i used to have that problem aswell. There is a messed up VMT somewhere. You need to replace yours with a working one. I'll see if i can find mine and upload if for you.

Hi. I made a mustache for sniper. It does have all the flexes however after sniper performs his facial animation the mustache wont reset to snipers default pose. I've compiled the model via the ingame importer and Ive exported it as an DMX as the importer docent support VTA files. does anyone know how to fix this? I used a decompiled sniper model as the base for my mustache so the flexes are from valve and they work fine in blender.

Here's a gif of what happens:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9VEJQAN3petNzB1Q2JmVXdHR1k/view

And here's the model in blender with all its flexes:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9VEJQAN3petZVhoX2dzMy1BbVk/view?pref=2&pli=1

I added some flexes to the charger in L4D2 for SFM and exported them with the DMX file, the names of the flexes show up in HLMV but they do nothing... (they work in blender however)

I made the flexes with shape keys

Here's my .qc


$modelname "infected/charger.mdl"

$bodygroup "Charger"
{
studio "charger_model.001.dmx"
}



$poseparameter "move_yaw" -180 180 360
$poseparameter "body_pitch" -90 90 360
$poseparameter "body_yaw" -90 90 360

$opaque

$cdmaterials "models\infected\charger\"


$texturegroup "skinfamilies"
{
{
"debug/debugempty.vmt"
"models/infected/charger/charger_diffuse.vmt"
}
}

// Model uses material "debug/debugempty.vmt"
// Model uses material "models/infected/charger/charger_diffuse.vmt"

$attachment "lfoot" "bip_foot_L" 1 3 0 rotate 0 -23 180
$attachment "rfoot" "bip_foot_R" 1 3 0 rotate 0 -23 -180
$attachment "lhand" "bip_hand_R" 5 -2 0 rotate 0 0 0
$attachment "rhand" "bip_hand_R" 5 -2 0 rotate 0 0 0
$attachment "attach_blur" "bip_pelvis" 0 0 0 rotate 30 0 90

$surfaceprop "flesh"

$contents "solid"

$eyeposition 0 0 73

$illumposition -3.157 -6.319 33.42

$bbox -13 -13 0 13 13 72

$cbox 0 0 0 0 0 0

$hboxset "charger"
$hbox 5 "bip_hip_L" 3 -5 -5 21 4.5 7
$hbox 5 "bip_knee_L" -1 -4 -5 17 4 5
$hbox 5 "bip_foot_L" -3.5 -7 -4 3.5 3 4
$hbox 4 "bip_hip_R" 3 -4.5 -3 21 4.5 5.5
$hbox 4 "bip_knee_R" 0 -3.75 -3 18 3.25 4
$hbox 4 "bip_foot_R" -2 -1 -2.75 2 7 2.75
$hbox 0 "bip_pelvis" -9.25 -7 -9.5 9.25 7 6.5
$hbox 0 "bip_spine_1" -10 -8 -10.5 8 8 7.5
$hbox 0 "bip_spine_3" -11 -8 -8 9 8 8
$hbox 1 "bip_head" -4 -6.25 -3.5 2.5 2.25 3.5
$hbox 2 "bip_upperArm_L" -2 -2 -1.5 2 2 13.5
$hbox 2 "bip_lowerArm_L" -1 -1 -2 1 1 10
$hbox 3 "bip_upperArm_R" -4 -6.25 -7.5 20 4.75 7.5
$hbox 3 "bip_lowerArm_R" -1 -6.25 -6 19 8.25 6
$hbox 3 "bip_hand_R" -2 -0.5 -6.5 6 8.5 6.5
$skipboneinbbox




$sequence "ragdoll" "charger_anims\ragdoll.smd" {
fps 30
"ACT_DIERAGDOLL" 1
}

$sequence "charger" "charger_anims\charger.smd" {
fps 30
}

$includemodel "infected/anim_charger.mdl"

