Texture Issues

[twoski]

[img]http://i.imgur.com/2Ejow.jpg[/img]

Here's the VMT, is there anything i broke? Something is fucking up the phong i think.

"VertexlitGeneric"
{
	"$baseTexture" "models\player\items\spy\headtie"
	
	"$bumpmap" "models\effects\flat_normal" 
	
	"$detail" "effects/tiledfire/fireLayeredSlowTiled512.vtf"	
	"$detailscale" "5"
	"$detailblendfactor" .01
	"$detailblendmode" 6
	
	"$yellow" "0"
	
	"$phong" "1"
	"$phongexponent" "20"
	"$phongboost" "1.2"	
	"$phongfresnelranges"	"[.25 .5 2]"
	"$basemapalphaphongmask" "0"
	
 	"$blendtintbybasealpha" "0" 
 	"$blendtintcoloroverbase" "0"  
	
	"$rimlight" "1"												// To enable rim lighting (requires phong)
	"$rimlightexponent" "4"										// Exponent for phong component of rim lighting	
	"$rimlightboost" "2"										// Boost for ambient cube component of rim lighting

	"$colortint_base" "{130 50 40}"  // put the RGB value of whats being colored when no paint is present, if $blendtintcoloroverbase is 0 then put [1 1 1] here.
	"$colortint_tmp" "[0 0 0]"

	"$lightwarptexture" "models/player/pyro/pyro_lightwarp"
	
	//"$halflambert" "1"

	// Cloaking
	"$cloakPassEnabled" "1"

	"Proxies"
	{
		"weapon_invis"
		{
		}
		"AnimatedTexture"
		{
			"animatedtexturevar" "$detail"
			"animatedtextureframenumvar" "$detailframe"
			"animatedtextureframerate" 30
		}
		"BurnLevel"
		{
			"resultVar" "$detailblendfactor"
		}
		"YellowLevel"
		{
			"resultVar" "$yellow"
		}
		"Equals"
		{
			"srcVar1"  "$yellow"
			"resultVar" "$color2"
		}
		"ItemTintColor"
		{
			"resultVar" "$colortint_tmp"
		}
		"SelectFirstIfNonZero"
		{
			"srcVar1"	"$colortint_tmp"
			"srcVar2"	"$colortint_base"
			"resultVar" "$color2"
		}

	}
}

[Blitzkrieg Zero]

Goes to Help and Support in Gmod Discussion, if Im not mistaken.

[twoski]

Uhh well this is a forum for modeling and skinning so why can't it go here?

This isn't a skin for gmod either so...

[Squiddy]

Try increasing the boost for the rimlight and phong, if that's what you're referring to?
It's there, but very faint.

[Ellis :P]

[QUOTE=Blitzkrieg Zero;32905548]Goes to Help and Support in Gmod Discussion, if Im not mistaken.[/QUOTE]

...How is that going to help him? This thread is ment for Models / Skins Forum.

[twoski]

The skin shouldn't be black either, it's supposed to be reddish! So my phong is ruining the colors as well somehow.

What do those phong variables affect?

[Squiddy]

[QUOTE=twoski;32909564]The skin shouldn't be black either, it's supposed to be reddish! So my phong is ruining the colors as well somehow.

What do those phong variables affect?[/QUOTE]

[url=http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Phong]Phong is exclusively how the texture reacts to light, specifically shine[/url]. I would recommend keeping the Valve Wiki bookmarked, by the way.

Reading the commented out lines, try changing
"$colortint_base" "{130 50 40}"
to
"$colortint_base" "{1 1 1}"

Also comment out the $yellow 0 line. Dunno what exactly that does, but it could be telling the texture to omit yellows.

A few undocumented VMT items here that I've never personally tested.

[twoski]

The $colortint_base variable controls the default paint colors for the tie (since its paintable). So it shouldn't be changed.

I did, however, change:
"$blendtintbybasealpha" "1"
"$blendtintcoloroverbase" "1"

And here's the result:

[img]http://i.imgur.com/fenYv.jpg[/img]

Still too dark. At least it's progress.

[Banshee Friend]

shouldn't it be "$colortint_base" "{0.130 0.50 0.40}"?

[OpethRockr55]

[QUOTE=twoski;32934067]The $colortint_base variable controls the default paint colors for the tie (since its paintable). So it shouldn't be changed.

I did, however, change:
"$blendtintbybasealpha" "1"
"$blendtintcoloroverbase" "1"

And here's the result:

[img]http://i.imgur.com/fenYv.jpg[/img]

Still too dark. At least it's progress.[/QUOTE]

Those should be:

"$blendtintbybasealpha" "1"
"$blendtintcoloroverbase" "0"

The first says to use your alpha as the basis of your tint; pretty straightforward. The second, I recall tells Source to apply the tint over everything, alpha or not. Everything else looks correct.

And make sure whatever you wanted painted has a white alpha.

[twoski]

Okay so even when i make my hat unpaintable (i basically copied the VMT for the scotch bonnet) it's still pitch black.

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.

[img]http://i.imgur.com/AELgX.jpg[/img]

"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

What does $illumposition do? Can i cut it out?