Program for making textures in hl2 Created 16 years ago2008-03-01 00:30:08 UTC by zeeba-G

What is the program called to make textures in hl2? Is it anything like wally?

google 'VTFEdit'

Well I downloaded it and have been messin with it for an hour but can't get textures to work in hl2. Do I convert a texture into a vtf and than in hammer's tools, options, materials and add material or wad? If so, ive tryed but cannot find my newly vtf. file. What exactly do you do to make a texture for hl2?

You have to create the VMT as well. The easiest way is to tick 'Auto Create VMT File' under options. This will create the VMT when you save the VMF. Then save it into the materials directory of the game you are mapping for. (example: steamapps/username/half-life 2/hl2/materials)

Ok I put the "vmt" file in my materials folder for hl2 and in hammer I can now see the texture named brickstest1. The only problem is that it is purple and black checkers instead of the texture. I also tried putting a TGA file and VTF file of the texture in the materials folder but it still shows as checkers. Did I do anything wrong?

Your VMT file is incorrect. Open it up in Notepad and paste what it says here.