I've heard this question a million times, and the only thing its getting linked back to is the thread asking how to do it (of which then, I posted in it :p), so I might aswell make a thread explaining how to do it.
On with the show:
Tools needed: (and linked)
GCFScape
If you dont have Photoshop, VTFEdit
If you have Photoshop, VTF Plugin
Filetypes you are going to be fiddling about with:
*.vtf - Source Engines image format - open with Photoshop + VTF Plugin/VTFEdit
*.vtm - Source Engines image property format - open with Notepad/Wordpad.
Tutorial
Download GCFScape from the link above, install and open it. Now press Options > Volatile Access so you can open GCF files without getting the File In Use error.
Now press File > Open and locate your SteamApps directory, usually C:/Program files/Steam/Steamapps and open up counter-strike source shared.gcf. The screen should now look like this.
Once there, click the + next to cstrike on the folder selection to the left, now click the + next to the materials folder. You should now see lots of folders, most of them mapnames and material names. Open up the directory you are asked to find, or just for this tutorial, de_dust. Now CTRL+Click door11.vtf and door11.vtm so both are selected. Right click on one of them and press extract. Extract it to an empty folder, for example desktop\dustglassdoortest or something.
(VTM (Texture property) HACKING, SCROLL DOWN FURTHER IF YOU WANT THE VTF TUTORIAL)
Go to whereever you extract the two files, and open door11.vtm file using Notepad. You should now see this in notepad:
Code:
"lightmappedGeneric"
{
"$baseTexture" "de_dust/door011"
"$surfaceprop" "wood"
// "$bumpmap" "de_dust/door011_normal"
// "$envmap" "env_cubemap"
"%keywords" "cstrike"
}
Now, theres alot of things you can do with this. First off, if you want the door fullbrightly lit, change "lightmappedGeneric" to "UnlitGeneric" at the top. If you want the door translucent, so you can see through it, add:
below "$surfaceprop" "wood" on a new line. So it should now look like this:
Code:
"unlitGeneric"
{
"$baseTexture" "de_dust/door011"
"$surfaceprop" "wood"
"$translucent" "1"
// "$bumpmap" "de_dust/door011_normal"
// "$envmap" "env_cubemap"
"%keywords" "cstrike"
}
Now, change the "wood" in the surfaceprop line to "glass" so it gives a glass effect.
Theres lots of good commands you can do to change the properties of a texture. Open up a different vmt file in GCFScape for more.
(credit goes to felikz/whoever created the glass door in dust)
(VTF HACKING (Texture) HACKING, SEE ABOVE FOR VMT HACKING TUTORIAL)
Now, if you have Photoshop, download the VTF Plugin at the top of this post.
If you dont, download VTFEdit at the top of this post.
(VTFEDIT Tutorial, Photoshop+Plugin users can skip)
Open VTFEdit, Click File > Open then open up door11.vtf or a specific texture you are asked to edit (if you were linked to this tutorial). Now press File > Export, click the V button on the filetype line and select BMP to edit with paint, then press Save.
Photoshop users, open the VTF file using the plugin + photoshop.
Now you will see the texture. You can edit as you like, to 1 complete colour or make little touchups. Your artistic skills can be used here. You can edit any single vtf in the gcf to a different colour. Or you can edit an existing hack's texture, like GreyWalls and WhiteWalls by frontline.
Installation of your hack
In your cstrike folder (C:/Program files/Steam/Steamapps/*youraccountname*/counter-strike source/cstrike), make new folders of to which the files in the GCF were in. Like, if you had the door11 texture above, that was in cstrike\materials\de_dust, so you would make a new folder called materials in your cstrike folder if its not already there, then a new folder inside that called de_dust. So now you are in cstrike\materials\de_dust in your own CSS directory. Place the door11.vtf and door11.vtm here. OR if you made a different hack, place it in its corresponding folder in the cstrike folder.
That concludes the tutorial, hope I helped.
Q+A
Q: Whaaaa? Whats the difference between VTM and VTF?
A: Editing a VTM file means editing the textures properties, whilst editing a VTF file means editing the texture.
Q: How do I know which directory to make in my cstrike folder?
A: The one where you selected and extracted the file you edited in the gcf file.
Q: How do I make coloured models?
A: Check my post in the Working Hacks sticky thread. Its the third one down, it has a similar tutorial, though based on coloured models.
Q: I have a question! Who do I ask?
A: Reply here or send a pm. I'd be happy to help when I can.
That concludes the tutorial.
P.S, If moderators want to place this post in the working hacks sticky, feel free. And link to it!
hf,
-blnk.
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