(STILL NEED HELP) what did i do wrong while compiling my model?

[random oriole]

wondering what i did wrong for this error to happen

im making a player model btw

[random oriole]

what did i do wrong while compiling my model.

what did i do wrong while compiling my model?

[halcyon glacier]

could not load file 'Whisper.smd'

seems pretty obvious, it can't find the file

remember, qc scripts are relative (the smd file needs to be in the same folder starting from the qc file)

[heavy rover]

thank you

[random oriole]

THANK YOU SO MUCH

i just woke up lol

[random oriole]

now it says “Whisper.qc(39): - could not load file ‘ragdoll’”

[random oriole]

nvm fixed it

now it says

ERROR: Rotation constraint on bone "ValveBiped.Bip01_Spine2" which has no parent!!!

wdym no parent?

what did i do wrong while compiling my model? (STILL NEED HELP

what did i do wrong while compiling my model? (STILL NEED HELP)

(STILL NEED HELP) what did i do wrong while compiling my model?

it compiled into the folder anyway though so idk

[wicked wing]

you shouldn't have any errors when compiling

it probably only output 2 files

[random oriole]

yea

[wicked wing]

it should be 6

for a player model that is

[random oriole]

oh alr

so do you know what i did wrong now?

[wicked wing]

i dont got error outputs in my brain yet but by guessing rn so i am probably wrong

i think its your collisions qci

unless you have everything in the qc

do you use qci's?

[random oriole]

idk

i used this tutorial

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=702924242

i dont think so though

[wicked wing]

do you have files in your decompiled with the file format .qci

[random oriole]

no

[wicked wing]

ok so send your qc

[wicked wing]

try this

send what shows up unless it works

[random oriole]

tysm it worked

no errors

[wicked wing]

youre not done

[random oriole]

alr

[wicked wing]

open it up in hlmv

[random oriole]

could you unabbreviate that

[wicked wing]

in crowbar theres a use in view button

[random oriole]

oh

[wicked wing]

after you complie

bottom right

then click view bottom left

[random oriole]

wait

i got 5 files instead of 6

is that normal

[wicked wing]

was there any errors in crowbar after compiling?

[random oriole]

no

[wicked wing]

i wouldnt think so then

[random oriole]

run game then view?

[wicked wing]

ok when you get into hlmv via the view bottom in crowbar you need to replace the limits that i removed

no just run hlmv using view in crowbar

we need to replace the thing i deleted in your qc

[random oriole]

i gotta download it rq

wait a sec

[wicked wing]

download what?

[random oriole]

hlmv

[wicked wing]

its in gmod directory

[random oriole]

oh ok

[wicked wing]

with all the other source tools

its got a blue headcrab as a icon

[random oriole]

which one

there are four

actually

it prob doesnt matter

[wicked wing]

4?

[random oriole]

one in ep1 one in orangebox one in source2007 and one in source2009

[wicked wing]

the one in bin

[heavy rover]

wait

[random oriole]

they all say unable to find gameinfo.txt tho

[heavy rover]

in the gmod files

go to the gmod files

not sourcesdk

[wicked wing]

yeah i said gmod directory

[random oriole]

oh im stupid lol

[wicked wing]

no worries

[heavy rover]

in bin

[wicked wing]

nope

just click view

on the left

like i said

not "open viewer"

[random oriole]

says the same thing

[wicked wing]

copy and paste online ive never seen it before

[random oriole]

huh?

[wicked wing]

look up the error online

ive never seen that before

[random oriole]

oh ok

[wicked wing]

online says reinstall

like the game

do you have your directories setup correctly in crowbar?

like in the "Set Up Games" tab

[random oriole]

@wicked wing heres my setup games tab

i just used the default gmod stuff

imma redo it

ok i think it should be fixed now

[random oriole]

im so mad

everything on the model is broken

while this is what it should look like

the hands are my bad though

[heavy rover]

this is what i look like after waking up from a nap

[random oriole]

lmaoo

[heavy rover]

@wicked wing

further help is needed and im too dumb to provide it

[wicked wing]

it was 2 am for me at the time

kinda why i disappeared

also he was taking super long to respond so i just went to sleep

[random oriole]

imma tell you when i finish fixing the model so we can continue

i dont think it should be too long

just need to do the hands

[random oriole]

@wicked wing we can continue now

i didnt fully fix it but its somewhat better than it was before

[heavy rover]

help us @wicked wing

[random oriole]

@wicked wing whispers gonna take over for me so just tell her what to do

[heavy rover]

or else

[random oriole]

so you said something about generate qc or something?

[wicked wing]

please dont ping me over an over

do as i said there then tell me when you have done so

open your mdl with hlmv and do what the ss shows

[heavy rover]

okay

sorry

[random oriole]

oh im sorry

[heavy rover]

generate qc does nothing

[random oriole]

generate qc does nothing

[wicked wing]

sorry i was out

it seems like it does nothing

it copied something that you need to paste into your qc

the thing it copied are limits to the bones

so your player model can bend its knees forwards for example

[heavy rover]

we did it but it just appears as an error

@wicked wing

a blue error

[wicked wing]

show

[heavy rover]

??????

show?

show what?

