How do I create custom skins for the characters in SFM?

[McFlyGold]

I asked this in the official Steam forums for Source Filmmaker, but I haven't gotten an answer yet so I thought I'd ask here as well.

Here's what I've tried:

I went to "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\SourceFilmmaker\game\ tf\materials\models\player\scout" and copied 2 files and renamed them. From scout_blue.vmt to scout_new.vmt and scout_blue.vtf to scout_new.vtf.

I then used VTFEdit to change "$basetexture" "models\player\scout\scout_blue" to "$basetexture" "models\player\scout\scout_new" I left everything else in the .vmt alone.

What I need to know is what else I need to change to get it to show up in SFM when I try to change the Scout's skin. As of right now when I right-click on Scout1 in the Animation Set Editor and choose "Set Skin" I have the numbers 0-4.

Through a suggestion by someone, I backed up the original files and renamed the new files to the old names. I then exported a .tga file from the original and made some changes. I then made it scout_blue.vtf.

I closed SFM and restarted it. I added a new scout to a new scene but it's still the normal blue scout. It doesn't have any of the modifications I made to it's textures. There must be something missing.

[Komppu]

Adding more skins for one model isn't just that simple.
[URL]https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Multiple_Skins_for_a_Single_Model[/URL]

[Smashman]

Alter scout_blue.vmt to point to scout_new.vtf

[McFlyGold]

Thanks [B]Combine 177[/B] for that link. But there's no "$texturegroup skinfamilies" in the scout_blue.vmt file, so I'm guessing I have to look for that line somewhere else?

[B]Smashman[/B]: Actually, I backed up the original scout_blue.vtf and altered the copy to have the changes I wanted this way the original scout_blue.vmt could stay unchanged. But it still shows up as the normal blue scout in SFM for some reason. Here's what I changed:
[IMG]http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd249/mcflygold/newscoutblue.jpg[/IMG]

[Smashman]

Well if you want to add skins, you'll need to recompile to model.
You can overwrite skins, that is it.

[McFlyGold]

But I did overwrite the skin, it still shows up normal in SFM!

[Smashman]

You're overwriting the normal model skin, not the hwm one.

[editline]26th July 2012[/editline]

In tf_movies

[McFlyGold]

There are only head skins in the HWM folder.

[IMG]http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd249/mcflygold/noscout.jpg[/IMG]

[Smashman]

Re-read what I said and then look back at that screenshot and then realise the problem.

[McFlyGold]

I see now. I missed your edit where you mentioned the "tf_movies" directory. That's what the problem was! I got it working now! Thank you for your help!