SourceOps VS Plumber

custom models are a bitch when you first start off, i'd use SourceOps which makes it much easier, here's a quick overview starter guide i made a while back which isnt the best but outlines what to do

Sourceops.

It's been possible for the past two years give or take. (Sourceops)

For source, I use SourceOps , for my its more easy than blender Source Tools, you even save settings for multiple games I used for some time BlenderSourceTools but when I get to know SourceOps changed immediately, but BST Its the only that can export to Source 2 so i keep both

if you use blender you should check out sourceops

Source OPS (way more convenient than Blender source tools for exporting)- Lets you export models, also allows for creating .QCs and compiling models directly from blender. Can also export displacements

I used this one for importing map to blender https://github.com/lasa01/io_import_vmf

The map is drumroll please... de_nuke from CS:GO, u/Skibub actually noticed it, congrats ! What I used to get the map into the game, is a tool called BSPSource, and once the map extracted, I used this Blender addon. This is what has given me the less troubles compared to other addons. Of course, materials will need tweaking, and I would suggest doing the lights yourself. You might have to look up a bit of tutorials because I don't want to explain here.

I also used io_import_vmf to import the map (Overpass) into Blender and use that for lighting and reflections for the terrorist and also as a shadow catcher, so the his shadow is cast perfectly on the ground and everything matches up. This is necessary because he's actually not there in the in-game footage, only in Blender, so he would have no shadow otherwise. The map obviously isn't visible in the final video, it's just there to influence the CGI, which is just the swings and the terrorist.

Import them to Blender first: https://github.com/lasa01/io_import_vmf and then export to Unity

The files are compiled into formats that are easy to load for the game engine, but can't be opened in modeling programs. You need Crowbar to decompile models and Blender Source Tools to import them into Blender, VTFEdit to convert textures into PNGs and io_import_vmf to import maps into Blender.

2. io_import_vmf by lasa01: https://github.com/lasa01/io_import_vmf

The map I used was mg_commandconquer_v2, its on gamebanana, https://github.com/lasa01/io_import_vmf to import the .vmf into blender and the free version of Unity. Did I do something wrong?