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(Program has died, and Vtex is the program for converting from TGA to VTF.)
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This command-line tool is for creating VTF files from TGA files, or vice versa.
This primitive command-line tool used to convert [[VTF]] files from [[TGA]] files, but seems to have stopped working somewhere around the 29th of December 2004. Older, still working versions of this program can still be downloaded (for instance from [http://halflife2.filefront.com/file/VTF2TGA_Converter_Utility;35355#Download here]).


It is inflexible and use of an alternate, third-party program is recommended (such as [[VTFTool]], [[VTFEdit]] or [http://www.mapping-area.com/hl/cours/hl2/Conveter.zip Converter]).
To use the working version (directly), place the VTF file to convert in the same directory as ''VTF2TGA.exe'', and in DOS type along the format of
 
<code>vtf2tga <VTFfiletoconvert> <resultingTGAfile></code>.
 
However, there are more flexible third-party alternatives to this program, such as [[VTFTool]], [[VTFEdit]] or [http://www.mapping-area.com/hl/cours/hl2/Conveter.zip Converter]).


[[Category:Tools]] [[Category:Material System]]
[[Category:Tools]] [[Category:Material System]]

Revision as of 11:41, 16 November 2006

This primitive command-line tool used to convert VTF files from TGA files, but seems to have stopped working somewhere around the 29th of December 2004. Older, still working versions of this program can still be downloaded (for instance from here).

To use the working version (directly), place the VTF file to convert in the same directory as VTF2TGA.exe, and in DOS type along the format of

vtf2tga <VTFfiletoconvert> <resultingTGAfile>.

However, there are more flexible third-party alternatives to this program, such as VTFTool, VTFEdit or Converter).