$ikchain "rhand" "bip_hand_R" knee 0.707 0.707 0
$ikchain "rfoot" "bip_foot_R" knee 0.707 -0.707 0
$ikchain "lfoot" "bip_foot_L" knee 0 0 0

$collisionjoints "charger_collision.smd"
{
$mass 0
$inertia 2
$damping 0.01
$rotdamping 0.4

$jointmassbias "bip_pelvis" 0.75

$jointconstrain "bip_hip_R" x limit -25 25 0
$jointconstrain "bip_hip_R" y limit -10 15 0
$jointconstrain "bip_hip_R" z limit -55 25 0

$jointmassbias "bip_knee_R" 2
$jointconstrain "bip_knee_R" x limit -10 25 0
$jointconstrain "bip_knee_R" y limit -5 5 0
$jointconstrain "bip_knee_R" z limit -10 115 0

$jointconstrain "bip_hip_L" x limit -25 25 0
$jointconstrain "bip_hip_L" y limit -10 15 0
$jointconstrain "bip_hip_L" z limit -55 25 0

$jointmassbias "bip_knee_L" 2
$jointconstrain "bip_knee_L" x limit -10 25 0
$jointconstrain "bip_knee_L" y limit -5 5 0
$jointconstrain "bip_knee_L" z limit -10 115 0

$jointmassbias "bip_foot_L" 4
$jointconstrain "bip_foot_L" x limit -20 30 0
$jointconstrain "bip_foot_L" y limit -30 20 0
$jointconstrain "bip_foot_L" z limit -30 50 0

$jointmassbias "bip_spine_0" 0.75
$jointconstrain "bip_spine_0" x limit -10 10 0
$jointconstrain "bip_spine_0" y limit -10 10 0
$jointconstrain "bip_spine_0" z limit -20 20 0

$jointmassbias "bip_spine_2" 0.75
$jointconstrain "bip_spine_2" x limit -10 10 0
$jointconstrain "bip_spine_2" y limit -16 16 0
$jointconstrain "bip_spine_2" z limit -20 30 0

$jointconstrain "bip_upperArm_R" x limit -15 20 0
$jointconstrain "bip_upperArm_R" y limit -40 32 0
$jointconstrain "bip_upperArm_R" z limit -80 25 0

$jointconstrain "bip_upperArm_L" x limit -15 20 0
$jointconstrain "bip_upperArm_L" y limit -40 32 0
$jointconstrain "bip_upperArm_L" z limit -80 25 0

$jointmassbias "bip_lowerArm_L" 2
$jointconstrain "bip_lowerArm_L" x limit -40 15 0
$jointconstrain "bip_lowerArm_L" y limit 0 0 0
$jointconstrain "bip_lowerArm_L" z limit -120 10 0

$jointmassbias "bip_hand_L" 4
$jointconstrain "bip_hand_L" x limit -25 25 0
$jointconstrain "bip_hand_L" y limit -35 35 0
$jointconstrain "bip_hand_L" z limit -50 50 0

$jointmassbias "bip_lowerArm_R" 2
$jointconstrain "bip_lowerArm_R" x limit -40 15 0
$jointconstrain "bip_lowerArm_R" y limit 0 0 0
$jointconstrain "bip_lowerArm_R" z limit -120 10 0

$jointmassbias "bip_hand_R" 4
$jointconstrain "bip_hand_R" x limit -25 25 0
$jointconstrain "bip_hand_R" y limit -35 35 0
$jointconstrain "bip_hand_R" z limit -50 50 0

$jointmassbias "bip_head" 2
$jointconstrain "bip_head" x limit -50 50 0
$jointconstrain "bip_head" y limit -20 20 0
$jointconstrain "bip_head" z limit -26 30 0

$jointmassbias "bip_foot_R" 4
$jointconstrain "bip_foot_R" x limit -20 30 0
$jointconstrain "bip_foot_R" y limit -30 20 0
$jointconstrain "bip_foot_R" z limit -30 50 0
}

