CS:S Spraylogo Tutorial

[dirtydunky]

i dont have a vtex.exe only a.bat im so confused lol
i made sprays for cs for years but i just cant get it to convert
im assuming but not sure that i can put the file folders vtex\hl2\etc anywhere? or in my game dir?
the onlything in my rar file was the .bat
other than that i have no clue =( uber sadness i need my wow sticker spray

 

[dirtydunky]

In honor of O&A I made a simple spray, the grey parts will be transparent of course.

same!!!! norton is god
i did some yellow discipline on a ct and then i gave him a lil tussle

 

[dirtydunky]

Download WinRAR to extract RAR files.

ok im a dumbass i uses winace all it uncompressed was the .bat file <<<nub css spraymaker :cheers:

 

[dirtydunky]

i used winace. all that it*

 

[Dalamari]

same!!!! norton is god
i did some yellow discipline on a ct and then i gave him a lil tussle

Finally, someone who shares my love of O&A and the freakshow of comedians they get. Did you tussle his hair with a bat?

 

[dirtydunky]

Finally, someone who shares my love of O&A and the freakshow of comedians they get. Did you tussle his hair with a bat?

no w/ my meaty lil breasts lol check this out
http://soundboards.com/?view=46
its great like a blind deaf mute alter boy hehehe jk 4 those not hip to mr norton

 

[dirtydunky]

hmmm not quite right didt go transparent where i wanted it to
take a look any ideas what i did wrong?
in cs this was a great 1 it came out billboard size
is 130k the size of the original targa or the finished vmf file
im assuming the vmf (like wad had to b under 15k) but id like to be certain
and how do i update my ps 7.0 to 7.0.1? i have an educational copy can i? lol :sniper:

 

[tagDARKHEERO]

i need help with the vtex

I read the tutorial properly. I put the .tga file in the vtex/hl2/materialsrc/sprays. I got to the tga2vtf and its gving me an error. "Error intializing texture hl2/materialsrc/sprays/HEERO2{my picture}.tga
hit a key to continue.
please help with this problem

 

[tagDARKHEERO]

i have a problem putting in my tga. I costumize this picture on paint. I put it in a bitmap. I went to photoshop and made it a tga file and 32. I put it in the vtex/hl2/etc and i get an error. Error intializing texture hl2/materialsrc/sprays/HEERO2 copy.tga
Hit a key to continue. I need help with this ASAP. thz

 

[pixartist]

did you compress it? you should not...

 

[pixartist]

hmmm not quite right didt go transparent where i wanted it to
take a look any ideas what i did wrong?
in cs this was a great 1 it came out billboard size
is 130k the size of the original targa or the finished vmf file
im assuming the vmf (like wad had to b under 15k) but id like to be certain
and how do i update my ps 7.0 to 7.0.1? i have an educational copy can i? lol :sniper:

u saved it with 24bit! save it with 32...

 

[nadeboy]

did you compress it? you should not...

So to run the vtex conversion, i need to save the tga file without using compression?

Is my problem that i'm using Paint Shop Pro7 instead of Photoshop?

 

[dirtydunky]

u saved it with 24bit! save it with 32...

i did 32 bit =( i do believe that the original tga that i started with i saved as a 24. does it have to be 32 from the beginining? or should i use any format?

 

[Dalamari]

i have a problem putting in my tga. I costumize this picture on paint. I put it in a bitmap. I went to photoshop and made it a tga file and 32. I put it in the vtex/hl2/etc and i get an error. Error intializing texture hl2/materialsrc/sprays/HEERO2 copy.tga
Hit a key to continue. I need help with this ASAP. thz

You can't have a space in the filename, just name is something simple, 1 word.

 

[Anx]

I'm using Photoshop CS, I dont seem to have the option to save as a tga file, i've looked on the net and in the help file and they just say click save as then choose tga but I don't have this option. Anyone help with this please ? Perhaps I need to create the picture as a certain type or colour profile to be able to use this file format ?

 

[benbrown]

I can't get the tranparencies to work.
I've tried three different ways but each time I'm missing something.

1. Create a background layer with a solid color. ------OK
2. Create an empty layer.---------OK
3. Draw your spray on the new layer... or paste your picture in the new layer -------OK
and erase the parts that should be invisible.---- How do you erase the parts that need to be invisible?

Another way

1.Make the actual image you wanna spray on the wall-----OK
------------------
2.make colored layer (128 128 128, grey)-----OK

3.then just hold ctrl and leftclick on the layer with the spray-image--OK
go to the channels-tab,--OK
4.create a new layer (will be named alpha 1 blabla)---OK
5. then just press delete (make sure WHITE is the bg-color),---(Press delete? Delete on your keyboard? delete layer? delete alpha channel? What am I deleteing I've tried them all and nothing makes anything go white for the next step)
6.then the same area as your spray-image will be white,

I know it's something simple but I can't figure out what to do.
How many layers are there in the end 2 or 3 and do all of the layers have alpha channels or just one, and can you see your actual spray when your ready to save or is blocked by the alpha channel layer.
Do the layers need to be in a specific order?

Thanks for any help you could give me

 

[Kremath]

um

can somone rehost these files? the one in the tutorial is corrupted or something with me, it only unleads the vtex folder and the bat file and nothing else, i didnt even know there was a .exe.

it would be nice if somone could send it to me (the whole vtex folder and all its contents) my email is

[email protected]

and my screen name on AIM is "Kremath" it would be a great help!

Thanks!

 

[Kremath]

thanks!

I finally figured it out. I was using winace instead of winrar.. So i only got 1 file instead of the whole package... This makes so much more sense and I already have several sprays loaded in ^_^

thanks for all your help

Kremath

 

[Ars]

http://www.raiden.se/spraytut/

I guess not everyone can use it right now.
But now you have something to prepare for tomorrow. :E

Help please!
Excuse me for my bad english.

