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Material parameters are arranged in groups that you can add to your material, like Reflection or Specular. Commonly used groups and shaders are just a click away.
Material parameters are arranged in groups that you can add to your material, like Reflection or Specular. Commonly used groups and shaders are just a click away.


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     VMTEditor-Texture_Preview.png|<h3>TEXTURE PREVIEW</h3><p style="text-align: left;>Every imported material is validated for missing textures, mismatching parameters, or missing brackets.</p>
     VMTEditor-Texture_Preview.png|<h3>TEXTURE PREVIEW</h3><p style="text-align: left;>Every imported material is validated for missing textures, mismatching parameters, or missing brackets.</p>
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Drag and drop your texture files into the VMT Editor window to have them automatically converted to VTF and copied to the appropriate folder.
Drag and drop your texture files into the VMT Editor window to have them automatically converted to VTF and copied to the appropriate folder.


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     VMTEditor-Blend_Tool_Texture.png|<h3>BLEND TOOL TEXTURE</h3><p style="text-align: left;>Generate a blend tool texture for your blend material. Works on both WorldVertexTransition and Lightmapped_4WayBlend.</p>
     VMTEditor-Blend_Tool_Texture.png|<h3>BLEND TOOL TEXTURE</h3><p style="text-align: left;>Generate a blend tool texture for your blend material. Works on both WorldVertexTransition and Lightmapped_4WayBlend.</p>
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<div style="text-align: center; padding-top: 9.529px; padding-bottom: 2.700px;"><span style="color: white; font-weight: bold; font-size: 132%;">AND MORE...</span></div>
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Download the '''.zip''' file from the GitHub page and extract it anywhere on your computer.
Download the '''.zip''' file from the GitHub page and extract it anywhere on your computer.


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     <p>If there are no games detected, navigate to the '''''Games > Manage Games...''''' dialog. Click on the '''Add''' button, then type in a name and browse for the game installation folder. This should be the folder that has '''[[Gameinfo.txt|gameinfo.txt]]''' in it.</p>
     <p>If there are no games detected, navigate to the '''''Games > Manage Games...''''' dialog. Click on the '''Add''' button, then type in a name and browse for the game installation folder. This should be the folder that has '''[[Gameinfo.txt|gameinfo.txt]]''' in it.</p>
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     <p>To add textures to your material you can click on the Browse button next to the appropriate text box, or you can drag and drop your textures directly into the box. You can add both VTF files or normal image files (PNG, TGA ...).</p>
     <p>To add textures to your material you can click on the Browse button next to the appropriate text box, or you can drag and drop your textures directly into the box. You can add both VTF files or normal image files (PNG, TGA ...).</p>
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Revision as of 18:11, 23 April 2021

Not to be confused with Material Editor.

VMT Editor is a free open source editor for VMT files written by Dmytro "Gira-X" Butemann and Jan "Yanzl" Gortnar.

Features

VMTEditor-Fast VMT Creation.gif
FAST VMT CREATION

Material parameters are arranged in groups that you can add to your material, like Reflection or Specular. Commonly used groups and shaders are just a click away.


  • SUPPORT FOR THE LATEST PARAMETERS Support for latest CS:GO parameters, such as layer blend and brush specular.

    SUPPORT FOR THE LATEST PARAMETERS

    Support for latest CS:GO parameters, such as layer blend and brush specular.

  • VMT VALIDATION Every imported material is validated for missing textures, mismatching parameters, or missing brackets.

    VMT VALIDATION

    Every imported material is validated for missing textures, mismatching parameters, or missing brackets.

  • TEXTURE PREVIEW Every imported material is validated for missing textures, mismatching parameters, or missing brackets.

    TEXTURE PREVIEW

    Every imported material is validated for missing textures, mismatching parameters, or missing brackets.


VMTEditor-Drag and Drop Conversion.gif
DRAG AND DROP CONVERSION

Drag and drop your texture files into the VMT Editor window to have them automatically converted to VTF and copied to the appropriate folder.


  • FAST RECONVERT VMT Editor remembers imported texture paths so you can reconvert textures to VTF with a click of a button.

    FAST RECONVERT

    VMT Editor remembers imported texture paths so you can reconvert textures to VTF with a click of a button.

  • TEMPLATES Save your VMT files as templates that contain multiple commonly used parameters.

    TEMPLATES

    Save your VMT files as templates that contain multiple commonly used parameters.

  • PROXIES Edit proxies with syntax validation and autocompletion.

    PROXIES

    Edit proxies with syntax validation and autocompletion.

  • BATCH VTF CONVERSION Convert multiple textures at the same time. Choose a custom output folder.

    BATCH VTF CONVERSION

    Convert multiple textures at the same time. Choose a custom output folder.

  • BATCH VMT CREATION Auto-create multiple VMT files based on your open material.

    BATCH VMT CREATION

    Auto-create multiple VMT files based on your open material.

  • BLEND TOOL TEXTURE Generate a blend tool texture for your blend material. Works on both WorldVertexTransition and Lightmapped_4WayBlend.

    BLEND TOOL TEXTURE

    Generate a blend tool texture for your blend material. Works on both WorldVertexTransition and Lightmapped_4WayBlend.


AND MORE...

sRGB color correction, water texture creation, editing the VMT Preview, adding custom alpha channels...

Quick Start

1. DOWNLOAD AND EXTRACT

Download the .zip file from the GitHub page and extract it anywhere on your computer.


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2. SET UP GAMES

Open VMT Editor by clicking on VMT_Editor.exe. It should automatically detect the Source games you have installed. Select a game from the game menu and you can start working.

If there are no games detected, navigate to the Games > Manage Games... dialog. Click on the Add button, then type in a name and browse for the game installation folder. This should be the folder that has gameinfo.txt in it.


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3. THE UI

The VMT Editor UI has 4 parts: toolbar on the left, main tab widget in the center, and VMT Preview and Message Log on the right.

Editing materials are divided into groups you can add from the Add... menu or by clicking on the toolbar buttons.

To add textures to your material you can click on the Browse button next to the appropriate text box, or you can drag and drop your textures directly into the box. You can add both VTF files or normal image files (PNG, TGA ...).


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4. OPTIONS

Open the Options dialog to change how VMT Editor behaves. You can specify your own texture suffixes and enable auto renaming. You can select your preferred mipmap filter. You can also add VMT Editor to .vmt files context menu and change .vmt and .vtf file icons.

Screenshots

  • VMTEditor-Screenshot01.png
  • VMTEditor-Screenshot02.png
  • VMTEditor-Screenshot03.png
  • VMTEditor-Screenshot04.png

See also

External links

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