idk any tutorial you could follow, but that's basically it:

-You make a base texture for each team

-Add to your .qc file:

$cdmaterials "models\player\some-folder\"
$cdmaterials ""
$texturegroup skinfamilies
{
    {"models\player\some-folder\redtexture.vmt"
}
    {"models\player\some-folder\blutexture.vmt"
}
 }

reminding that the texture applied to the model should be the red one, and it gotta have the same name as the one on the first skin family quote, in the case above: "redtexture.vmt"

after that, just write a .vmt to each team and you are done.

Posted by Corvalho

idk any tutorial you could follow, but that's basically it:

-You make a base texture for each team

-Add to your .qc file:

$cdmaterials "models\player\some-folder\"
$cdmaterials ""
$texturegroup skinfamilies
{
  {"models\player\some-folder\redtexture.vmt"
}
  {"models\player\some-folder\blutexture.vmt"
}
 }

reminding that the texture applied to the model should be the red one, and it gotta have the same name as the one on the first skin family quote, in the case above: "redtexture.vmt"

after that, just write a .vmt to each team and you are done.

If you put it like that, it'll create some horrible and ugly issues.

 $cdmaterials "models\player\some-folder\"
 $cdmaterials ""
 $texturegroup skinfamilies
 {
    { "models\player\some-folder\redtexture" }
    { "models\player\some-folder\blutexture" }
}

The spaces there are extremely important and putting '.vmt' was never required.

Posted by Devieus

stuff

yeah, can be also simply written like this:

$cdmaterials "models\player\some-folder\"
$cdmaterials ""
$texturegroup skinfamilies
{
    { "redtexture" }
    { "blutexture" }
} 

Either way will work, so basically you don't need fancy programs like 3ds max or photoshop to enable team coloring, just your favorite plain text editor.

Go read my first reply again, seriously, you fell right into it.

Posted by SalemFox

on another note (if it may help) my model is set up so that like, a specific team color is applied to a specific spot (like say a wristband), and its not like a reskin of a character its like a full character replacement.

That's the problem right there then, in order for skin families to work, all textures must be replaced.

Posted by Devieus

Posted by SalemFox

on another note (if it may help) my model is set up so that like, a specific team color is applied to a specific spot (like say a wristband), and its not like a reskin of a character its like a full character replacement.

That's the problem right there then, in order for skin families to work, all textures must be replaced.

Not exactly, but it complexifies things if you use multiple textures on the same model. The first line needs to include all texture names, the second all texture names for the other team in the same order. If some textures are shared, just pick up the first name. Also, don't forget there are also skinfamilies for ubers.

This guide explains it better than I do.

Remember this order of skin families for characters:

• Red Team
• Blu Team
• Ubered Red Team
• Ubered Blu Team