VMT

A material is what the Source engine uses to define which textures (.vtf) and shaders (function which defines how materials are rendered to the screen) are used on a surface (models, world surfaces, sprites, etc). This information is stored in a Valve Material (.vmt) file.

For a quick overlook on the entire process of creating a material from scratch, see Material Creation.

For a more lengthy tutorial on this process, see Creating a Material.

See also

• Shader Types and Parameters
• Half-Life 2 Shader Fallbacks
• Normal Maps
• Reflective Materials
• Parallax mapping
• Third Party Tools