Alright this might better illustrate what I'm referring to: http://i.imgur.com/qAfrstT.jpg

notice how the hand does not correspond to the position of the reaper scythe. Also, when I watched your tutorial you only imported necrolyte_model.dmx.smd, and yet he had all of his parts. When I import that file, i only get the base model, and I have to import each piece manually.

Are you saying it might still work?

Ok thanks I'll attempt that.

Well, in the video, you download it off the valve website. You open it, and his hand is as if he were holding his scythe vertically. You say its the incorrect position, then open up the version you decompiled with StudioCompiler, and hes holding his scythe horizontally which is supposed to be the right position.

When I tried, despite using StudioCompiler to decompile, hes still holding no scythe in the vertical position.

I've been following your tutorial here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8OWy1QJN9c

You've stated that the valve-provided smd's will not work properly due to incorrect hand positioning if I understand correctly. So I've manually decompiled necrolyte.mdl with StudioCompiler.

At this point I import it into Blender and the hands are still in the incorrect positions. What might be the cause of this?


I really appreciate your tutorials none the less, I'm just trying to figure out this road block. Thanks.

I truly hate everything about GIMP in comparison to photoshop, but is it sufficient? Would it be bad to use pirated photoshop until I could make enough money to purchase photoshop?

I dont have money for photoshop at the moment but I'm wanting to try my hand at making Dota 2 assets...

Any advice would be appreciated.