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==Overview==
The websites on this page provide free [[texture]]s. Some are completely {{w|royalty-free}}, whereas others have usage restrictions, such as no commercial use. Check for such restrictions before using them!
The purpose of this article is to provide sites where developers can find extra materials to use in their maps.




==Prop Sites==
== Free PBR Textures ==
* [http://files.vgpro.com/ VGPro (downloads site)] - [http://files.vgpro.com/file/7751 Half-Life 2 Texture Pack 2 by cncr04s]
* [http://www.animax.it/ Animax.it] - Free textures.
* [http://www.imageafter.com/ Image * After] - 10,000+ free images and textures.
* [http://www.mayang.com/textures/ Mayang.com Textures] - Free textures for your maps and mods.
* [http://forum.moddb.com/thread/1975/ Moddb texture site directory] - Directory of free, ready to use game textures.
* [http://www.morguefile.com/ MorgueFile] - Free, high-resolution stock photography.
* [http://perso.wanadoo.fr/oyonale/ Oyonale] - Small library of source photos suitable for turning into textures, courtesy of [http://www.oyonale.com/ Gilles Tran].
* [http://www.locationworks.com/ LocationWorks] - Lots of pictures, anything from old castles to pubs.
* [http://www.sxc.hu/ SXC.HU] - Huge library of images.


==See Also==
These websites host free PBR textures. In order to utilize these textures in [[Source]], some processing is needed.
* [[Material|Material System]]
* [https://polyhaven.com/ Poly Haven]
* [https://3dartisty.com/ 3dartisty]
* [https://cgbookcase.com/ CG Bookcase]
* [https://ambientcg.com/ AmbientCG]  (formerly cc0 Textures)
* [https://www.sharetextures.com ShareTextures]
* [https://www.3dtextures.me 3DTextures]
* [https://cloud.blender.org/p/textures/ Blender Cloud]


== Traditional Textures ==
These websites host mainly traditional textures, which can be utilized in Source without much processing.


[[Category:Modeling]]
=== Tiling ===
 
* [https://www.textures.com/ Textures.com] (formerly CG Textures)
* [https://www.goodtextures.com/ GoodTextures.com]
* [http://www.spiralgraphics.biz/packs/index.htm Spiral Graphics]
* [http://www.moddb.com/addons?filter=t&=Search&type=129&game=61 ModDB texture packs]
* [https://www.tophattwaffle.com/downloads/ TopHATTWaffle's] (VTF)
* [http://opengameart.org/ OpenGameArt.org]
* [https://davegh.com/ David Gurrea's]
* [https://www.johnsto.co.uk/design/images/ Dave Johnston's] (JPG) - collection of royalty-free [[GoldSrc]]-style textures. Cleaner BMP versions of a few of the contained textures can be found in [https://www.johnsto.co.uk/design/personal/ csde_bridge.wad].
* [https://duion.com/art/textures Duion.com]
* [https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1XiL3Sxi1GCUuLueVl16xZpH96GJFW8m3 Makkon's Textures] (TGA) - Tiling textures and [[hotspot texturing|trimsheet]]s designed to be used at 1.0 scale with [[$pointsamplemagfilter|unfiltered textures]]. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piiYIExIN6E Demonstration of intended usage]
* [https://www.simonoc.com/pages/artwork.html Simon O'Callaghan's textures and skyboxes] (TGA) - Designed for {{quake3|1}}, but easily adapted to Source
* [https://www.reinerstilesets.de/graphics/texturen/ Reiner's tilesets] (PNG, JPG) - mix of tiled and untiled
* [https://commons.wikimedia.org/ Wikimedia Commons] - large library of various images.
* [https://gamebanana.com/textures Gamebanana] (Recommendation: search textures in the [https://gamebanana.com/textures/games/35 Source Engine] and [https://gamebanana.com/textures/games/8 Gamebanana] sections)
 
=== Non-tiling ===
 
* [http://www.imageafter.com/textures.php Image*After]
* [https://morguefile.com/ MorgueFile]
* [http://textures.forrest.cz/ Texture Forrest]
* [http://www.texturevault.net/ TextureVault]
* [https://texture.ninja/ Texture Ninja]
 
== See also ==
 
* [[Texture]]
* [[Adapting PBR Textures to Source]]
* [[Creating a Material]]
* [[Prop Download Sites]]
* [[Sound Download Sites]]
 
[[Category:Material System]]
[[Category:External Sites]]

Latest revision as of 11:37, 8 August 2025

The websites on this page provide free textures. Some are completely Wikipedia icon royalty-free, whereas others have usage restrictions, such as no commercial use. Check for such restrictions before using them!


Free PBR Textures

These websites host free PBR textures. In order to utilize these textures in Source, some processing is needed.

Traditional Textures

These websites host mainly traditional textures, which can be utilized in Source without much processing.

Tiling

Non-tiling

See also