Yes, scaling it in blender instead of the qc file fixed the issue. Thanks.

It doesn't happen in blender no. Here are some the drop box files, thanks.

blender file:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/vjjohtxp7s1cgne/fly_boy.blend?dl=0


compiled source file: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/h9a3l4avhuquo95/AABBO5hOvZd127yrprTpD4hXa?dl=0

Bone axis in source mid animation:
https://imgur.com/AtjvDgF

Bone axis in source in idle sequence:
https://imgur.com/vAYArgT

Bone axis in blender:
https://imgur.com/gvdKY5u

I'm not sure what to make of these, the bone axis seems to be the same but the propeller mesh is clearly not rotating about the centre part.

I'm making a super mario character with a spinning propeller on his head:
https://imgur.com/sAEBVzs


the propeller itself is basically centered on the character's head, and it rotates about that point in blender (rotating about the z axis).

But in the model file (imgur file above) the axis of rotation of the propeller is different (the angle is not different, just the centre of rotation).

Armature is torso bone and propeller bone, which is parented to torso bone.
propeller parented to propeller bone, everything else is parented to torso bone.
I did LocRot in blender animations.




My qc file is here:

$scale 360

$modelname "flyboy/flyboy.mdl"


$cdmaterials "models/flyboy"


$body mybody "flyboy.smd"


$sequence idle "flyboy" loop fps 1

$sequence flying "flying_001" loop fps 30

Can someone help?
Thanks.

Maybe copy and paste the qc file contents in here as well so we can see it, or link to a copy on paste bin of it's too big to put here.

Ah, I was clearing the armature scale in pose mode silly me.

Yes that fixed it, thanks :)

I exported both the reference mesh and the walk animation, but it's still happening.

I've tried doing alt-s to reset the armature scales, but that didn't work.
Do I have to unparent the mesh and then do it and reparent the mesh?

Has anyone ready this?
:)

Ok. https://www.dropbox.com/s/ssjx0f7ur9cyeg8/super_mario.blend?dl=0
This is the dropbox link for it.

mario_walk is the animation I was exporting.