Custom Source Viewmodel in wrong position

ANDEWEGET

Hey,

im making new weapons for TF2. Since i have win7 my new viewmodels dont show up in the right position.

Here a screenshot, the red thing is where my camera/view is(zoomed out).




Im using SI 2011 to model, then export to Milkshape and skin/envelope my models there. After that I export to .smd from Milkshape.

My .qc:

$cd ".\"
$modelname "weapons\v_models\v_shotgun_soldier.mdl"
$includemodel "weapons\v_models\v_shotgun_soldier_incl.mdl"
$model "v_shotgun" "v_shotgun_soldier.dmx.smd"
$cdmaterials "\models\weapons\a_shotgun\"
$cdmaterials "\models\player\soldier\"
$cdmaterials ""
$texturegroup skinfamilies
{
    {"soldier_hands.vmt"
 "soldier_sleeves_red.vmt"
}
     {"soldier_hands.vmt"
 "soldier_sleeves_blue.vmt"
}
 }
// Model uses material "models/player/soldier/soldier_hands.vmt"
// Model uses material "models/player/soldier/soldier_sleeves_red.vmt"
// Model uses material "models/weapons/a_shotgun/ande_shotgun.vmt"
// Model uses material "soldier_sleeves_blue.vmt"

Happened to soldiers shotgun and spies butterfly knife(only ones i did), w models work fine.

I cant select any animations from the sequence menu(might be caused by the $includemodel function).

Any help would be appreciated!

Racer445

It's been a long time since I've compiled anything using source, but sometimes (especially when recompiling with existing animations) you need to put snap rotate 90 or -90 after each sequence, like this:

$sequence idle "idle" loop ACT_VM_IDLE 1 snap rotate -90 fps 30.00

Ark

Why are you using milkshape to export when XSI has way-better skining tools and exports to .smd?

The pic isn't working for me here, so i can't see what your porblem is fully.

Have you tried the $origin command in the .qc file. This will let you move the model around to reposition it better.

Other thing is make sure the transforms are frozen on the mesh before you start the rigging/skinning.

ANDEWEGET

Thanks i will try it immediately(spell?).

I was using milkshape for this one cause i thought it might solve the problem. And in XSI I have to unzip the textures, reapply them to the hands etc. And XSI has some weird lighting on the exported models:

If someone knows how to fix this, please post the solution.

edit: maybe by using a lambert material?
and the shotgun works if I use the animations/sequences, but i had to fix most of the animations which is quite time consuming... Isnt there a way to do this with deleting the the sequence lines out and using $includemodel?

cryrid

The weird lighting you're referring to being the specular highlights, or the UV lines?

If specular, either:
-the material to lambert
-keep it as a phong, but open it up and knock the specular value to 0 / off
-just switch the viewport to texture decal, or turn headlights on

If it's the UV lines, they might be in the texture itself (alpha channel maybe?)

ANDEWEGET

Ah thanks, the UV lines are my current "texture". Ill just use Lambert next time.