TF2 Hat Model - Lighting Issues

twoski

This is supposed to be a reddish necktie on the spy's head. The stripes are paintable. Even when i make my hat un-paintable (i basically copied the VMT for the scotch bonnet) it's still pitch black. All my work is done in Blender and Photoshop.

Is there some sort of lighting origin i am supposed to set up? Because the hat is acting as if it's in a dark room when it clearly isn't.

"VertexlitGeneric"
{
    "$baseTexture" "models\player\items\spy\headtie"
    "$bumpmap" "models\effects\flat_normal" 
    "$yellow" "0"

    "$phong" "1"
    "$phongexponent" "25"
    "$phongboost" "1"
//    "$lightwarptexture" "models\lightwarps\weapon_lightwarp"    
    "$lightwarptexture" "models/player/pyro/pyro_lightwarp"
    "$phongfresnelranges"    "[.25 1 4]"
    "$basemapalphaphongmask" "1"

    "$rimlight" "1"
    "$rimlightexponent" "4"
    "$rimlightboost" ".65"
    // Cloaking
    "$cloakPassEnabled" "1"
    "Proxies"
    {
        "weapon_invis"
        {
        }
        "AnimatedTexture"
        {
            "animatedtexturevar" "$detail"
            "animatedtextureframenumvar" "$detailframe"
            "animatedtextureframerate" 30
        }
        "BurnLevel"
        {
            "resultVar" "$detailblendfactor"
        }
        "YellowLevel"
        {
            "resultVar" "$yellow"
        }
        "Equals"
        {
            "srcVar1"  "$yellow"
            "resultVar" "$color2"
        }
    }

}

The masks and shit are all set up properly in my VTF file so the problem HAS to lie somewhere within my QC file or the model itself....

$modelname "player\items\spy\headtie.mdl"
$model "Body" "headtie.smd"

$hboxset "default"
$hbox 0 "bip_head" -5.625  -13.198  -4.108  5.645  0.727  6.954
$hbox 0 "jiggle1" -4.109  -3.765  -2.855  4.621  4.292  8.524
$hbox 0 "jiggle2" -4.100  -3.765  -2.855  4.621  4.292  8.524

$sequence idle "idle" loop fps 1

$cdmaterials "\models\player\items\spy\"
$texturegroup skinfamilies
{
    {"headtie.vmt"}
     {"headtie_blue.vmt"}
}

$jigglebone "jiggle1" {
    is_flexible {
        yaw_stiffness 10
        yaw_damping 6
        pitch_stiffness 10
        pitch_damping 5
        tip_mass 10
        length 250
        pitch_constraint -50 50
        yaw_constraint -10 10 // how much the necktie spins
    }
}

$jigglebone "jiggle2" {
    is_flexible {
        yaw_stiffness 80
        yaw_damping 6
        pitch_stiffness 80
        pitch_damping 6
        tip_mass 10
        length 250
        pitch_constraint -40 40  
        yaw_constraint -80 80
    }
}

$surfaceprop "cloth"

$illumposition 3.583 0.010 78.024

I cut out $illumposition and it still didn't change the lighting problems.

twoski

No ideas?

Mark Dygert

Is the tie mesh inside out or the normals facing in instead of out? I'm not sure how you would check for that in blender or go about flipping it if it is... but that might be something worth looking at.

twoski

Mark Dygert wrote: »

Is the tie mesh inside out or the normals facing in instead of out? I'm not sure how you would check for that in blender or go about flipping it if it is... but that might be something worth looking at.

The normals are most definitely facing outwards. Blender is really handy for checking that and also has a "recalculate normals" button.