Can not convert the file.
receive the error: http://vitoss.ukrbiz.net/error_spray.gif

best regards,

Ars(Ukraine,Kiev)

 

[OCybrManO]

It means exactly what it says. The dimensions of the image have to be a power of two:

2^1=2
2^2=4
2^3=8
2^4=16
2^5=32
2^6=64
2^7=128
2^8=256
2^9=512
2^10=1024

You can't use an image that is 186x352 or some odd number like that.

 

[0 Tolerance]

I am trying to get transparency right but get this!
http://members.chello.nl/p.ligterink1/transtoomuch.jpg
this is how I get it with .wad
http://members.chello.nl/p.ligterink1/
I learn it all 3 months ago so I would like to do it in hl2

I use photo shop 7.0 as far as i can tell!
with the plug-in.
I am getting 7.1 ,but I wounder if thats the error I make/have.
I feel I need a solid background on the logo mybe.
so any pointers are welcome!

im getting the same problem and cant figure out why im not getting any color and/or 'solidity' with my sprays. everything comes out hazy and colorless. ? ? ? everything works fine as far as creating and putting the sprays in-game, they just dont look right. :-/

 

[WoDkA WoLF]

Can any1 help meh ?

I created this spray. But have no CS:S version to test. (Not a beta tester).

Can any1 test it for me?
And post an ingame screenshot of how it looks ?
That would be wicked !

The TGA file was 65kb.
Does the limit limits the size of the tga file or does it limit the files wich goes inside te steam cs:s dir ?
Also, the max resolution for the tga file: is it 128x128 or 256x256 ?


Thanks in advance !!

 

[Ars]

It means exactly what it says. The dimensions of the image have to be a power of two:

Thank You! The problems more(bigger) no.

 

[Ars]

Can any1 help meh ?

I created this spray. But have no CS:S version to test. (Not a beta tester).

Your spray normal, but bad is read URL your server.

Maximum 256Х256
Optimum 128Х128

Try to do(make) your spray for 128Х128

 

[WoDkA WoLF]

Strange,

it works from here, but hey, uploaded the file to be sure


Why is 128x128 optimal if you can use 256x256 ?

 

[[SWF]Talos]

Man this is ticking me off. I followed the the steps from abe at CS:Source Spraylogo Tutorial I have used photoshop 6.01 and paintshop pro 7. I did place them right where it says. Can anyone tell me useing the programs I have what I may be missing or not doing? Just incase anyone was woundering here is a link to screen shots and what i was trying to make. Screen shots the real image is 64 x 128.
Thank you

 

[chiefndubs]

im having problems with this step

It'll look best in the game when the background is grey (128 128 128).
You can make a background by going to Layer -> New Fill Layer -> Solid Color.
When you're done, make sure the layer is on the bottom of the list (drag it down).

when i create that layer... it puts it right next to the transparent layer that i created in the first step and will not let me drag it down anywhere.

 

[Muad'dib]

I followed the instructions, and everything worked out. However, when I go to place the spray files into the Source folder I can't find it. Is it inside SteamApps/youremail/ ? When I look in my SteamApps folder all I can find are game folders from every singe game except CS Source. If its somewhere else can someone help me out?

 

[onepairofpant]

I have paint shop pro 8.10

Made a 256x256 uncompressed 24-bit tga file as well as a 128x128 one and they both say "Error loading texture"

I have them in the right folder "vtex\hl2\materialsrc\sprays"

Also the 128x128 one is in crap quality, is the anyway to get the file size down for my 256x256 one?

 

[onepairofpant]

nevermind it worked some how, I just sprayed it in game, the filesize of the original tga file for the 128x128 file is 49kb and hte 256x256 one is 193kb, is there any way I could take off 63kb off this file?

 

[Matrix_101]

i try and its not working when i use vtex and its working all is ok but for installation its not working for me. Do we have to put on<reading only>?

 

[Matrix_101]

if we use a picture downloaded do we have to do all that stuff on photoshop i mean we have to do 128x 128 but the color and and all after ?

 

[Matrix_101]

config file/materialsrc/sprays/princeofpersia.txt, not present making empty one

wat that mean?

 

[onepairofpant]

its not the intial size of the TGA file that matters its the file that the vtex program makes

I got myself a nice HD 256x256 porn spray thats only 83kb but going to 512x256 will probably go over 130kb. For some reason saving it as a compressd TGA file made this program work or just saving it over as uncompresed again, i dont know, just try both

 

[thisnameistaken]

.......whats confusing people I think ( DID ME!) is if you look at the:
H:\Steam\SteamApps\[email protected]\counter-strike source beta\cstrike\materials\VGUI\logos\UI folder

(this is were steam has all its default sprays....DO NOT PUT THEM HERE!
back up one folder to:

H:\Steam\SteamApps\[email protected]\counter-strike source beta\cstrike\materials\VGUI\logos

hope a noob helped another noob

Just created an account here for the sole purpose of saying "THANKS!". God I'm such an idiot.

 

[DeltaBlast]

Am I the only one that gets a purple/black checkered 64*64 texture instead of a good result?


edit: hmm it seems it still worked... but it's really blurry.. I made it a 256*256 image, I didn't resize it.. any clues why it might be blurry?

 

[DeltaBlast]

hmm.. might also be because of yombi's bad video settings

still I owe him my gratitude for testing it for me ^_^ yombi- tnx

 

[Rogger]

help me im a dumass can any help me plz i cant get the spray thingy 2 work

 

[onepairofpant]

ill do it for you, my aim name is onepairofpant

 

[Rogger]

could u give me ur msn addy so i can speak 2 u plz??