[Zuko]

Models Porting Tutorial

1. Download/Install SDKTools steam://install/211 and run it at least one time.
2. Put MDL Decompiler to ..\Steam\steamapps\<account>\sourcesdk\bin\ep 1\bin and mfc71.dll to ..\Steam\steamapps\<account>\sourcesdk\bin
   
3. Open MDL Decompiler, choose model file, choose output directory and uncheck Use Steam File Access.
   If you have Unable to load model you must edit model with Hex Editor. Find IDST0 and replace 0 with , (to IDST,)
4. Open mdldecompiler.qc with notepad (or another text editor) and edit:
   

   $modelname "player\items\spy\spy_hat.mdl"
   $cdmaterials "\models\player\spy\"

   to

   $modelname "ustom\items\<model_name>\<model_name>_hat.mdl"
   $cdmaterials "\models\items\<model_name>\"

5. Open GUIStudioMDL, set OrangeBox SDK path, open mdldecompiler.qc and 'click' Compile
   NOTE: you must create directories manually in ..\Steam\steamapps\<account>\team fortress 2\tf
6. Edit texture path in *.vmt files

   "$baseTexture" "models\player\spy\frame"

   to

   "$baseTexture" "models\<model_name>\frame"

   (this is $cdmaterials path)
7. Test model
8. Post model on this forum ;)

Models: http://www.facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=778551 and http://www.fpsbanana.com/skincats/4171

Download from forum don't work link: http://zuko.isports.pl/download/sourcemod/Tools.7z

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[mycologist]

This is great! Thanks for the work; both on this plugin and the tutorial. The file you attached tools.7z doesn't seem to download.

[noodleboy347]

Is there just a simple hat reskin tutorial?

[Zuko]

link added

[MaloModo]

Running on server with custom hats from test server without any problems...props to all. Good Work. Running with RTD and presents as well which throws in a lot of mix

[mycologist]

I'm getting this error when trying to compile at the GUIStudio part of the tutorial:

Created command line: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\mycologist\sourcesdk\bin\orangebox\bin\studiomdl.exe" -game "c:\program files (x86)\steam\steamapps\mycologist\half-life 2 episode two\ep2" -nop4 -nox360 C:\Users\Mycologist\Desktop\DO\mdldecompiler.qc

qdir:    "c:\users\mycologist\desktop\do\"
gamedir: "c:\program files (x86)\steam\steamapps\mycologist\half-life 2 episode two\ep2\"
g_path:  "C:\Users\Mycologist\Desktop\DO\mdldecompiler.qc"
Building binary model files...
Working on "mdldecompiler.qc"
WARNING: $modelname key has slash as first character. Removing.
SMD MODEL C:\Users\Mycologist\Desktop\DO/dreads.smd
SMD MODEL C:\Users\Mycologist\Desktop\DO/idle.smd
WARNING: @idle : bounding box out of range : -7 -4 -65511 : -9999 9 -9999
---------------------
writing c:\program files (x86)\steam\steamapps\mycologist\half-life 2 episode two\ep2\models/dsg\demo\dreads\dreads.mdl:
Error opening c:\program files (x86)\steam\steamapps\mycologist\half-life 2 episode two\ep2\models/dsg\demo\dreads\dreads.mdl! (Check for write enable)

Any ideas?

[Zuko]

set to "Team Fortress 2" not to EP2

[Damizean]

Nice link Zuko! I'm so adding some of these hats to my server. Also, if it's any help, here's my template .qc I use to compile the hats I make

$modelname "rss-custom/hats/YOURHAT/YOURHAT.mdl"
$cdmaterials "/models/rss-custom/hats/YOURHAT/"
$model "Body" "YOURHAT_ref.smd"

$texturegroup skinfamilies
{
    { "YOURHAT.vmt" }
    { "YOURHAT-blue.vmt" }
}

$sequence idle "YOURHAT_idle" loop fps 30.00

[MrSaturn]

Is there a way to allow admins access to the hats, but not all the hats?

As it stands theres no way to have the admin acess flag different from a model's access flag.

[Zuko]

Plugin should automatically add hats to menu from selected directory.

Edit.
Any possibility to disable shadow rendering for hats?