Glowing Cattails | Source Engine | Page 1

lost fox Oct 9, 2022, 1:09 AM

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those are custom models?

stray pawn Oct 9, 2022, 1:50 AM

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No they arent, they are in hammer

lost fox Oct 9, 2022, 1:52 AM

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what's the model name

stray pawn Oct 9, 2022, 1:52 AM

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props_foliage/cattails.mdl

lost fox Oct 9, 2022, 1:54 AM

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just as I thought
its material uses unlitgeneric

stray pawn Oct 9, 2022, 1:55 AM

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So its the prop then? Is there anyway to fix that?

lost fox Oct 9, 2022, 1:56 AM

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you can make a copy of a VMT and change it to vertexlitgeneric

stray pawn Oct 9, 2022, 1:56 AM

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How would i go about doing that?

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Can I use VTFEdit for that?

lost fox Oct 9, 2022, 2:01 AM

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yes

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you just need to get the VMT from the hl2_misc VPK

stray pawn Oct 9, 2022, 2:04 AM

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Do you know where that is located?

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I would use GCFScape to access it?

lost fox Oct 9, 2022, 2:15 AM

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yes
it's in materials/models/props_foliage

stray pawn Oct 9, 2022, 2:54 AM

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I changed it to vertexlitgeneric but its doing the same thing, i must not be doing something right ha

winged crow Oct 9, 2022, 2:58 AM

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I think this is related but would my issue with this custom intmonitor variant apply here?

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the left has the same issue

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I need to add "VertexLitGeneric" to it?

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I basically copied and pasted the original vmt file and made the edits to link the new textures. The vertexlitgeneic is already there yet the model proceeds to have no shading

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this is the edited file

📎 combine_intmonitor001.vmt

winged crow Oct 9, 2022, 3:03 AM

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stray pawn I changed it to vertexlitgeneric but its doing the same thing, i must not be doi...

same problem eh?

stray pawn Oct 9, 2022, 3:04 AM

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I think so idk, If i had to guess hammer is still using the old vmt somehow, but idk ha

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Might be one of the other parameters overriding the vertexlitgeneric also idk

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Also I may not be adding the new VMT correctly, idk. I wish i wasnt so dumb lol

winged crow Oct 9, 2022, 3:17 AM

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not even info_lighting did a thing but that is probably because I don't know how to use it

stray pawn Oct 9, 2022, 3:26 AM

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Yeah my best guess is hammer is still using the old VMT file, cant figure out how to get it to use the new edited one, I might call it a night, and try and figure it out some more tomorrow, been at this one issue all day

lost fox Oct 9, 2022, 3:32 AM

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are you just putting it loose in the base game files

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because that won't work
VPKs take priority

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you'd have to use the custom folder or pack it into the BSP

stray pawn Oct 9, 2022, 3:36 AM

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I was putting it in the models folder, makes sense.. where is the custom folder?

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O i add it, i see

winged crow Oct 9, 2022, 3:42 AM

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lost fox you'd have to use the custom folder or pack it into the BSP

is the addons folder the equivalent to hl2 custom?

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I'm doing it for Gmod

lost fox Oct 9, 2022, 3:43 AM

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addons is a little different
it expects .gma files I think

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you can give it a try though

winged crow Oct 9, 2022, 3:44 AM

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lost fox addons is a little different it expects .gma files I think

oh and I did put it in materials but changed the pathing so I could keep the names

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so it is different from VPK

lost fox Oct 9, 2022, 3:45 AM

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it needs the same path in order for the model to load it

stray pawn Oct 9, 2022, 3:46 AM

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Hammer not seeing my custom folder, what is the location it should be in? Half-Life 2/hl2?

winged crow Oct 9, 2022, 3:47 AM

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lost fox it needs the same path in order for the model to load it

So basically, I downloaded some reskins for vanilla HL2 props but wanted to turn them into a seperate prop by themselves. This monitor is my first attempt and I've spent a while adjusting lines in the QC and VMTs to get it to work

lost fox Oct 9, 2022, 3:47 AM

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stray pawn Hammer not seeing my custom folder, what is the location it should be in? Half-L...

you need to do it like this
custom/somefolder/materials/models/props_foliage

winged crow Oct 9, 2022, 3:47 AM

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it does load as a seperate entity, but the lighting is the last thing I need to fix

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someone told me I can keep the names as long as I change up the directory from what is in the vpk

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so I think my lighting issue is similar but the solution is not the same

stray pawn Oct 9, 2022, 3:55 AM

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in the Half-Life 2/hl2 folder? Cause it still not seeing my custom folder 😦

winged crow Oct 9, 2022, 3:57 AM

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I think maybe you create it yourself

lost fox Oct 9, 2022, 3:58 AM

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yeah
hl2/custom/somefolder/materials/models/props_foliage

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"somefolder" can be anything you want

stray pawn Oct 9, 2022, 4:01 AM

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Yeah idk whats going on, im so dummmb ha

lost fox Oct 9, 2022, 4:06 AM

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it's not a VMT, that's why

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it's cattails.vmt.txt

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don't use notepad lol

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also show file extensions

stray pawn Oct 9, 2022, 4:07 AM

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It is a vmt..

lost fox Oct 9, 2022, 4:08 AM

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it is not

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organize>folder and search options>view>hide file extensions for known file types

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disable that

stray pawn Oct 9, 2022, 4:10 AM

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ya dude its a vmt, i just looked at it with notepad

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Can I just switch out the VMTs with vide or something?

lost fox Oct 9, 2022, 4:19 AM

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that should work
you closed and reopened Hammer after adding that right

stray pawn Oct 9, 2022, 4:19 AM

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Yes multiple times

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In Vide, i see a vmt for everything except cattails, im starting to think that they are just broken. Im about over it.

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