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Shading problem(?) with Skin (Machete) The whole Machete appears black :S
Posted 3 months ago, last post 3 months ago by cn58673
cn58673 . Bananite	5 Replies 352 Views 0 Favorites Undefined Class (?)	Closed
Hello, I decided to have a go at skinning for TF2 and first of all I tryed darkening the wood on the Snipers machete and rifle. It turned out great until I tryed in game, the whole view model and the world model was black where it should have been a bit brighter like lighting. This to me seems like a Shading problem or I have done something wrong. Programs used:- VTFEdit 1.2.4 Gimp 2.4.4 Here is a screenshot from HLMV:- http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff38/cn58673/wtf.jpg

Bananite

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	Posted 3 months ago
It looks to me as if it's a phong problem...

	diwako . \| Y2M	x 0
	Posted 3 months ago
Did you change something in the vmt? and btw what's your GFXcard.

	cn58673 . Bananite \| Y2M	x 0
	Posted 3 months ago
I didn't change anything in the vmt, though after Aerial's post I disabled phong in it but it didn't chnage anything. My graphics card is an 8800GT but the original skin is fine so it is not a hardware problem if that is what you are thinking.
Bananite
	diwako . \| Y2M	x 0
	Posted 3 months ago
Looks like it is the usual alpha channel fuck up. if i am not mistaken. try to get the alpha channel to work in gimp. i dunno how since i use photoshop.

	cn58673 . Bananite \| Y2M	x 0
	Posted 3 months ago
Thanks Diwako! It works now I experimented with the alpha channel in Gimp and compared it to the original skin, then I found out my VTFEdit was outdated so I updated it. My try at a realistic machete:-
Bananite