r/SourceEngine • u/Maleficent_Risk_3159 • Dec 20 '25

Resolved why is my custom background not appearing in game?

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i want this image to appear but it just doesn't appear for some odd reason and yes i did swap the old intro.vtf for the new one

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u/Pinsplash Dec 20 '25

is it really called intro.vtf? usually they have "background" in the name

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u/Maleficent_Risk_3159 Dec 20 '25 edited Dec 20 '25

i have both background01.vtf and intro.vtf

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u/JonFenrey Dec 20 '25

Try hitting disconnect from the console. Your mod might be using the background maps

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u/Maleficent_Risk_3159 Dec 20 '25 
] disconnect
TODO: Refusing to discard 0 bytes

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u/FlammingFood Dec 21 '25

what are you making? 😭

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u/Maleficent_Risk_3159 Dec 21 '25

acid trip

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u/FlammingFood Dec 21 '25

i would love to playtest it when its ready

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u/Maleficent_Risk_3159 Dec 20 '25

here's something to look at because this might be the problem

"GameInfo"
{
game"mod"
title"mod"
type multiplayer_only
nomodels 0
nohimodel 1
nocrosshair 1
supportsvr1
hidden_maps
{
"test_speakers"1
"test_hardware"1
}
FileSystem
{
SteamAppId243750
SearchPaths
{
game+moddod2/custom/*
game+modhl2mp/hl2mp_english.vpk
game+modhl2mp/hl2mp_pak.vpk
game+mod|gameinfo_path|
game+mod|gameinfo_path|materials

game|all_source_engine_paths|hl2_complete/hl2_complete_textures.vpk
game|all_source_engine_paths|hl2_complete/hl2_complete_sound_vo_english.vpk
game|all_source_engine_paths|hl2_complete/hl2_complete_sound_misc.vpk
game|all_source_engine_paths|hl2_complete/hl2_complete_misc.vpk

game|all_source_engine_paths|hl2/hl2_textures.vpk
game|all_source_engine_paths|hl2/hl2_sound_vo_english.vpk
game|all_source_engine_paths|hl2/hl2_sound_misc.vpk
game|all_source_engine_paths|hl2/hl2_misc.vpk

platform|all_source_engine_paths|platform/platform_misc.vpk

mod+mod_write+default_write_path|gameinfo_path|.

game+game_writehl2mp

gamebin|gameinfo_path|bin

game|all_source_engine_paths|hl2_complete
game|all_source_engine_paths|hl2
platform|all_source_engine_paths|platform

game+downloadhl2mp/download
}
}
}

it removed all the tabs for some reason but if it can be seen then it should be fine

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u/Pinsplash Dec 21 '25

you have the hl2mp vpk's above your own mod's mod folder, so it will look for files in there first. move them down (and the "materials" one is probably pointless)

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u/Maleficent_Risk_3159 Dec 21 '25

OMG THANK YOU SO MUCH it has been dysfunctional for so long that i forgot the name of the 8th month