problems with custom prop

problems with custom prop

Re: problems with custom prop Posted by Grey Matter on Sun Aug 6th 2006 at 12:38am
Grey Matter
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Posted 2006-08-06 12:38am
5 posts 1 snarkmarks Registered: Aug 1st 2006
So, I'm trying to import an animated prop into Source but I have no idea what I'm doing. I've followed tutorials and I'm up to the point where I drag and drop my .qc file over the studiomdl.exe a DOS window pops up and disappears and no .mdl file is created. I believe it's supposed to be in the same folder as my .smd file but nothing is showing up. Has anyone had this happen to them? What am I doing wrong here? Thanks.<html><head><link rel="stylesheet" href="themes/standard.css" type="text/css"></head><body topmargin=2 leftmargin=2>
Re: problems with custom prop Posted by fishy on Sun Aug 6th 2006 at 12:52am
fishy
2623 posts
Posted 2006-08-06 12:52am
fishy
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2623 posts 1476 snarkmarks Registered: Sep 7th 2003 Location: glasgow
drag and drop studiomdl.exe into a command window, followed by a single space, followed by dragging and dropping your qc file into the same window. hit enter to compile. the window stays open that way, so you can see if there were any errors.

(just in case, start>run , type in cmd , hit enter)
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Re: problems with custom prop Posted by Captain P on Sun Aug 6th 2006 at 11:08am
Captain P
1370 posts
Posted 2006-08-06 11:08am
1370 posts 1995 snarkmarks Registered: Nov 6th 2003 Occupation: Game-programmer Location: Netherlands
What I do is creating a .bat file, from where I launch studiomdl with the .qc filename as parameter. A pause command then keeps the dos screen open. Advantage is, I don't have to have two map windows open at the same time.

Anyway, once you get that window to stay, just look at the error reports in there.
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