TF2 Hat texture problem. Need help asap!

[JakusPL]

Hi, I decided to create a hat for tf2 (for workshop submition). I already did a model (work fine), created a texture (fine, too) but everything is well in blender. When I opened a model in HLMV (compiled and with textures converted to vmt and vtf) model had a purple and black texture instead of my orginal texture.

How it looks in Model Viewer:
[IMG]http://imageshack.com/a/img661/6541/NgcIhD.png[/IMG]

My Material file (vmt):

"VertexLitGeneric"
{
	"$baseTexture" "player\items\scout/hat_helmet"
	"$selfillum" "1"
}

My VTF: [url]https://www.mediafire.com/?dv98is3kdlsbmtc[/url]

My QC file:

$modelname "player\items\scout\hat_helmet.mdl"

$bodygroup "Body"
{
	studio "hat_helmet.smd"
}


$cdmaterials "\models\player\items\scout\"

$surfaceprop "cloth"

$contents "solid"





$sequence "idle" "idle.smd" {
	fps 30
	loop
}

$collisionmodel "hat_helmet.smd"
{
	$mass 5
	$inertia 1
	$damping 0
	$rotdamping 0

}

$lod 2
{
	replacemodel "hat_helmet.smd" "lod02.smd"
}

$lod 1
{
	replacemodel "hat_helmet.smd" "lod01.smd"
}

I tried to create a source texture format from both .tga and .png (and .jpg, too).
Please help me :(

Additional info:
Texture is created in Gimp
Exported from .tga and .png to .vtf using VTFEdit by Nemesis
Model tested and viewed in TF2's ItemTest and TF2's Model Viewer
Thats all.

[Buck.]

[QUOTE]"$baseTexture" "player\items\scout/hat_helmet"[/QUOTE]

Forward slash?

[Ferdam]

Open your SMD with notepad++ and see if the texture name is the same as "hat_helmet".

You'll find the right name after 'triangles' :

(...)
end
triangles
<texturename>.<extension>
<numbers>
(...)

[JakusPL]

[QUOTE=ferdam;47230228]Open your SMD with notepad++ and see if the texture name is the same as "hat_helmet".

You'll find the right name after 'triangles' :

(...)
end
triangles
<texturename>.<extension>
<numbers>
(...)

[/QUOTE]

Yes I see those in code, but extension is .tga. Is it wrong?

[QUOTE=Buck.;47230197]Forward slash?[/QUOTE]
I found that in tf2's medkit .vmt, so I think if this slash is in official .vmt, so maybe it will fix my problem, but it isn't :(

[Ferdam]

[QUOTE=JakusPL;47230259]Yes I see those in code, but extension is .tga. Is it wrong?

I found that in tf2's medkit .vmt, so I think if this slash is in official .vmt, so maybe it will fix my problem, but it isn't :([/QUOTE]

The extension doesn't really matter. If you said you found 'hat_helmet' in the code, then the SMD is correct.

Next thing you should 'fix' is the $cdmaterials. I'm not sure if it's causing your textures to be missing, but the first backslash shouldn't be there, try just:

$cdmaterials "models\player\items\scout\"

[JakusPL]

Thanks, I will test it

[Ferdam]

Oh wait, I think I got it.

Your vmt's basetexture command isn't pointing to the right path where the texture is located at:

	"$baseTexture" "player\items\scout\hat_helmet"

It should be:

	"$baseTexture" "models\player\items\scout\hat_helmet"

Also, don't forget to put the vmt and vtf files in the right place: "<root>\materials\models\player\items\scout\"

[JakusPL]

ok

[JakusPL]

Not work, sorry :( Still Need help

[editline]28th February 2015[/editline]

I think it's must be a VTF issue, not vmt or QC but it's only my theory