Talk:VTEX (Valve Texture Tool)

Double-moved to remove all caps from title. --JeffLane 13:30, 19 Jul 2005 (PDT)

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PROBLEM FIGURING OUT OUTPUT DIR FOR .... THIS IS THE WORST TOOL EVER MADE

takes like a rocket scientist, i already used it a whole bunch of times. everytime i go back to use it on something, i have to figure it out all over again. so pissed

Is this a question or a statement?—ts2do 22:28, 5 Apr 2006 (PDT)

I had the same problem just now, but it went away when I simply went into the Source SDK menu, and simply clicked on the Current Game drop-down list (after having deleted that environment value in that list described under Troubleshooting, but that alone didn't fix things). Now I just have to have to make it interpret my texture as not being bogus. This is not a working tool. --Andreasen 22:21, 21 Oct 2006 (PDT)

Have you tried any of the alternatives listed on the bottom of the VTF page? --Nem 13:04, 26 Oct 2006 (PDT)

Actually it works like a charm now, once I've gotten the hang of it. =) I guess I was just being stupid after all. --Andreasen 19:43, 27 Aug 2007 (PDT)

If you have Photoshop, just install the VTF plugin. You can edit your texture or decal or whatever, and save it directly as a VTF file without the lame targa middleman stage. soooooo much easier than that stupid vtex tool. —Unsigned comment added by Boddah (talk • contribs) Always sign your posts with four tildes (~~~~)

Good point. That should probably be put into some sort of material creation page as a note. --Daedalus 02:51, 23 Mar 2007 (PDT)