Custom materials sometimes not working.

[jahrain]

I created a custom vmt file, that references pre-existing textures. However, I noticed that sometimes when testing my map, they don't load and show that nasty pink checkered texture. Its random though. Sometimes they load after compiling with no problems, sometimes they don't. I don't get it. Is there a way to fix this?

I have it saved in "steamapps\<USERNAME>\team fortress 2\tf\materials\convoy\tire_convoy.vmt"

 

[Armadillo of Doom]

Fraid I don't know much about customs textures and such. Do you have cubemaps anywhere? Also, are you doing a full compile?

 

[Noggin]

I just update the building cubemaps section on the Valve Wiki, try this....

http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Cubemaps#Cubemaps_and_HDR

 

[Intraman]

I would say, try exporting the texture you're referancing and change the name and use that one instead.
See if that works.

 

[jahrain]

It has nothing to do with cube maps. The material is just one simple base texture, nothing else, no bump maps, no cube maps, etc. Infact here is the material file:

"LightmappedGeneric"
{
	"$basetexture" "Nature/rockground001"
	"Proxies"
	{
		"TextureScroll"
		{
			"texturescrollvar" "$baseTextureTransform"
			"texturescrollrate" 2
			"texturescrollangle" 0
		}
	}
}

I haven't had the problem very often so far, but it still occurs every now and then after a compile. Usually to get around this issue I have to recompile the map again.