Some suggestions on how you can improve your selection of Avatar parts. All this is pretty easy to figure out yourself through trial and error, but to those not as adapt with .qc coding here are some simple guides for you to follow.

By "you" I mean this is for anyone. Whenever Vicentico wants to improve the Compiler after these tricks is up to him.

There doesn't appear to be an option to wear nothing over your body. One method is to just choose whatever item and in SFM simply override the material and float $alpha to make the object invisible but do you really have to do that every time you load your model into SFM?

Here's a simple fix.

Go to COMPILER\clothes\body folder and make a brand new file called
" ctp_body_000.qci "
That's it. Just leave it blank and empty and use that. The compiler will read it as nothing and will give you nothing.
Honestly dunno why Vic didn't add it to begin with, or maybe he forgot?

So you want the regular gloves for your Avatar but dunno how to get rid of the grapple device? Again you can $alpha it but here's a more ideal solution.

Simply copy and paste both the .qci and .smd of ctp_glove_001 and rename it something like ctp_glove_001a or something that won't confuse it with the other files.

For the .SMD, open it and you'll notice a lot of rows and numbers that may look confusing. To simply put, delete all of these:

May wanna use Notepad++ or WordPad. While it's possible to do it in regular Notepad will take ages to find the gloves_sec and delete them all.
Be careful not to delete any glove_main and careful not to delete the "end" at the bottom of the script. While it is a copy of an existing file, make sure to save it as ctp_glove_001a and not accidentally write over the original.

For the .QCI, change it to this:

Save it and set it on your Avatar .qc and compile it. The grapple should be gone while the traditional gloves are still present.

You will need VTFEdit for this one.

Choose an item you want to re-texture. For example 149, the green sanic T-shirt.
In COMPILER\clothes\body, copy and paste ctp_body_149 and rename it something like ctp_body_152a or, if you want it regarded as a separate shirt, ctp_body_210 or ctp_body_anything you can remember.

Open the .qci of that copied file and it will tell you the VTF file you're looking for. Now you need to search on the SFM files for the material for the green sanic shirt. It should be here:
SourceFilmmaker\game\usermod\materials\vicenticotd\SonicForcesAvatar\body

For the sake of example, we're looking for the green sanic shirt texture. In that folder, look for two files called:
ctp_cmn_body_053a_main.vmt
ctp_cmn_body_053a_main_abd.vtf
As expected, copy, paste and rename them. You may notice that there is already A to F of these files so either call them ctp_cmn_body_053g (or whatever filename you can remember).

Open ctp_cmn_body_053g_main.vmt and in $basetexture simply replace that a with a g after _053. Save it.
Next, open ctp_cmn_body_053g_main_abd.vtf where you will see the texture of the shirt itself. From VTFedit you can copy and paste it into an art program for you to use as a template,a guide, to edit and mess around with and once you're done import your texture back into VTFEDit and save over ctp_cmn_body_053g_main_abd.vtf

And we're done in this folder. Return to COMPILER\clothes\body to finish your T-shirt, (unless you kept the .qci open). Re-address the $renamematerial to ctp_cmn_body_053g_main so that the overall code it something like this and save it.

Now your avatar is ready to put on the T-shirt. Go to your Avatar .qc on the COMPILE folder, put in it's filename in it's $include and compile it. Your avatar should be wearing the custom textured item now.

Currently there is no practical method for body groups, until I find a method I'll update this opening statement on this thread. It is possible to make body groups but these body groups can only have one "_main" for $renamematerial on account of most avatar items .smd have a _main addressed for their textures.

For the sake of example, I'll make a body group so that my avatar can have gloves (001a), gloves with grapple (001) and bare hands (000).

In the glove folder, make a new file and call it ctp_glove_bg.qci (bg for Body Group). Write it out like this:


If you want to add more "guantes" to choose from simply open the .qci file of the glove you want and copy the $model address. On the bg.qci add another studio to the list and paste the $model address after it. (Don't forget the brackets!).
If the lothing you chosen have a variety of $renamematerial be sure to include them listed so the compiler knows where to look.

When your satisfied with your list, go to your Avatar's .qc and replace gloves with "ctp_glove_bg.qci" and the compiler should pack all your listed items into your Avatar.
When you place your Avatar in SFM and check the "guantes" body group youi'll find a list of the gloves you chosen.

It's not just for gloves, you can make ctp_body_bg.qc or ctp_gshoes_bg.qc to allow body groups for these items... just be sure to put them in their respected folder and choose items shared in the folder to be grouped.h