$collisiontext
{
animatedfriction
{
"animfrictionmin" "100.000000"
"animfrictionmax" "500.000000"
"animfrictiontimein" "0.100000"
"animfrictiontimeout" "1.000000"
"animfrictiontimehold" "0.200000"
}
editparams
{
"rootname" "bip_pelvis"
"totalmass" "100.000000"
}
}

$jigglebone "bip_upperArm_L"
{
is_flexible
{
length 10
tip_mass 250
pitch_stiffness 1
pitch_damping 4
yaw_stiffness 1
yaw_damping 8
allow_length_flex
along_stiffness 100
along_damping 0
pitch_constraint -79.999998 39.999999
pitch_friction 0
pitch_bounce 0
yaw_constraint -20 70
yaw_friction 0
yaw_bounce 0
}
}
$jigglebone "bip_lowerArm_L"
{
is_flexible
{
length 10
tip_mass 500
pitch_stiffness 25
pitch_damping 8
yaw_stiffness 100
yaw_damping 5
allow_length_flex
along_stiffness 100
along_damping 0
pitch_constraint -20 70
pitch_friction 0
pitch_bounce 0
yaw_constraint 0 0
yaw_friction 0
yaw_bounce 0
}
}
$jigglebone "bip_hand_L"
{
is_flexible
{
length 5
tip_mass 50
pitch_stiffness 100
pitch_damping 5
yaw_stiffness 100
yaw_damping 5
allow_length_flex
along_stiffness 100
along_damping 0
angle_constraint 1.396263
}
}

thanks, ill try that

My armature rotates all weird, does anyone know how to fix this?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-6VLpnZDsc

I wanted to make a beard for engineer but I have no idea how to hook up the mesh so it follow his face movements. Do I just hook up the beard to bip_head or what?
Does anyone know how to do this?
Oh and Thanks to Helljumper for learning me to model, I've noticed Iits a really handy skill to have :D

I made a model and some custome animations for it. Do anyone know what i should typ in the .qc to get it to use them? And allso the model uses diffrent textures from difrent weapons allready in game is there anyway to tell the game to use them instead of just 1 texture location?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYGDPzq5lK0&feature=youtu.be

Im wotking on a new rocket luancher and it got some sentry parts that i wanted to use the sentryanimation on so i took the armature from it, since theres no way of edeting valves amature and just add rename the movend bone & copyd another bone from the rocket luancher (in the gcf file) but since i got 2 armatures none of them get included in the .smd and the mdl compiler says "cant find rl_body" even tought i got it, Is there anyway to merge the 2 armatures together? or perhaps edit the sentry bones and keep one extra and just rename it and move it in place?

I made a reskin (a model) for the Scottish resistance but I want it to use the primary granate launchers animations, do anyone know what I should do to make it use it? I got the model in game but it uses the sticky launchers animations and looks messed up. Is there anything in the QC I should add do make it use that animation?
Heres my qc:
$cd "C:\mdl\models\c_models"
$modelname "weapons\c_models\C_albin.mdl"
$model "c_albin" "c_oldgal.dmx.smd"
$model "reload" "c_oldgal_loaded.smd"
$model "reload" "c_oldgal_grenade.smd"
$cdmaterials "models\weapons\c_items\"
$hboxset "default"
$hbox 0 "weapon_bone" -4.800 -6.233 -14.652 4.097 11.233 6.342
$hbox 0 "weapon_bone_1" -5.665 -2.452 -0.732 5.665 19.577 27.872
$hbox 0 "weapon_bone_2" -5.120 -5.120 -3.067 5.120 5.120 2.962
$attachment "muzzle" "weapon_bone_3" 0.00 -2.79 6.78 rotate -0.00 0.00 0.00
$surfaceprop "metal"
$illumposition 9.429 0.000 3.006
$sequence idle "idle" loop fps 30.00
$collisionmodel "phymodel.smd" {

$concave
$mass 1.0
$inertia 1.00
$damping 0.00
$rotdamping 0.00
}

The whole sdk is broken for me, none of the programs work (not even hl2 model viewer) and i did the fix just like you did in that tumbnail tutorial D: