I'm trying to compile a simple model using studiomdl.exe, but get the following error:

C:\models\oak>studiomdl oak
entering oak.qc
grabbing \models\oak\/sequence.smd
BMP oak1.bmp [-19999996 -19999997] (1473677%) 965789708 bytes
9999999 -9999999 9999999 -9999999

************ ERROR ************
texture too large


I have no idea what I've done wrong - any one know what's going on?

Um.

Maybe the texture is too large? lol.

The texture is 256 X 256 X 256.

Something seems to be wrong with the picture or the compiler. It says you have a 965 meg bitmap.

Try using any other texture and compile. See if you get the same error. If you do, then it's a problem with studiomdl.

I've tried a number of different things, including replacing the texture named in the error msg with another (from a previosly compiled model) and I get the same error msg with the new texture.

Ok - here's a bit more info: I just used milkshape itself to compile the model, and it worked fine. However, I'm using masked textures so I have to use studiomdl to compile the finished model. The three textures used are all 256 X 256 X 8bit, with the 255Blue used at index 255, so it can't be a problem with the textures themselves.

You can quickly add transparency flags to your models using Trp. Jed's version of HLMV.

Thanks, Jamil - I'll have a look at it.

Texture resolutions arent neccesarily restricted to 512 pixels. It works like this. Take the resolution of you bmp, say its 512 x 512, and add the 2 numbers. You get 1024. Thats the max size your texture can be. If its 512 x 600, thats too big, but you can have a texture thats 768 x 256. So maby thats what your error is all about.

And maybe its too big file size wise.

holy ****, devin is still around...