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Make sure that you have your preferences set to "reload externally modified images on focus". If you do need to create multiple textures on one model, you must first select a group of polygons, make a cluster of them, then apply the material and image to your cluster. Multiple textures on a model can drastically affect rendering time.

You should try to only use one basetexture, unless material demands require otherwise.

While it may seem that bigger is better, this isn’t always the case, mipmapping can force your large texture down in size until blurriness becomes a problem. VTF as early as possible and load preview your model in the engine, using the mat_showmiplevels command at the console, check what mip level you’re seeing at some of the most common encounters your character is going to have during gameplay. The default noicon.pic file in XSI is a good choice or you may use this file, Checkerboard Starter Texture (right-click save as.) included in the SDK. Also, using a checkerboard texture gives you a very good way to measure how much texel density you have on the various parts of your model, as you define the UV’s, some areas like faces may need a bit of extra density, but overall you should strive for even and consistent texel density across your model.

Using a checkerboard texture is a good way to start laying out your UV coordinates this lets you see very quickly if you have any distortions, streaks, or seams that may need to be corrected.

Working the fine points of texturing and shader parameters can only really happen after you’ve seen your model in the Engine.

Making judgments about the progress of your textured character should be done directly in the Source engine, before getting too far with your material, export a vtf, create a vmt, build you mdl and look at the model in the engine.

If not, press "Ctrl+Z" to undo and take another shot at it. Check the 3D view (in 'textured' mode) to make sure you got the right one. Now left-click "Texture Projection (Explicit UVWs)" to select it, then press your "Delete" key to delete it. Press "8" to open the Scene Explorer, then navigate to the Texture Projection like this: -> Cube (or your base object) If you mess up your texture mapping and want to start over:ġ.Press "Alt+7" to open the XSI Texture Editor window.in Image-Texture tab>Texture Projection press "New" and select Unique UVs (polymesh) (close the Image window).in Image-Texture tab>Image press "New" to locate & import your new TGA texture file.from Render>Get-Texture select Image to open the Image-Texture window:.from Render>Get-Material select Blinn (close the Material window).select XSI's Render mode (top of left sidebar).To apply a texture to your model in XSI:.The second stage is using your.SMD and your.TGA to compile your.MDL, your.VMT and your.VTF in a particular Source game_directory.The first stage is creating a base texture and mapping it to your mesh, resulting in a pair of 'temporary' files: your.The process of generating these files falls into two broad stages: Therefore the procedure must follow a strict sequence, and file names and locations are also quite strict. Each stage of compiling requires data from some other files.

At each stage, your model will consist of at least two separate but always cross-referenced files. Unfortunately it's not accurate enough to say the MDL is the "mesh", the VTF is the "skin" and the VMT is the "physics". Models in Source games - whether props, characters, viewmodels, etc - need at least 3 basic components: your. 4 Compiling your.VMT : Valve Material Type.3 Compiling your.VTF : Valve Texture Format.