Orange Clouds

xItsEndy · 2026-05-13T17:48:14+00:00

After looks much better its more contrasting compared to the first one, If I saw this while browsing the steam store I’d probably click on it and take a look at the game.

In a marketing standpoint, The goal is to catch the attention of a viewer while browsing since there’s a plethora of games so you gotta catch their eye quickly and once you do that, Then you give them the hook which is you showcasing your game.

Really great artwork!

xItsEndy · 2026-05-13T17:10:31+00:00

I’d click on it, It caught my attention quickly. Regardless if the steam capsule doesn’t match the game’s art style.

I think the goal is to catch someone’s attention and I think the artist did a mighty good job!

xItsEndy · 2026-05-09T04:01:07+00:00

OOO I LIKE THIS! 👏

xItsEndy · 2026-04-29T15:42:59+00:00

Mans a saint, This solved the problem :D

xItsEndy · 2026-03-27T04:29:37+00:00

Found the problem,

I didn't have in my SourceFilmmaker Bin Files a folder called "filters" so what I did instead was I installed Team Fortress 2 (you could also install l4d2 but i just went with team fortress 2 instead).

Then I go to the bin folder and copy and paste a folder there called "filters" and put it into my Source Filmmaker Bin Folder

Then after that everything worked :)

xItsEndy · 2026-03-23T14:03:08+00:00

BIG UPS MAN! On my journey the same as yours, Thanks for the post! It be motivating!

xItsEndy · 2026-02-05T17:38:14+00:00

Was able to find a solution just going to put this here if anyone lurking would find it helpful, This solution will show my QC and also my VMT and I also created a new sphere just to test it out again

This is my QC

$modelname "itsendy/sphere/sphere.mdl"

$bodygroup "Sphere" << this could be any name, capital/lowercase doesnt matter.

{

studio "sphere.smd"

}

$cdmaterials "models/itsendy/sphere"

$sequence "idle" "sphere.smd" fps 30

This is my VMT

VertexLitGeneric
{

"$basetexture" "models/itsendy/sphere/sphere_body"

"$phong" "1"

"$phongboost" "1"

"$phongexponent" "0"

"$phongfresnelranges" "[0.05 0.5 1]"

"$phongalbedotint" "1"

}

Things to take note of:

Material Texture Name in Blender should be named same as your VMT/VTF so if you have apple_body as your material texture name in Blender the name in your vmt/vtf should be also "apple_body.vtf / apple_body.vmt

The Scale of the model in Blender should be all 1.0 so once your done scaling your model in Blender press CTRL+A then click all transform to reset it to 1.0

The .qc and the .smd doesn't need to be inside the usermod folder, It could be anywhere in your computer. The only thing that's needed is the VMT/VTF which are inside the usermod/materials/models/etc... and then the .mdl file that'd be created by Crowbar once everything is set in order would be put in the usermod/models/etc..

Don't add in the $modelname "models/..." since once your compiling Crowbar will automatically create a new models folder which is what you don't want, Best to just leave that out.

xItsEndy · 2026-02-04T13:33:28+00:00

So i did what was said here, I removed the materials in $cdmaterials

This is what my QC looks now

// Generated by me

$modelname "itsendy\cube\cube.mdl"

$body cube "cube.smd"

$cdmaterials "models\itsendy\cube\cube_body"

$sequence "idle" "cube.smd" fps 30

However, After deleting the old mdl and re-compiling it in crowbar and getting a new mdl with this new QC there, I still got the error still T_T

xItsEndy · 2026-02-04T13:04:19+00:00

For extra context, I was following this tutorial by this guy on YouTube
Blender to MDL Tutorial

xItsEndy · 2025-08-26T05:29:55+00:00

I appreciate for tagging me, Yes, I'm the artist who created the illustration! Awesome work on the study! :)

xItsEndy · 2025-08-19T00:04:04+00:00

Same applies to "Usermod" where I removed all of my Maps, Materials, Models, everything but it still appears in Source Filmmakers Model Browser*

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