Some questions... [SOLVED]

[corkymcchubbles]

Ok, I'm currently creating an addon for Vet's Smod outbreak mod.

It's called world in war.

Im currently making weapon scripts and replacing models so here's some Qs...


1. What command brings back the kick?

2. How can I recompile weapon models?

3. How can I replace the music W/O disabling sounds?

4. Where can I find a HL2DM animated T_arctic model?

5. What tool do I use to make maps?

[thattrunkmonkey]

1. disable_kick 0
2.
3.
4.
5.Hammer(Source SDK)?

[corkymcchubbles]

O.K. thanks for the kick! [PUN NOT INTENDED]

[IneptGuard]

1. Here is a more permanent solution. If you go into your outbreak directory, look in the CFG folder for a text file called autoexec, open it up and a few lines down you will find the “disable_kick 1” command line. Just change the “1” to a “0” and save the file. Now you won’t have to enable it through consol every time you start a new game.

2. Believe it or not I have an answer for you. It’s going to be a long strange journey so bare with me.
First you need the qc of the altered model, now put it in C:/Program Files/Steam/steamapps/(your name). Make sure it’s in the folder with your name.

Next you will need to open your windows system 32 command consol (you should be able to find it under your start menu).

Now launch steam, go to tools and right click on source sdk properties (you need to have sdk installed for this to work) now go to properties and click on “set launching options” and type: “-engine ep1” (without the “ ”). Now launch sdk and open up the “model viewer” with Half Life 2 selected as the “current game”. NOTE: you need to have sdk and model viewer open during the compiling process or you will get these two errors: ERROR: 'EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION' (assert: 1)
ERROR: Aborted processing on “whatever .mdl you were working with”.

Now, go back to your windows system 32 consol and type (or copy paste) : cmd.exe
Hit enter. Now type: cd "%sourcesdk%"
Hit enter. Now type: bin\ep1\bin\studiomdl.exe -game bin\ep1\bin\vconfig ..\mdldecompiler.qc
Hit enter and watch the magic unfold.
When it’s finished compiling, you can find all of your (I think there’s 7) files under your C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\”your name”\sourcesdk\bin\ep1\bin\vconfig
Directory.

I did not figure this out, someone told me how to do this a while back but I can’t remember who though.

3. No idea on that one.

4. I remember seeing one in Smod Tactical (if I am thinking of the right mdl) so there is one out there. Try asking around on Tactical’s forums. Or just keep searching the web.

5. I also just started mapping with Hammer. It’s really overwhelming at first but once you start to get used to it, you’ll fall in love with the creative freedom it gives you. If you have any questions check out this site (you probably already know about it) developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Category:Level_Design you will find pretty much everything you will ever need here. You will find it more useful as your skills improve and you get curios about logic entities and other more advanced stuff. Also if you run into errors while compiling your maps try this site (it saved my life a few times now) www.interlopers.net/index.php?page=errors

I hope I helped you out in some way, good luck! I look forward to your release.

[wells119]

for replacig music you should try to just find the mp3 for the song you want and move it into the sound folder and rename as song you want to replace ( change" insert mp3 name here", "to half life 2 song mp3 here" and the song should play. i did it in gmod for the game start up sound.

[corkymcchubbles]

Inept, Thank you so much! this information is more than I expected!

P.S. Sorry nut whats a "qc"?

wells119, I know how to overwrite mp3's but now alot of sounds are disabled!

[IneptGuard]

I think I found something that might help solve your music replacement issues. First download this tool nemesis.thewavelength.net/inde... then if you want you can check out this video on YouTube (this is where I found that tool) www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNd7DPHAh9M it is a tutorial on how to add music to hl2. Not sure if there is an override script in Smod that replaces music, if there is than this probably won’t work until you remove that script. Hope this helps.

Answer ^^
A “QC” is a text file that is produced when you decompile an MDL file. I also believe that this is generated when you create a custom model before you compile it. The QC
(From what I understand) is basically the code that defines everything about the entity (model) in question. Things like class (ragdoll physprop exc.), health, scale, bones and their parameters, weight, and even explosive force if you want the entity in question to have explosive properties. It tells the compiler what to do in the compiling process. You should open it up with notepad if you intend to alter it. I wouldn't recommend messing with it unless you know what you are doing.

[veteran_gamer]

wow Inept, excellent handling of this one

+10 mighty points for you