Well just the code inside it.

Can you post your .vmt?

Well firstly... viewmodels/worldmodels are outdated and not used anymore. You just make one "c_model" which covers both.

Assuming everything is placed in the correct folders like you mentioned, the problem probably lies in the material assignment from within blender. Can you open your .smd file with notepad++? Check to see that your material correctly shows up.

It should be a huge file with lines similar to this:


Notice the material name "c_hatchet.tga". Yours will be whatever your .vmt file is called with .tga appended to the end.

Also, in your QC file, make sure to change the last two items line to this:


If you don't see your material name listed in the .smd file, then all you should do is re-export your smd file from Blender making sure to export your model with a material.

I think it depends on the intent of the person making the duplicate model. With so many workshoppers out there, it's inevitable that people will make similar items. But if someone blatantly makes a copy of somebody else's item in an attempt to trump it, I feel like it's rude and uncalled for. Someone just now made a model that I was literally about to make, but I felt that they did an excellent job and deserve to have no competition by me (it was the engineer light that hangs from your belt).

So I guess I'm leaning towards the fact that I think idea stealing is a little tacky. Heartsman did it best, I think. Whenever he made something very similar to another person's workshop item, he contacted them about it and listed them as a contributor as well.

Looking good :)

Good. Now just focus on getting the "right" red/blue colors. Try to match the tone from the base scout colors.

Keep up the good work

Too bright! D:

The orange looks ok (it will look better once it's in-game and uses phong). However! I just realized that maybe the reverse color scheme isn't so good. Try making the darker colors match the same team (i.e. the blue hat would use the dark blue glasses).

I think everything sounds solid. I personally would leave the yellow/orange goggle piece unpaintable.

The bone is rotated weirdly. My only advice here is to start a fresh scene, import a fresh scout model rig (make sure to set the smd/dmx importer to Y-up), and then import your hat and re-rig it. This is just a bone rotation problem, and the only way to solve it is to make sure the original scout rig is correctly rotated.