Team Fortress 2 - exporting .smd issue

pwausc1

Hi everyone,

Recently, I've been working on an item for the Workshop contest. I have it modeled, textured, and exported as a .smd without any errors. When I finally load the .smd in ItemTest, it gives me an infinite loop error:

(.smd file exported as a reference)

....name.smd : mesh error : couldn't find or create meshparent(5)
....name.smd : mesh error : couldn't find or create DmeMesh(5)

(.smd file exported as a skeletal animation)

...name.smd : skeleton error : can't find joint 5
...name.smd : skeleton error : can't find joint 6
...name.smd : skeleton error : can't find joint 7
...name.smd : skeleton error : can't find joint 8


I used the reference model of the pyro and the model is parented to the left hip bone (bip_hip_L). I have no idea what these errors mean and I appreciate any feedback or criticism. Thanks in advance!

Sincerely,

Pat

passerby

dont use item test to compile the smd just use studiomdl.