Blender to GMOD, problem : Can't find steam app user info.

[Helgrind]

Hello !

At first, please, excuse my language, I don't speak english very well.

I'm making this thread because I've got a lot of problems for exporting a model I made in Blender to GMOD.
I export it in .smd, made the .qc and etc, but I just can't have a .mdl.

I'm using GUIstudioMDL2.2, I have set the right path to studiomdl (in EP1) but it says "Can't find steam app user info." no matter what I do.
I googled it, it seems that I am not the only one with this problem but I didn't find a real solution.

Thanks for your help.

[Daemon White]

A friend of mine mentioned to try and use the SFM version SDK a while ago, as most other ones are currently not working for importing models.

[Helgrind]

I'm going to try that, but I never use SFM.
So let's go for the 8 hours of installation :zoid:

[Daemon White]

I had to as well when working on a model :v:

[Βlasphemy]

Last time I checked, the only tools in the SFM SDK were for Maya users. When I export my models from blender to source (SFM), I use Blender Source Tools: [url]http://steamreview.org/BlenderSourceTools/[/url]
You can find information on how to use the tool here: [url]https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Blender_Source_Tools_Help[/url]

After you mount the .py within Blender, you'll be able to find an export menu that looks like the picture below. Very rarely do I use all the submenus. Static props usually need only the top and bottom ones.

[t]https://developer.valvesoftware.com/w/images/e/ed/Blender_smd_export_prefs.png[/t]

[Helgrind]

@Daemon White : Thanks a lot, it works with the SFM studiomdl.
@Leintharien : It didn't work, but thanks, I didn't know that the SMD exporter was doing the qc to mdl.

I've got another problem, I can spawn my model in GMOD, but it have no texture. It appears pink and black. Any idea about this ?

Thanks again for your fast and accurate answer :)

[wazanator]

Pink and black means you have something wrong with the vmt file.

Typical reasons:

* Your vmt is pointing to the wrong spot where the vtf is

* Your QC's $CDmaterial is not pointing to the same spot the vmt is at

[Helgrind]

Thank you for your answer, but there is still no texture. Probably a bad path, so here are my files.
The model name is noirdecoco.mdl

VMT

"VertexLitGeneric"
{
	"$basetexture" "models/noirdecoco/noirdecoco"
	"$surfaceprop" "metal"
	"$model" 1
}

QC

$modelname		"noirdecoco/noirdecoco.mdl"
$body mybody	"noirdecoco.smd"
$staticprop
$surfaceprop	"watermelon"
$cdmaterials	"models/noirdecoco"
$scale			0.5

$sequence idle	"idle.smd" loop fps 1

$collisionmodel	"noirdecoco-phy.smd" { 
	$automass
	$concave
}

$keyvalues
{
   "prop_data"
   {
       "base"  "Metal.Medium"
   }
}

When I compile, eveything goes in models/noirdecoco
Then, I add the vmt and vtf, but maybe I shouldn't ?
So, in models/noirdecoco, I've got this :
noirdecoco.dx80.vtx
noirdecoco.dx90.vtx
noirdecoco.mdl
noirdecoco.phy (shouldn't it be noirdecoco-phy.smd ?)
noirdecoco.sw.vtx
noirdecoco.vmt
noirdecoco.vtf
noirdecoco.vvd

Thanks again.

[redcatjack]

The vmt should just be

"VertexLitGeneric"
{
	"$basetexture" "noirdecoco/noirdecoco"
	"$surfaceprop" "metal"
	"$model" 1
}

[B]not [/B][I]"models/noirdecoco/noirdecoco"[/I]

[Helgrind]

It still doesn't work.
Where should I put my vmt and vtf, in materials or in models ?

Thanks.

[Helgrind]

I uploaded it before and after the compil with guistudiomdl 2.2 if someone wants to look :
[url]https://www.mediafire.com/?dmexiy1crldr8o5[/url]

Thanks again, and sorry for posting again

[Firegod522]

Open noirdecoco.smd with notepad

Replace every instance of "Material.001"
Change it to noirdecoco

[t]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3779442/Screenshots/Noirdecoco.JPG[/t]

The material should have model/noirdecoco/noirdecoco
as the qc is placing the material path to that directory.