Importing Valve models tutorial

Extracting, decompiling, and importing Valve models into 3DS max. Here's how to do it!

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Film & Animation

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• tutorial1

[IHateHelicopters101]

You should redo the tutorial for 2012 version.

[bovfbovf]

pls help me i copy the dli fike in plugins put nothing happens when i launch 3ds max

and go to file-import the is no valve smd pls help

[DarkofdawnProjects]

When I import the model it comes up with some boxes to tick (Not the skip animation ones, I am taking about the onces after that) I tryed ticking the boxes that you have ticked, but they are in gray and won't let me tick them, how can I tick them (i think I need them because the model doesn't show otherwise)

[ApeloFellow]

This tutorial still works it is just a little out of date. (For 2012 Max)

I just got it to work with a bit of tinkering:

I installed the SMD Im. 2012 version, wunderboy[dot]org[for.slash]ap­ps[for.slash]smdimport[dot]php

To find your models file DONT go to tf2content.gcf, go to tf2materials.gcf

In max to add the plugin go Customize -> Configure System Paths -> Third Party Plugins, and add your plugin in there. (restart 3ds max to get it to work.)

[Tigertylar105]

@BobDole2isback k thanks i'll take a look

[BobDole2isback]

@Tigertylar105

you have to go into the tf2 materials game cache

[Tigertylar105]

Why can't I see the Models folder in the TF2 content when I open it with GCFscape?

[GTR141Foxer]

i dont see the importer.

[Gongleboodz]

This is probably a really stupid question, but uhh.. How do you get the work space to look how you've made it look? Great tutorials, though, got through this without any trouble.