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Created 16 years ago2007-05-31 15:29:39 UTC by The Mad Carrot The Mad Carrot

The Mad Carrot
The Mad Carrot
Posted 16 years ago2007-05-31 15:29:39 UTC Post #223954
Why are my custom texture appearing as black/purple checker board in Hammer?

http://www.themightyatom.nl/screenshots/stupid_source.jpg
The Mad Carrot The Mad CarrotMad Carrot
RotatorSplint
RotatorSplint
Posted 16 years ago2007-05-31 15:31:20 UTC Post #223955
Did they work before hand? What's probably happening is that the .VMTs for the textures are pointing to the incorrect directory for the texture. Although if they worked before, then I have no idea at all :nuke:
RotatorSplint RotatorSplint
Archie
Archie
Posted 16 years ago2007-05-31 15:32:40 UTC Post #223956
yeah, definately a .vmt error.
Archie ArchieGoodbye Moonmen
The Mad Carrot
The Mad Carrot
Posted 16 years ago2007-05-31 15:35:07 UTC Post #223957
Ill check.

/me opens random vmt file:

"$basetexture" "Documents and Settings/Atom/Bureaublad/asdw/{fixedss"

Well there's my problem. :P It should be:
D:SteamsteamappsSourceModsSTS-121materialssts_121{fixedss"

Ill recompile the TGA's now. :)
The Mad Carrot The Mad CarrotMad Carrot
Archie
Archie
Posted 16 years ago2007-05-31 15:42:29 UTC Post #223958
No.. it shouldn't.

it should be materials/yourfolder/yourtexture

and get the .vtf photoshop plugin.
Archie ArchieGoodbye Moonmen
The Mad Carrot
The Mad Carrot
Posted 16 years ago2007-05-31 15:44:18 UTC Post #223959
Well, it works anyway. They show up in Hammer.
The Mad Carrot The Mad CarrotMad Carrot
Archie
Archie
Posted 16 years ago2007-05-31 15:49:52 UTC Post #223960
yeah, but if anybody downloads the map with the textures looking for that location, it wont work unless it's exactly the same, which it wont be.
Archie ArchieGoodbye Moonmen
The Mad Carrot
The Mad Carrot
Posted 16 years ago2007-05-31 15:53:59 UTC Post #223961
Hell, i don't even know if im actually gonna release this map, since im crap with Source.

Also, its seems vtex or whatever made my textures look crap. They have these weird artifacts, pretty much like those artifacts you get with jpg compression. Why?
The Mad Carrot The Mad CarrotMad Carrot
Kasperg
Kasperg
Posted 16 years ago2007-05-31 16:06:35 UTC Post #223963
It's been long since I used vtex. The photoshop plugin lets you choose compression levels.
Kasperg Kasperg
RotatorSplint
RotatorSplint
Posted 16 years ago2007-05-31 16:13:22 UTC Post #223964
You can compile textures with no compression using a text file with VTex. I love yee olde fashioned way!

The artifacting could be that the original texture had those imperfections, or that the normal map is compressing at distances. Do the textures have a normal map? Regular textures should have compression, but the normal maps shouldn't.
RotatorSplint RotatorSplint
The Mad Carrot
The Mad Carrot
Posted 16 years ago2007-05-31 16:13:50 UTC Post #223965
I don't use photoshop...
The Mad Carrot The Mad CarrotMad Carrot
Habboi
Habboi
Posted 16 years ago2007-05-31 16:26:49 UTC Post #223967
Bah be old school and use VTEX :D Good ol' drag and click. It takes a while to get used to Source if you jump from the HL wagon so no worries.
Habboi HabboiSticky White Love Glue
The Mad Carrot
The Mad Carrot
Posted 16 years ago2007-05-31 16:39:15 UTC Post #223968
Drag and drop is too slow. And it doesn't create vmt's, only vtf's.
I need something automated. Something that can handle a whole bunch of TGA's.

Also, i don't care about all that normal map stuff. Confuses me. Just normal texture is fine.
The Mad Carrot The Mad CarrotMad Carrot
saw1833
saw1833
Posted 16 years ago2007-05-31 17:50:01 UTC Post #223973
Does the vtex plugin work with PS CS3 Extended? Because if it does, I'm going to redownload it.
saw1833 saw1833
RabidMonkey
RabidMonkey
Posted 16 years ago2007-05-31 19:26:07 UTC Post #223977
Photoshop with the VTF plugin is the fastest way to my knowledge to produce VTFs. You still have to manually write the VMTs regardless.
RabidMonkey RabidMonkeymapmapmapfapmap
The Mad Carrot
The Mad Carrot
Posted 16 years ago2007-06-01 04:46:22 UTC Post #224008
You still have to manually write the VMTs regardless.
Thats just crap! I want that automated.
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Habboi
Habboi
Posted 16 years ago2007-06-01 05:52:18 UTC Post #224010
Well get a TWHL member to code you one. It doesn't exactly take much effort to paste:

"LightmappedGeneric"
{ "$basetexture" "yourfoldername/yourtexname" }

In a text file and fill in the spaces.

And Normal Mapping is very easy that even I can do it...All you need is the Nvidea Normal Map Plugin or another program called crash something...I forgot the name but anyway use this if you're interested. The results are uncanny:

http://www.interlopers.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=208448&sid=59a6428ee9a49d6efd1e2d32522100b6
Habboi HabboiSticky White Love Glue
Penguinboy
Penguinboy
Posted 16 years ago2007-06-01 05:55:20 UTC Post #224011
http://nemesis.thewavelength.net/index.php?c=178&o=15

your best friend for material creation HAS AUTOMATIC VMT GENERATION.

open in vtfedit, create VMT is in one of the menu drop downs.
Penguinboy PenguinboyHaha, I died again!
Playbus
Playbus
Posted 16 years ago2007-06-01 05:59:35 UTC Post #224012
I've got a program called VTFedit which writed VMT's for you.

http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/VTFEdit

/edit damn you Penguinboy :P
Playbus Playbus
monster_urby
monster_urby
Posted 16 years ago2007-06-01 06:03:22 UTC Post #224013
Yeah, VTFedit is really easy to use. I'd go with that.
monster_urby monster_urbyGoldsourcerer
Penguinboy
Penguinboy
Posted 16 years ago2007-06-01 06:06:02 UTC Post #224015
oh man i totally beat you playbus
Penguinboy PenguinboyHaha, I died again!
The Mad Carrot
The Mad Carrot
Posted 16 years ago2007-06-01 06:44:14 UTC Post #224020
Thanks all. :)
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