We've seen this before, on maps like Wiretap, where a custom model (or any model not used as a flag on Valve CTF/MVM maps) doesn't render correctly when dropped or carried, even if it has associated idle and spin animations, and all the neutral/team/carried skins. Why does this happen?
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Bodygroups are sections of a model that can be toggled on and off dynamically.
The cap point hologram model uses this to display its different variants.
Here are its parameters in the .qc file:
The relevant .smd files basically just contain a triangle array.
Here's the qc file for the default briefcase model:
It then has a different smd file for each LOD level.
I'm no expert on Source model creation, so I don't know how possible it is to create custom models with bodygroups. But, in theory, LOD stuff like this shouldn't be a problem, even if your custom model doesn't have the same LOD parameters as the original.
The cap point hologram model uses this to display its different variants.
Here are its parameters in the .qc file:
The relevant .smd files basically just contain a triangle array.
Here's the qc file for the default briefcase model:
It then has a different smd file for each LOD level.
I'm no expert on Source model creation, so I don't know how possible it is to create custom models with bodygroups. But, in theory, LOD stuff like this shouldn't be a problem, even if your custom model doesn't have the same LOD parameters as the original.