Problems getting new custom skin ingame

[Spitfire51]

I reskinned a combine soldier skin and exported, using the css spraylogo converter, to .vtf and vmt
i then put the skinfile in /steamapps/username/hl2dm/hl2mp/materials/models/combine_soldier/
all three files, vtf, vmt and tga
the vmt has these configs:

"VertexLitGeneric"
{
"$model" "1"
"$baseTexture" "Combine_Soldier/combinesoldiersheet"
"$surfaceprop" "metal"
}

my friend did this with my skin and it worked without problems, but what i get is a combine soldier with a pink and black skin, (i mean plain pink and black)

can someone help me out, ive been trying to fix this for so long but i cant get anywhere.

 

[(Fragger)]

I think your vmt is bad. Delete it and see if the texture shows. Also, you don't need the tga anymore.

 

[Spitfire51]

hmm ok. ill try

 

[SidewinderX]

I don't think you need the quotes around the 1 in "$model" 1

 

[Spitfire51]

ok i got it working, might have been folder problems or something, but i copied my friends foldiersetup and now it works