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A .res file accompanies a map .bsp file and has the same name. It contains something like:
A [[RES]] file accompanies a [[BSP]] file when the map uses custom content. The [[RES|RES's]] filename is the same as the map's.  and has the same name. It contains something like:


  "Resources"  
  "Resources"  
  {  
  {  
  "materials/materialsubfolder/material name.vmt" "file"  
  "materials/materialsubfolder/material name.vmt" "file"  
  "materials/materialsubfolder/material name.vtf" "file"  
  "materials/materialsubfolder/material name.vtf" "file"  
  }
  }


'''''Note:''' You don't have to precache the bsp, txt, res, ain, or nav file. They're already precached by the game automatically.''
'''''Note:''' You don't have to precache the [[BSP]], [[Wikipedia:TXT|TXT]], [[RES]], [[AIN]], or [[NAV]] file. They're already precached by the game automatically.''


There's a couple of programs out there to help with this:
There's a couple of programs out there to help with this:


RESGen is a tool to create res (resource) files for Half-Life: http://www.thezproject.org/projects.php?pid=2
[[RESGen]] is a tool to create [[RES]] files for [[Half-Life]]: http://www.thezproject.org/projects.php?pid=2


ResMaker: http://halflife2.filefront.com/file/HalfLife_2_CS_Source_ResMaker;34374
[[ResMaker]]: http://halflife2.filefront.com/file/HalfLife_2_CS_Source_ResMaker;34374


[[category:Level design]]
[[category:Level design]]

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A RES file accompanies a BSP file when the map uses custom content. The RES's filename is the same as the map's. and has the same name. It contains something like:

"Resources" 
{ 
	"materials/materialsubfolder/material name.vmt"	"file" 
	"materials/materialsubfolder/material name.vtf"	"file" 
}

Note: You don't have to precache the BSP, TXT, RES, AIN, or NAV file. They're already precached by the game automatically.

There's a couple of programs out there to help with this:

RESGen is a tool to create RES files for Half-Life: http://www.thezproject.org/projects.php?pid=2

ResMaker: http://halflife2.filefront.com/file/HalfLife_2_CS_Source_ResMaker;34374