$detail

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The $detail VMT parameter specifies the VTF texture to use for adding detail to the material surface. It is a greyscale image usually used (in conjunction with "$detailscale") to add higher resolution detail to the $basetexture.

Basic VMT syntax

"$detail" "Path/DetailmapA" 

• where Path is the filepath relative to the game_directory/materials folder.
• where DetailmapA is the filename; ie DetailmapA.vtf.

Notice the .vtf file extension is not used in VMT texture references.

Additional parameters

$detailscale

"$detailscale" float 

Scales $detail texture where float value is the scale factor.

$detailframe

"$detailframe" 

• dx9
• Todo: something to do with the frame in Animated Textures ?

$detail_alpha_mask_base_texture

"$detail_alpha_mask_base_texture" 

• dx9
• Todo:  ... something to do with masking by the alpha channel of either $basetexture or $detail?