materials missing in model

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so i recently ported an anonymous model from gmod to sfm, i put it in to the usermod folder and i got it working, the bodygroups look like they are colorable so i went to element viewer and only 4 materials are there https://imgur.com/n92YcyH
so i had to check in the files to see if something was wrong and all of the materials are still there https://imgur.com/acbOqr9
but how come they dont appear in sfm?
is there a way to fix this?
if so how?

[Marco Skoll]

Originally posted by illusion:

i put it in to the usermod folder

Please don't do this. We spend our time telling people not to put anything in usermod except what SFM itself puts there.

but how come they dont appear in sfm?

The model will be trying to call a material that it can't find, because any missing material causes the "Add Override Materials" function to abort when it gets to it.

You'll need to use something like Crowbar's "view" function to find out what materials its expecting to be there (as I recall, HLMV will just say "missing materials" and not tell you what they are) and then create at least a placeholder for any missing materials.

[Pte Jack]

What do you mean, don't show up? what does, the 4 VMTs are being found, they're in the materials element you showed in the element viewer. Are you getting B&P checkerboards on the model? Show the model. Also, Never use USERMOD as a custom model folder.

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Originally posted by Pte Jack:

What do you mean, don't show up? what does, the 4 VMTs are being found, they're in the materials element you showed in the element viewer. Are you getting B&P checkerboards on the model? Show the model. Also, Never use USERMOD as a custom model folder.

https://gyazo.com/38b0f4de388376836e7a29b2bd819e10
the model itself is fine no black and pink checkerboards

[Pte Jack]

what GMod model is that, Link!

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Originally posted by Pte Jack:

what GMod model is that, Link!

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1222388614&searchtext=anonymous

[Marco Skoll]

Originally posted by illusion:

the model itself is fine no black and pink checkerboards

It's entirely possible that it's a material that's from a skin group you've not looked at yet or a material that's not immediately obvious, and the fact that "Add Override Materials" is aborting strongly implies that a missing material is the problem.

(There are theoretically other problems that could cause it, but this is by far the most common).

[Pte Jack]

There are definate problems with that model. I've even gone so far as to decompile and try to recompile it. After fixing the qc and recompiling, tryng to load then model crashes SFM.

The only thing I can suggest is this for the original model...

https://i.imgur.com/9KSlUbY.png and

https://i.imgur.com/DQ7ytu0.gif

The Eyes will not work, the model's eye flex controller for the view target is not set up.