Model appears invisible in game

Garry's Mod modelling
#1

I’ve started to model in 3ds max, i did all by tutorials, exported phys and ref.smds. Got materials, made a QC, but model is small and invisible in game. How to solve this problem?
QC:



$modelname "C:\Games\Half-Life\Model Making Stuff\Models\C14\C14.mdl"
$cdmaterials "C:\Games\Half-Life\Model Making Stuff\Materials\Models"

$scale 1 
$surfaceprop "metal"

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


$body studio "Ref"

$collisionmodel "Ref_phys" {
    $mass  50 
    $concave
}

GuiStudioMdl log:



Created command line: "C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\****(Hiding my acc name)\sourcesdk\bin\ep1\bin\studiomdl.exe" -game "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\****(Hiding my acc name)\half-life 2\hl2" -notxbox "C:\Games\Half-Life\Model Making Stuff\HL2 Compile Toolkit\model_compiling_files\C14\C14.qc"

qdir:    "c:\games\half-life\model making stuff\hl2 compile toolkit\model_compiling_files\c14\"
gamedir: "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\****(Hiding my acc name)\half-life 2\hl2\"
g_path:  "C14"
Working on "C14.qc"
SMD MODEL Ref.smd
SMD MODEL Ref_phys.smd
WARNING: Bad collision model, check your smoothing groups!!!
WARNING: Truncating model!!!!
WARNING: Ref_phys.smd has bad smoothing groups
Model has 1 convex sub-parts
Collision model completed.
---------------------
writing c:\program files\steam\steamapps\****(Hiding my acc name)\half-life 2\hl2\models/C14\C14.mdl:
bones          708 bytes (1)
animations     120 bytes (1 anims) (1 frames) [0:00]
sequences      220 bytes (1 seq) 
ik/pose        164 bytes
eyeballs         0 bytes (0 eyeballs)
flexes           0 bytes (0 flexes)
textures        76 bytes
keyvalues       56 bytes
Collision model volume 12.42 in^3
collision        0 bytes
total         1516
---------------------
writing c:\program files\steam\steamapps\****(Hiding my acc name)\half-life 2\hl2\models/C14\C14.vvd:
vertices      1536 bytes (32 vertices)
tangents       512 bytes (32 vertices)
total         2112 bytes
---------------------
Generating optimized mesh "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\****(Hiding my acc name)\half-life 2\hl2\models/C14\C14.sw.vtx":
body parts:         8 bytes
models:            20 bytes
model LODs:        12 bytes
meshes:             9 bytes
strip groups:      25 bytes
strips:            27 bytes
verts:            288 bytes
indices:           84 bytes
bone changes:       8 bytes
everything:       505 bytes
---------------------
Generating optimized mesh "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\****(Hiding my acc name)\half-life 2\hl2\models/C14\C14.dx80.vtx":
body parts:         8 bytes
models:            20 bytes
model LODs:        12 bytes
meshes:             9 bytes
strip groups:      25 bytes
strips:            27 bytes
verts:            288 bytes
indices:           84 bytes
bone changes:      16 bytes
everything:       513 bytes
---------------------
Generating optimized mesh "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\****(Hiding my acc name)\half-life 2\hl2\models/C14\C14.dx90.vtx":
body parts:         8 bytes
models:            20 bytes
model LODs:        12 bytes
meshes:             9 bytes
strip groups:      25 bytes
strips:            27 bytes
verts:            288 bytes
indices:           84 bytes
bone changes:      16 bytes
everything:       513 bytes
---------------------
Generating optimized mesh "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\****(Hiding my acc name)\half-life 2\hl2\models/C14\C14.xbox.vtx":
body parts:         8 bytes
models:            20 bytes
model LODs:        12 bytes
meshes:             9 bytes
strip groups:      25 bytes
strips:            27 bytes
verts:            288 bytes
indices:           84 bytes
bone changes:      16 bytes
everything:       513 bytes

Completed "C14.qc"

[editline]02:55PM[/editline]

Anyone?

#2

1st of all: You have no collision models or they are wrong.
$cdmaterials should lead to your game folder, it tells model where to look for textures after it’s compiled .

Here is my template that I usually use.
I have it saved and whenever I compile model I use it, if I need to add something, I do then. Always works.
I also don’t put materials as usually like /garrysmod/garrysmod/materials/models
I always put all my textures into materials/als because it’s easier to pack them for me.


 $modelname als/model.mdl
$scale 1.0
$body "Body" model.smd
$sequence idle "model" fps 30 ACT_IDLE 1
$surfaceprop "metal"
$staticprop
$cdmaterials "als/"
$collisionmodel "model_col.smd"
{
$concave
$mass 2000
}

//next is optional, it's only if you use multiple skins on model.
$texturegroup skinfamilies
{
    { "BLU" }
    { "RED" }
}
#3

Hmm, ok i’ll try it out

[editline]03:09PM[/editline]

Mm, wait, how my model can’t have a collision? i can grab the invisible prop, and hit other prop with it.

#4

your modelpath is wrong, it’s set to the folder of whatever you have open in SSDK(ep2 dods etc)
it has to be like: “model.mdl” for the models/ folder. for others, it has to be FOLDERNAME/model.mdl

#5

oh ok, so my model is invisible because of wrong path?

[editline]04:00PM[/editline]

Oh, another question…
$modelname means where my model will be placed and how it will be named? or where it’ll be loaded from?

[editline]05:28PM[/editline]

Up: Problem isn’t solved :<

#6

where it will be placed.
Don’t take full path, set only path for models folder.
Like not:

C:/Program Files/Steam/steamapps/whoopwhoop/garrysmod/garrysmod/models/modelname/modelname.mdl

Instead just write
modelname/modelname.mdl

#7

hm, ok. But mdl is still invisible :<<

#8

Just add me to steam and I will try to help.
Find it under my avatar