Error parsing .vmt

[Shadowmanpph]

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I'm almost done with my first ever custom model, but now the .vmt doesn't want to work. I get the error above when trying to save it.
Could someone help me?

[.Omo]

Try putting "'s around the stuff on that line.
So "$basetexture" "models/hat"

[Ehanced_AI]

Just open it up in notepad, easier to edit in notepad.

[Deunan]

Yeah I think vtfedit is asinine about the quotation tags

[Shadowmanpph]

I still have purple and black checkers in the model viewer.

I opened hat.mdl in the hex editor just for kicks, and on the very bottom I see (I'm leaving out the boxes):
Materials/Models
and then it just stops. Is the model not referencing any textures?

[Deunan]

take a look at the smd.
Just open it in a text editor

[Shadowmanpph]

I know I compiled it with the UV. I'm not too sure what to look for in an .smd though.

Here's my .qc:

$modelname BlenderSoda.mdl
$cdmaterials "models"
$scale 2
$surfaceprop metal
$staticprop
$body mybody "BlenderSoda.smd"
$sequence idle "BlenderSoda" fps 1

[Deunan]

well look if there's a hat texture referenced in the smd

[Shadowmanpph]

It's a bunch of numbers with the word Material before every string.

[gman003-main]

In that case, it's looking for the material materials/models/material.vmt

[Shadowmanpph]

Oh. Alright. Going to test that.

Nope, that wasn't it. Still pink/black.

Shall I copy/paste the entire smd into a code box to show you?

[Shadowmanpph]

Sorry for the bump, but I really am at a loss here.

[Deunan]

I should ideally look something like

eclipse.bmp
9 -9.637829 3.022205 52.261333 -0.549509 0.833388 0.059191 0.828259 -0.784948 1 9 1.000000
9 -9.117063 3.070753 50.831490 -0.330677 0.939582 -0.088534 0.806804 -0.760185 1 9 1.000000
9 -10.080735 2.805895 51.357609 -0.531464 0.844196 0.069844 0.805679 -0.784293 1 9 1.000000
eclipse.bmp
9 -10.080735 2.805895 51.357609 -0.531464 0.844196 0.069844 0.805679 -0.784293 1 9 1.000000
9 -10.245751 2.220098 52.689316 -0.824340 0.466227 0.321085 0.826364 -0.807574 1 9 1.000000
9 -9.637829 3.022205 52.261333 -0.549509 0.833388 0.059191 0.828259 -0.784948 1 9 1.000000
eclipse.bmp

Bunch of numbers, texture, bunch of numbers.
If there's no texture, than you didn't apply it or just applied something odd.

[Shadowmanpph]

Oh, I managed to get it working. The .vmt was referencing the wrong texture, but also I had to rename the .vmt material. I now have the model working in Gmod, albeit as a slightly improperly sized effect.

Thanks for the help.