Crowbar version: 0.63

Steps Taken:
1.) Extracted "models\player\ballbot\ballbot.mdl" and associate files from Portal 2's VPKs.
2.) Extracted "models\player\eggbot\eggbot.mdl" and associate files from Portal 2's VPKs.
3.) Decompiled both of 'em with Crowbar.

Expected:
What you'd expect, along with some super-cool .VRD files used to animate the pistons found throughout both models,[puu.sh] and an accompanying "$proceduralbones" entry in each model's respective .QC file.

Issues:
What you'd expect, with no super-cool .VRD files to be found, and no accompanying "$proceduralbones" entry in each model's respective .QC file.

Operating System:
Windows 10

Samples:
Portal 2


Here's a .7Z[www.dropbox.com] containing a screenshot of Crowbar's settings used at the time of decompiling and the offending models in their original/decompiled states, with log and decompile-info comments and files.


This has been reported before in 2018.

Ah. Good, I thought something was really broken. But that dosen't really help me, as it still doesn't generate a normal (non dx90) .vtx file, and launching the model with Portal 2's Model Viewer just give me a generic error message: Error loading model.

Edit:
More info, the compile log can be found here: http://pastebin.com/jxa5Yvxk

I am attempting to import a model into Portal 2. Every time I try, It writes the .mdl, the .vvd, and the .dx90,vtx before I get this message:

Completed "wall_dest_256x128_01.qc"
CDynamicFunction: Loading library 'Kernel32.dll' (75DB0000)
CDynamicFunction: Lookup of 'TryEnterCriticalSection' in 'Kernel32.dll': 77B425A0
CDynamicFunction: Closing library 'Kernel32.dll' (75DB0000)
... Compiling ".\wall_dest_256x128_01.qc" finished. Check above for any errors.

... Compiling with Crowbar 0.34.0.0: "C:\Users\F Schomanno\Desktop\wall_dest_fixed\decompiled 0.34\wall_dest_256x128_01.qc" finished.

Checking the "Define Bones" box only causes it to crash faster, before any file is generated.
Any help or info on this subject would be greatly appreciated!

Originally posted by h a y e s:

$cdmaterials ""

most likely isnt finding the texture.
Need to point in the command above the folder where the vmt is located.

Thank you for your reply!
I edited the .qc as you specified, and it made it reappear! However, there is now a different issue...

https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=466723315

Damn. Atleast I can see it now. Any more ideas? Compile log and .qc are the same, except for the edited $cdmaterials line:
$cdmaterials "models\props_map_editor\"

Lets start from the beginning. What I was trying to do is get a Portal 2 model into Garry's Mod (the Contraption Cube specifically). Unfortunately, the model was invisible.

First, I tried modding the texture. I fixed the texture, but the model was still invisible. So I tried to decompile the model (with Crowbar) and recompile it for a different game. I tried Garry's Mod (using Source SDK Base 2013), only to have .qc file errors. After messing with it (uncommenting the WeightLists and DefineBones), I could fully compile it. But, the model was (and still is) invisible. I've tried compiling it for HL2, and still got the same result.

I'm posting this here because you guys seem to know what you're doing. Links to my .qc and compile logs are below:

.qc File: http://pastebin.com/UsRSu24g

Compile Log: http://pastebin.com/rUyVKAMt

I'm also willing to send the .smd files for the model if you need them.
Any help is appreciated!