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Let's say you have an old [[Half-Life]] map ported to the [[Source]] engine, but wanted to keep some of the textures as well. First of all you're going to need your custom [[WAD]] file. For this tutorial we will be using the <code>cstrike.wad</code> from [[Counter-Strike]].
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What you need to do is to go to your hard drive and create an <code>HL1</code> directory somewhere. Then once inside it, make a new directory. This should be the mod's directory (for example: <code>cstrike</code> for counter-strike). Put your .wad file in that directory. For this tutorial it would be <code>C:\hl1\cstrike</code>.
 
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Now go to your <code>\sourcesdk\bin</code> directory. You will see the program <code>[[xwad]].exe</code>. Right click on it and click Create Shortcut. Take this shortcut and put it in your <code>\hl1\modname</code> directory; for our tutorial it would be <code>C:\hl1\cstrike</code>.
 
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Right click on that shortcut and go to <code>properties</code>. Under <code>Target</code> it should say something like: <code>C:\Program Files\Steam\SteamApps\<username>\sourcesdk\bin\xwad.exe</code>. We are going to need to add a string so that <code>xwad.exe</code> knows where to find our mod. So after the quotes add this: <code>-basedir C:\hl1\cstrike -wadfile C:\hl1\cstrike\cstrike.wad</code>. Hit apply, then ok.
 
Before we go onto the next step you need to copy the <code>GameInfo.txt</code> from <code>\sourcesdk\launcher\</code> to your <code>C:\hl1\cstrike</code> directory.
 
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Now we are ready to convert your wad. Find your <code>C:\hl1\modname</code> folder. Click on the wad you want to convert and drag it to the <code>xwad.exe</code> shortcut we just made. It should take a few seconds and show the texture names it is converting and any changes in size it is making to the texture.
 
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After that is done you will have new <code>materials</code> and <code>materialsrc</code> directories in your <code>C:\hl1\modname</code> directory. You now need to compile your textures so that they will show up in game. What <code>xwad.exe</code> did for you is it converted all your textures to the appropriate size and save them as .[[TGA]]s and created .[[VMT]] files for those textures.
 
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Now, let's run these textures through <code>vtex.exe</code>. First go to your <code>\counter-strike source\cstrike\materials</code> directory and create a new directory with your old wad's name. For this tutorial it would be <code>cstrike</code>.
 
Then, go to your <code>\sourcesdk\bin</code> directory and find <code>vtex.exe</code>. Create a shortcut like before and put it in your <code>C:\hl1\modname</code> directory. After the <code>C:\Program Files\Steam\SteamApps\<username>\sourcesdk\bin\vtex.exe</code> you are going to add this <code>C:\hl1\yourmod\materialsrc\<wadname>\*.tga</code> (for this tutorial it will be <code>C:\hl1\cstrike\materialsrc\cstrike\*.tga</code>).
 
This should create the .vtf's and place the compiled versions in <code>\counter-strike source\cstrike\materials\cstrike</code>. When the process finishes, copy all the other files located in <code>C:\hl1\cstrike\materials\cstrike</code> to your <code>\counter-strike source\cstrike\materials\cstrike</code> directory.
 
Your custom textures will now load up in the [[Hammer]] and in game.
 
 
==Applying converted textures to old maps==
 
Now, open up Hammer to the mod you installed the textures under.
 
Open the old .[[map (file format)|MAP]] or the .[[VMF]] (if you already converted the brushes). Navigate to <code>File</code> -> <code>Convert WAD to VMT...</code>.
 
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{{note|For advanced users, after the WAD file has been ran through <code>xwad.exe</code> you can modify the .vmt files (in the <code>materials</code> directory) so you can apply bump maps and or reflections.}}
 
 
==See also==
* [[Material Creation]]
* [[Xwad]]
 
[[Category:Material System]]
[[Category:Tutorials]]

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