Sorry for lack of info, I'm still learning the whole texturing thing so I'm not entirely sure how everything works and what I need to do, I've been operating from tutorials, thank you for your detailed reply!
I am using blender 2.79 and cycles, and i used the maps that 3dcoat sent over to blender, I didn't think I needed more than that, I think I expected it to just work via the applink function but obviously not the case! I'll try again using your suggestions