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lapis raft Nov 30, 2022, 1:17 PM

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I wanted to do something similar but I was quite intimidated becuase I thought you had to export stuff in the valve format and that it's tedious. Is there any resource or tutorial you can refer to?

stone oriole Nov 30, 2022, 1:18 PM

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holdon, ill show some epic screenshot tutorial

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this tool is very useful

lapis raft Nov 30, 2022, 1:20 PM

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Nice, but how do you export then to gmod files?

stone oriole Nov 30, 2022, 1:21 PM

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you can select most matching color here as probe and shift sliders, useful for things that got stripes to recolor (example is muscle car or train)

stone oriole Nov 30, 2022, 1:21 PM

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lapis raft Nice, but how do you export then to gmod files?

VTFEdit

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export image from gimp with zero compression and preserved colors on fully transparent pixels

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then import it in editor

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best normal format is DXT5 imo, literally no quality loss and decend compression

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alpha format is DXT5/DXT3 or DXT1, based on for what alpha is used

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for alpha/color/envmap masks is DXT5 or DXT3 recommended

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DXT1 for no alpha or if alpha is supposed to work with alphatest

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texture type is animated texture for any regular texture

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resize/clamp optional

lapis raft Nov 30, 2022, 1:26 PM

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This is very helpful, maybe I should also look into a tutorial on how to edit materials

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I think your recolors look awesome. Do you plan on releasing them as an addon?

stone oriole Nov 30, 2022, 1:27 PM

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yea

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as update for already existing prop pack or new addon (due to new model folder system, to prevent compability issues with another addons or games)

lapis raft Nov 30, 2022, 1:30 PM

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Can you link to the existing one? I want to check it out

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