naaier
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this will get any image file you have, even photos, into hammer as textures.
short intro, I am working on my first hl2 sp map\mod, and one of the scenes is in a bookstore. I wanted popular magazine covers on magazines that are useable entities in the mod.
so I did this:
1; create folder called "custom textures", and put it in= "C:\Valve\Steam\SteamApps\usrename\half-life 2\hl2\materials\"
2; start "easy graphic converter" (google), click on settings, select "targa" as output file type, and output directory as an empty folder, say on desktop, doesn't matter where. click ok, select "add diectory" choose the file with the images you want to use, a screen will ask you to choose image types, select all (if you image file has multiple formats, they will all be converted, nice). click continue, and all images in the file will be listed. simply hit "start", and shortly afterwards your empty folder will be full of .tga files.
3; open "vtfedit"(google), click on tools, select convert folder, aim at your .tga file as input folder, and "C:\Valve\Steam\SteamApps\usrename\half-life 2\hl2\materials\custom textures" as output folder. hit convert, and shortly afterwards, "C:\Valve\Steam\SteamApps\usrename\half-life 2\hl2\materials\custom textures" will be full of .vmt and corosponding .vft files
4; start hammer and use your new textures.
check out the screenshots, Alyx holding wrestling magazine, plus other custo textures from that pack refered to in another thread. (that whole pack took me 35 minutes from step 1 till using hammer!!!!!!!!
short intro, I am working on my first hl2 sp map\mod, and one of the scenes is in a bookstore. I wanted popular magazine covers on magazines that are useable entities in the mod.
so I did this:
1; create folder called "custom textures", and put it in= "C:\Valve\Steam\SteamApps\usrename\half-life 2\hl2\materials\"
2; start "easy graphic converter" (google), click on settings, select "targa" as output file type, and output directory as an empty folder, say on desktop, doesn't matter where. click ok, select "add diectory" choose the file with the images you want to use, a screen will ask you to choose image types, select all (if you image file has multiple formats, they will all be converted, nice). click continue, and all images in the file will be listed. simply hit "start", and shortly afterwards your empty folder will be full of .tga files.
3; open "vtfedit"(google), click on tools, select convert folder, aim at your .tga file as input folder, and "C:\Valve\Steam\SteamApps\usrename\half-life 2\hl2\materials\custom textures" as output folder. hit convert, and shortly afterwards, "C:\Valve\Steam\SteamApps\usrename\half-life 2\hl2\materials\custom textures" will be full of .vmt and corosponding .vft files
4; start hammer and use your new textures.
check out the screenshots, Alyx holding wrestling magazine, plus other custo textures from that pack refered to in another thread. (that whole pack took me 35 minutes from step 1 till using hammer!!!!!!!!
*cry*
