[Enhancement] Import Model Skins

[joshuafhiggins]

Describe the bug
Models, that have skins, only have one of their textures imported, the rest of the skins use this texture. Turning off "Reuse old materials/models" has no effect.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Import 'models/props_gameplay/sign_gameplay01' (found on ctf_2fort from Team Fortress 2)

Expected behavior
Models using different skins should import the skins they use and apply them to the specific instance of that model.

Related files
ctf_2fort_d.vmf

Logs

Logs reveal no helpful information about the models/materials skins being imported.

Screenshots

Details (please complete the following information):

• OS: Windows 10 21H2
• Blender Version: 3.4.1
• Addon Version: 0.6.9
• Did you download a release or build the addon yourself: Download
• Related Game: Team Fortress 2

[Tomobobo710]

Any chance of this being added? All of the maps I have made utilize the skin feature for my models, and apparently some of valves official models use the same technique. It would be amazing to have this working, because I currently can only mangle the materials in blender, I am not good enough to figure out how to fix them. :(

[lasa01]

Unfortunately I don't currently have any plans to add new features :(

[Tomobobo710]

Dang, that's understandable though.

I tried to look into it a little bit but I got lost pretty quick.

In asset/model.py import_mesh() is what I got to and got lost. If you have any hints on where I should look I'd appreciate it.

[lasa01]

Adding support would be a fairly complex task. The mdl parser is implemented in a separate library here, so support for skins would first need to be added there. Currently it does not read the skin data from the mdl.