You don't compile materials, you make (or edit) them.
Google "How to make a material for Source" or something like that.

The Blender Source Tools do not export materials. If you're following the same guide as last time, he is still skipping him making materials, just like he says himself.

Oprindeligt skrevet af FOOLY COOLY:

Have you come here to help, or to be a dick?

Because of that comment, no.

Oprindeligt skrevet af FOOLY COOLY:

Do I need a script or something to export this into a SMD file? Or a compatible file with the Source engine?

Yes. It's called the Blender Source Tools. However, what is this "Blender Tools add-on" you're talking about? It sounds interesting

Oprindeligt skrevet af FOOLY COOLY:

I have the Blender Tools add-on installed on Blender,

aw yiss Thank you kindly. (Or roughly, if you don't like being thanked kindly.)

When exporting, you can set a "Weight Link Cull Threshold". Set it to 0.5, and you can export and compile the model normally. Or you can use SMD instead of DMX.

Well... Then I guess I'll have to just use VTAs for those flexes. Thanks for the reply.

I seem to remember reporting how the Blender Source Tools would only import flexes properly if the flex' rest position's vertice is exactly where the mesh' vertice is, while StudioMDL allows a little bit of faulty erroring. Then I seem to remember Artfunkel saying it would take horribly long for Blender to import the flexes if he raised the erroring space more than just a tiny bit. Here I am, really really wanting to import some flexes from VTA onto a mesh so I can have a DMX of it, but... well, some vertices don't move with the flexes. (I'd rather not provide the files, since... well, porn, porn everywhere.)

So my question:

Is there a line I can edit a value of in the python script(s) to make Blender import flexes as properly as possible, in exchange for it taking a heck load of time?

Oprindeligt skrevet af lucarioaaron:

how do i link the textures with materials?

Usually, $BaseTexture.

There is nothing in the tutorial about making VMTs nor VTFs, both of which are required for having textures in Source.