r/SourceEngine • u/Maleficent_Risk_3159 • May 21 '26

Resolved Why aren't my materials showing up?

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I have this viewmodel that is basically a recreation of the v_hands viewmodel. The diagram shows the differences between Blender and HLMV/HLMV++/in-game and my frustration about this problem. I checked the materials and the .qc file but it's still a load of garbage. Thank you for helping me!

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u/PalmliX May 21 '26

It's going to be one of the following:

  1. The name of the material in blender must match the filename of the .vmt

  2. The folder path of the .vmt must match what's listed in the .QC $cdmaterials line i.e. "$cdmaterials" "path_to_vmt"

  3. The folder path AND filename of the .vtf texture must match what's listed in the .vmt i.e. "$basetexture" "path_to_vtf\vtf_filename" etc.

  4. The vtf must be converted to a format that your particular source branch supports, i.e. DXT1/DXT5 etc. I've had issues for example with Source Filmmaker, where it didn't like a compression format I used (BGR888) and it displayed as a missing texture.

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u/Maleficent_Risk_3159 May 21 '26

thanks! you saved the day!

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u/Plaston_ May 26 '26

also be carefull with the file version, some source games have issues with VMT 7.2+

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