[The Best]

I have 2 problems with my model, first of all, it's a player model, and the first problem is that I am able to see it in the player model selection menu, but when I select it, my model doesn't change to it. I have to run a lua command in the console for it to work properly.

Next, how can I skin it? I've applied only a basic material onto it, my model is a cactus that is supposed to look rather similar to cactuar in terms of it's textures, so it's sorta cartoony. However, my hand-drawn skins in Photoshop look outright horrible, so I was wondering how do /you/ do it?

[Silver Spirit]

It doesn't automatically switch your model when you click it you have to select it then kill yourself for it to change (or do what you did).

Also have you got a screenshot of it? so I can see what your on about.

[The Best]

I have killed myself. No dice.

The unwrap or the model?

[Silver Spirit]

The Best posted:

I have killed myself. No dice.

Not sure whats up with that.

The Best posted:

The unwrap or the model?

Either or both (probberly both, then I can see what it looks like in both ways).

[The Best]

Isn't there supposed to be a lua file that sets your model in the player selection menu? I might have typed wrong.

[Silver Spirit]

are you not even selecting it from the menu, I thought from what you said you were.

 if ( SERVER ) then
player_manager.AddValidModel( "Name", "models/Name.mdl" );

AddCSLuaFile( 'assassin.lua' ) ;
end

list.Set( "PlayerOptionsModel", "Name", "models/Name.mdl" );

Should look exactly like that with Name subsituted with the name of your model.

[The Best]

I selected it from the menu, killed myself, my model didn't change. Also, thanks.

[smallfry]

I think your problem is that player_manager.AddValidModel() isn't being run during a singleplayer game.
The problem should go away when you set "maxplayers" to something higher than 1, then load a map. If it doesn't, then I'm wrong. Try changing the first line of Silver Spirit's script to this:

if ( SERVER ) or ( SinglePlayer() ) then

By the way, semicolons are unnecessary and are ignored by GMod Lua.

[Silver Spirit]

All I put up there is the basic script I use when applying a player model to the list (which is taken from many ones i've downloaded). Didn't know about the semicolon thing at all :)

The player_manager.AddValidModel() is on all the playermodel lua scripts i've got and theres no issues with it being there (though even with my limited lua knowledge I didn't think that line made any sense being there).

[The Best]

Didn't work... even if I add "if ( SERVER ) or ( SinglePlayer() ) then".

Here's what I have so far.

if ( SERVER ) or ( SinglePlayer() ) then 
	player_manager.AddValidModel( "cactus", "models/player/cactus.mdl" )
	AddCSLuaFile( "autorun/cactus.lua" )
end

list.Set( "PlayerOptionsModel", "Cactus", "models/player/cactus.mdl" )

[Omolong]

Change it to:

player_manager.AddValidModel( "Cactus", "models/player/cactus.mdl" )
list.Set( "PlayerOptionsModel", "Cactus", "models/player/cactus.mdl" )

And make sure the file is called something like cactus_player_model.lua.

[The Best]

Oh hey! That worked! What makes it different?

[Omolong]

Well, there was "cactus" and "Cactus", which conflict and have to be the same to work.

And all the other stuff you had in there was useless.