Talk:Exporting a model

SMD export checklist

Would this be a good place to include a "things you need in your SMD" checklist ? or would it be better to include each checklist in a relevant tutorial - eg "Creating a Reference model", "Creating a Collision model", etc ? --Beeswax 11:08, 5 May 2008 (PDT)

checklist examples

• For a reference model (modelname_ref.smd):
  • Ensure mesh is UV mapped (preferably to only one TGA/BMP/VTF file).
  • Don't forget to compile the Default Skin.vmt.
  • Ensure mesh is Enveloped & Weightmapped.
  • etc

• For a collision model (modelname_phys.smd):
  • Ensure all meshes belong to one smoothing group (I read that somewhere ... don't know how or why ...).
  • Ensure each individual mesh is strictly convex.
  • Ensure meshes are Enveloped to the correctly named parentbone (in the reference model's skeleton).
  • etc

• For a sub-mesh or sub-model (w_submodelname.smd):
  • Ensure mesh is enveloped to - or rigged with - the correctly named parentbone (in the reference model's skeleton).
  • etc

• For an animation sequence (sequencename_anim.smd):
  • Ensure you're using the correctly named bones (ie the reference model's skeleton) ;-).
  • etc

--Beeswax 11:08, 5 May 2008 (PDT)