models/egg/" }

 

[GonzoBabbleshit]

I think it should be...

"VertexLitGeneric" { "$basetexture" "models/egg" }

instead of

"VertexLitGeneric" { "$basetexture" "models/egg/" }

there could be something else though

 

[swiss_cheese9797]

yeah it doesnt work either way
believe me i tried. thanks though

 

[GonzoBabbleshit]

what directories are all these files placed in?

 

[thereisaspoon]

its probably
VertexLitGeneric {
$basetexture "models/egg/egg"
}

assuming ur egg.vtf is in the folder egg. If its not then the $cdmaterials is set wrong, since cdmaterials is the materials folder, not file.

 

[GonzoBabbleshit]

yeah, that could do it too

 

[Some0ne]

well if he's put the textures in the directory "$cdmaterials" specifies, then it should be:

"$basetexture "models/egg"


and tells us which folder the textures are in

 

[thereisaspoon]

no, because thats assigning it to nothing, its just opening the egg folder with no vtf.

 

[Some0ne]

oh ye, of course....what was i thinking. i really did know that

 

[swiss_cheese9797]

I fixed the stupid thing. i forgot i had changed my .vtf to egg_shell.vtf. The problem was in the .vmt. Thanks for ur help guys