what do the line $cliptotextures do anyways?

It tells studiomdl not to cllip your textures down to just the parts used when its compiling.

If you have a 512x512 texture and use $cliptotextures when you compile the model the texture will remain that size in the MDL fiel.

If you dont used it, studiomdl will trim off any surplus pixels from your texture (on the right and bottom) that aren't being used.

- Jed

so it when it is in used it dont change the size of the bmp so u can inport and export image via hlmv right?

pretty much, but you can still export/import from HLMV even if it is clipped, its just that your import bitmap has to be the same size as the one in the MDL.

HLMV shows what size the bitmap is inside the MDL.

Clipping the texture saves a bit of memory but if you intend people to mess with your skins, using $cliptotextures is probably a wiser choice.

- Jed