Originally posted by Black_Stormy:

Definitely good that you learned then ;) Did you sort out the seam bleeding?

eventually yes, I still haven't got around to actually sizing it onto a character yet though, life seems to be getting in the way, I've made a few other models that have yet to be finalised and are in the last stages of production, I just need time to get it done, an afternoon should be long enough to figure out what I'm gunna do with it, I just need the free time, that's all.

Originally posted by Black_Stormy:

Originally posted by RubberNinja125:

I appreciate the help you've given me, and the help you've given other, but could you be an even greater samaritan and bake this bloody model for me?

I know this is off topic, but don't come on a tutorials group and ask people to do things for you. The point of a community like this is to learn.

Back on topic, those black lines are there because you have your UV islands right on the edge of the black area in your texture,and this is bleeding over your seams. When you bake, turn the "margin" slider up. if it still bleeds, turn it up more. Better yet, when you save your AO map, click the RGBA button in the save dialogue so you get alpha instead of black, and then colour the whole diffuse texture green, this means that even if it still bleeds, you won't be able to see it.

Yes, obviously I came here to learn, which I have done, at the time I didn't know why my model was being a dick, now, on the other hand I do know, and I know how to resolve the issue, but like I said, at the time I didn't I know what was wrong, what I did wrong or where to start in trying to remedy the situation.

On another note, I came here to learn, which is what I've done, not to get someone to make me a hat from scratch.

ah right ok, Thanks again! I have learned!

Here is the final outcome if you are interested: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=122338157

Could you recommend a good reference for a Demo hat, everything seems fine in the .qc even compared with my other .qc that works.

This is my Tower.qc

$cd "C:\Users\Harry\Desktop\Demoman\output"
$modelname "player\items\demo\Tower.mdl"
$model "body" "Tower.smd"
$cdmaterials "\models\player\items\demo\Tower.tga"
$surfaceprop "cloth"
$sequence idle "Tower.smd" fps 30.00
$collisionmodel "Tower.smd" {

$mass 5.0
$inertia 1.00
$damping 0.00
$rotdamping 0.00
}


And I've done two seperate compiles with mdlcompiler and itemtest, but I seem to be getting the same problem as before, my texture is purple and black.

Originally posted by HellJumper:

Those black stiches are inevitable due to how UV unwrapping works. Those areas are where the seams are-- Good modelers learn to put the seams where they can't be seen easily (on the back, on the inside, within another mesh, etc). Another way to reduce the amount of black lines is to slightly increase the margin of your AO bake. In the future, try to put the seams where the viewer doesn't normally see them.

If you look closely, these seams are on every model (there are some TF2 hats that have blaring seams).

Yeah I actually noticed this because my Bake Margin was set to zero, so I up'd it to about 8 or 9, and the black stitches have gone.

I want to thank you for all the help you have given me, I realise that I must've been abit of dick asking you all these questions, So thank you for keeping your cool and helping me when I need it.

Originally posted by HellJumper:

Wait, did you compile it with GUIstudioMDL? The Itemtest feature in the SDK is broken and shouldn't be used. I don't answer questions about it because of how broken it is. Always compile manually for TF2.

If you did compile manually, the problem lies with your bone. When you exported your model in blender, you might have accidentally moved the bone when exporting. If I were you, I would delete any existing bones in the scene (actually delete everything except your model), re-import a fresh heavy model, assign the correct bones to your model, and re-export/re-compile.

Right I've done that, and it now works! The texture works, model works, It stays in place, ALL IS GOOD! And It's now in the Workshop!

there was a slight problem with my texture though, with my other model, I think I posted it further up the thread.

http://i.imgur.com/nnBfe.jpg What's caused these black "stitching" It's not part of the texture, or even on the base model, is it something to do with my Ambient Acclusion?

Originally posted by HellJumper:

Well there's your problem: In your QC you have the $model line pointing to the ushanka smd... Also change your .idle smd.

Change it to this:

$model "body" "Arrow_Head.smd" $sequence idle "Arrow_Head.smd" fps 30.00

Also, get rid of the $hboxset and $hbox lines. Those are not needed and will cause problems if not set up properly.

Ok done and done, I compiled it in the itemtest thingy. got it into the item test map, But now I'm at what looks like the last hurdle.

From this angle the hat moves about 6ft behind the heavy: http://i.imgur.com/3EhC2qn.jpg

But from this angle it is perfectly in possition: http://i.imgur.com/ypcqiam.jpg

Now I believe I've over stayed my welcome here, and you have been a great help, But this is most likely the last problem I will be facing, I have learned alot from your videos as well as my own messing about with the program.

Any ideas as to why this seems to be happening?

Originally posted by HellJumper:

I'm 100/5 certain you aren't exporting your smd properly. Delete any existing smds/mdls and re-export. Also, let me see your QC file.

http://i.imgur.com/tSSff2L.jpg

That's my entire QC.

it's the only thing in Blender and I export it as an smd, it's not named as ushanka, It's name arrow_head, and the mdl in the heavy folder is also named arrow_head.mdl but shows as the ushanka again!

So in blender, just export my model as an smd again, and go from there?