[wicked wing]

the error

[heavy rover]

https://tenor.com/view/jays-brain-windows-shutdown-error-jays-brain-currently-overload-gif-17032889

ok

[wicked wing]

what else

[heavy rover]

like

the model is just a blue error

[wicked wing]

take a screenshot and upload it here

[heavy rover]

ok

gimme a sec

ughhh

sorry my pc is so slow sometimes

even though i have nothing open

@wicked wing

[wicked wing]

check your .lua

if the directory is correct

[heavy rover]

alr

male01_playermodel.lua right?

[wicked wing]

the one in lua\autorun\something.lua

something being what ever you named it

[heavy rover]

yeah

what about it?

[wicked wing]

is it correct

[random oriole]

wait whisper

[wicked wing]

player_manager.AddValidModel( "name", "models/player/something.mdl" )

this should be the only line in the lua file

[heavy rover]

what about the hands?

[wicked wing]

unless you need a ragdoll of your pm

and that too

player_manager.AddValidHands( "Toxtricity Amped", "models/player/amped/amped_c_arms.mdl", 0, "0000000" )

[heavy rover]

player_manager.AddValidModel( "Whisper", "models/Player/Whisper/Whisper.mdl" )
player_manager.AddValidHands( "Whisper", "models/player/Whisper/hands/Whisperhands.mdl", 0, "00000000" )

thats what i have in there

[random oriole]

here i think i fixed it

replace it with that

[wicked wing]

no semicolon

remove those

[wicked wing]

are those directories correct?

double check

[heavy rover]

?

[random oriole]

yea i think so

ok just use this one instead whisper

[heavy rover]

ok

[random oriole]

unless you already moved the compiled stuff to models/player/Whisper

then you can just replace the lua

[heavy rover]

now im an error with a hand model

the male_07 hands

[random oriole]

is that why it always came out lanky or no

[wicked wing]

you mean like stretch arms and legs?

[random oriole]

like look

[wicked wing]

that zip is such a mess it hard to tell what is what

give me your model file

the current one

[heavy rover]

@random oriole

[random oriole]

oh

mdl or smd?

[wicked wing]

smd

[wicked wing]

with bones and all

give me your textures please

[wicked wing]

ok so first off

material in blender has to be the same name as the vtf

the name in blender is whisper_mat.001

[heavy rover]

@random oriole

do

thing

ooga booga

[wicked wing]

im doing it for you

[heavy rover]

oh

[wicked wing]

patience

here have this for you too keep

ill do most of the work but yall need to make your own physics model

[heavy rover]

a what?

[wicked wing]

look it up

[heavy rover]

ok

but my brain is too small

i cant store any more info

[wicked wing]

theres a video that i used a while back

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxmCzkQBXrc&list=PLJp5eWfp6od0fCxJi7TpwVCKyP1mmG2as&index=7

not hard since its just a pm

[random oriole]

thanks

[heavy rover]

thank you

[wicked wing]

see how the character is stretching to my physics model here

you need your own to go with this pm not that generic one you had

[random oriole]

alr thank you

[heavy rover]

that makes a lot of sense

thank you

[wicked wing]

no worries

kinda

[random oriole]

i need to fix that cuff lol

[heavy rover]

ngl that looks goofy as hell and ii kinda wanna use it a bit

[wicked wing]

its in my template style so its more organized

keep it that way please

@heavy rover @random oriole

[random oriole]

alright

thank you

[heavy rover]

oh

sorry

yeah

thank you

we will

[wicked wing]

https://tenor.com/view/thumb-up-thumb-up-eating-thumb-up-moment-gif-18075118

[heavy rover]

@wicked wing

[wicked wing]

what

[heavy rover]

sorry i forgot

[plush turtle]

Hiiiii

[heavy rover]

https://tenor.com/view/do-something-meme-gif-8007840

[sacred sonnet]

i wonder how many people will ask for help on making playermodels until a proper actual tutorial is eventually made

everything people have is outdated incomplete guides, so it's no wonder nobody has a clue how to do this proper

[sacred sonnet]

@random oriole sorry to ping, but where are you on your issue? did you find a way to solve it or do you still need help, and if so, help on what exactly? this thread is pretty large so catching up isn't too easy

[random oriole]

we just need to to the collision models and fix up the weight painting a bit but i kinda stopped doing this one

ill probably start doing it again soon

maybe today idk

[heavy rover]

alright

im gonna finish this i guess

so what do we need?

a ragdoll model or whatever it is, and..

thats it?

oh

wait

[heavy rover]

yeah my memory is horrible, sorry, my mental disabilities.. exist

[heavy rover]

i have no idea what im doing

i give up on doing this on my own

[stuck orchid]