L4D2 | Create Weapon mods

! THIS IS OUTDATED !
A newer, more detailed, text version can be found here.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2712310851
It also explains how to properly animate each and every animmation.

This relatively long tutorial shows the entire process of rigging, animating and compiling a gun, along with creating a HUD image and sounds.

Downloadable files:
Prefab: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Mvxyu12ZP0dCL1B8ycvqo4J8onRbG5y8
Custom content folder guide: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1507939076
Attachments guide: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1464152705
Right-click to VPK guide: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1544981726
Animation Framecount and FPS guide: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1483047118

Tools:
Crowbar: https://steamcommunity.com/groups/CrowbarTool
VTFEdit: http://nemesis.thewavelength.net/index.php?c=178
Blender 2.77 (newer versions don't work nice with smd plugin): https://www.blender.org/download/releases/2-77/
Blender smd tools: http://steamreview.org/BlenderSourceTools/
Notepad++ https://notepad-plus-plus.org/download/v7.6.3.html
Notepad ++ VDF languages (shows syntax highlighting): https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Notepad%2B%2B_VDF_languages

For textures you can use photoshop, gimp or paint.net with the vtf plugins.
Alternatively, you can use VTFedit to manually convert textures into VTF Format one by one or in a batch.
Potoshop vtf Plugin (32bit version ONLY) http://nemesis.thewavelength.net/index.php?p=39
Gimp VTF Plugin: https://github.com/Artfunkel/gimp-vtf/releases
paint.net vtf plugin: http://nemesis.thewavelength.net/index.php?p=50

Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:40 Gathering original files
1:58 Decompiling models
2:15 Bender - importing files

Worldmodel
2:45 Scaling
3:50 Rigging
5:42 Checking materials
6:09 Fixing smoothing
6:55 Collisionmesh
7:30 Exporting model
8:45 QC Editing
10:48 Compiling for HLMV
11:53 Converting textures to VTF
13:05 Creating VMT files
14:05 Pasting textures into game files' mod folder
14:30 Attachments
16:16 Compiling for L4D2
16:48 Making test VPK file

Viewmodel
17:43 Preparing viewmodel
21:19 Rigging
24:14 Exporting model
24:22 Preparing idle animation
24:42 Animating tips
28:21 Posing viewmodel idle animation
30:46 Exporting test idle animation
31:01 QC File preparing
32:33 Attachments
33:08 Idle animation
34:20 Lookposes
35:24 QC file animation line preparing
38:10 Animating other animations

Hud image
39:20 Creating camera for rendering
40:19 Texture placement and Script editing
41:04 Creating HUD image from render

42:34 Soundmod

45:34 Final testing