Two quick questions regarding skins-

[ardosos]

Um, yes. Hi. I have two quick questions about skins-

1.) How can one make a model reflective? (like madjawa's laser reflectors) I think it might have something to do with the material file, but I can't find any laser reflector materials to emulate.

2.) What is the proper syntax (qc and material) for a model to have more than one skin?

Thanks in advance, all help is very much appreciated.

[PLing]

I believe the reflectors are Lua-based, not material.

[ardosos]

Ah, yes. But what about multiple skins?

[smallfry]

This corvette had five skins.

$texturegroup skinfamilies
{
	{ "c_skin_yellow" }
	{ "c_skin_white" }
	{ "c_skin_red" }
	{ "c_skin_black" }
	{ "c_skin_blue" }
}

Each line names a different .vtf texture in the same folder as the original. Note that you do need to make .vmt scripts for each of these skins.

[ardosos]

I tried that, it dosen't work. Here is the qc:

$modelname		"props/noggspanel.mdl"
$body mybody	"noggspanel.smd"


$staticprop
$surfaceprop	"metal"
$cdmaterials	"models/props"
$scale			1
$texturegroup skinfamilies
{
	{ "noggspanel"  }
	{ "noggspanel01" }
}
$sequence idle	"idle.smd" loop fps 1

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

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

And the materials:

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

"VertexLitGeneric"
{
	"$basetexture" "models/props/noggspanel01"
	"$surfaceprop" "metal"
	"$model" 1
}

I've tried this syntax with other models (that have only one skin) before, yet the model spawns as pink-and-black checkers. Where is the problem?