$cdmaterials

$cdmaterials is a QC command available in all Source games. (only in )

For GoldSrc, see $cdtexture.

It defines the folders in which the game will search for the model's materials (subfolders are not searched). Each path is relative to <game>\materials\.

It is traditional to specify the \models subfolder before any others, to prevent the materials from appearing in Hammer.

Tip:Material filenames are defined by the reference mesh ($body or $model).

Tip:By default, models can have no more than 32 different material search paths.

Confirm:It appears that if this parameter is null ($cdmaterials ""), then the full file path is written from SMD files. This behavior can be observed in the version of Propper that is integrated into Hammer++.

Syntax

$cdmaterials <path> <path 2> [...]

Example

$modelname		"weapons\shell.mdl"
$cdmaterials		"models\weapons\"
$body		shell	"shell_ref.smd"
$sequence	idle	"shell_idle.smd"