Tool textures (Source 2)

This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title.
If an article link referred you to this title, you might want to go back and fix it to point directly to the intended page.

Tool textures are used, mostly by the tools but sometimes by the engine, to perform special tasks.

• Tool textures (GoldSrc) - Tool textures available in all GoldSrc engine games.
• Tool textures (Source) - Tool textures available in all Source engine games.
• Tool textures (Source - Third-party) - Tool textures available in third-party Source engine games.
• Tool textures (Source 2) - Tool textures available in all Source 2 engine games.

Stub

This article or section is a stub. You can help by expanding it.

This article or section needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality because:

These files were quickly thrown here from Half-Life: Alyx and Counter-Strike 2. Most info is probably identical to their Source counterparts^[confirm]

For help, see the VDC Editing Help and Wikipedia cleanup process. Also, remember to check for any notes left by the tagger at this article's talk page.

Todo: Most of these files are duplicates of ones from Source, figure out if they actually do anything

Note:Assuming they work the same, the duplicate Source textures might not need to be here, but that's someone else's job to decide

Todo: Categorize textures between ones specific to one game, and engine wide ones

Tool textures are used, mostly by the tools they're named after, but sometimes by the engine, to perform special tasks. They can be easily found in the Asset Browser using "tools" as a filter.

General

General

These tool textures have not been organized yet.

Image	Name	Visible if Mesh	Casts shadows	Block Visibility	Blocks NPC LOS	Solid to NPCs	Solid to player(s)	Solid to physics	Solid to bullets	Blocks sound (only in )	Usage / Notes
	audioblocker	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Muffles audio if mesh blocks line of sight of the audio origin. See Audio Blocker page for more info
	climb	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	No	Todo: Figure out Most likley leftover from when valve imported l4d2 into s2 internally
	fogvolume	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	No	Todo: Figure out
	postprocessingvolume	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	No	Todo: Figure out Might only be used in HLA or other Source 2 games? Not in CS2
	skyvisblocker	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	No	Todo: Figure out
	tools_cs_place	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Mesh with this texture is meant to be tied to the env_cs_place entity to create Location name callouts. (only in )
	tools_func_occluder	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	No	Todo: Figure out
	tools_postprocess_volume	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	No	Mesh with this texture is meant to be tied to the post_processing_volume entity.
	tools_spawn_volume	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	No	Todo: Figure out
	toolsblack	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	No	Todo: Figure out
	toolsblock_los	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	No	Todo: Figure out
	toolsblockbomb	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	No	Todo: Figure out
	toolsblockbullets	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	No	Todo: Figure out
	toolsblocklight	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Blocklight, does not add to VIS
	toolsblocksound	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Same as AudioBlocker but with slightly different tool textures paramaters
	toolsclip	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	No	Todo: Figure out
	toolscontrolclip	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	No	Todo: Figure out
	toolsfog	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	No	Todo: Figure out
	toolsgrenadeclip	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	No	Todo: Figure out
	toolsgrey	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	No	Todo: Figure out
	toolsignorenpc	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	No	Todo: Figure out
	toolsinvisible	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	No	Todo: Figure out
	toolsinvisibleladder	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	No	Todo: Figure out
	toolslightmapres	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Placed near playable bounds of a map, helps the Lightmap generator in VRAD3 to calculate which meshes to prioritize and which ones to bias down
	toolslightvolumeboundary	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	No	Todo: Figure out
	toolsmarkupvolumeai	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	No	Todo: Figure out
	toolsnavattribute	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	No	Todo: Figure out
	toolsnavclip	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	No	Todo: Figure out
	toolsnodraw	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	No	Todo: Figure out
	toolsnodraw_grate	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	No	Todo: Figure out
	toolsnodraw_metal	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	No	Todo: Figure out
	toolsnodraw_plastic	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	No	Todo: Figure out
	toolsnodraw_wood	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	No	Todo: Figure out
	toolscnpcclip	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	No	Todo: Figure out
	toolsoccluder	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	No	Todo: Figure out Presumably the same as tools_func_occluder, just from a different game[confirm]
	toolsotherclip	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	No	Todo: Figure out
	toolsplayerclip	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	No	Todo: Figure out
	toolsprecipitation	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	No	Todo: Figure out
	toolsskip	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	No	Todo: Figure out
	toolsskybox	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	No	Todo: Figure out
	toolssolidblocklight	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	the same as Blocklight , but creates VIS
	toolsteleportclip	No	No	N/A	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Half solid to players. Blocks player movement in VR (teleport or smooth locomotion), but not their hands. Confirm:Does not appear to function in SteamVR Home. (also in )[Why?]
	toolstrigger	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	No	Todo: Figure out
	visblocker	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	Todo: Figure out
	wrongway	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	No	Todo: Figure out
	wrongway_timer	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	No	Todo: Figure out