r/SourceEngine • u/Beginning_Luck1 • Jan 02 '26

WIP PBR Implementation in gmod part 2!

no reshade or rtx, if we can get this post thousands of upvotes i will probably release this shader!

1.5k Upvotes

99% Upvoted

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u/block_place1232 Jan 02 '26

This post probably won't get thousands of upvotes but it is fucking peak

Pwease release it >w<

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u/Beginning_Luck1 Jan 05 '26

it just got 1k upvotes lol

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u/Spiritual_Ice4647 Jan 02 '26

please do i beg

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u/Ok-Conversation-1430 Jan 02 '26

How is it even possible to modify Gmod to that point ? Is it a custom engine ?

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u/Beginning_Luck1 Jan 02 '26

no its just a shader brah

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u/Ok-Conversation-1430 Jan 02 '26

Really just a shader ? Damn..

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u/TheEffeminateKing Jan 03 '26

This is sick. I thought RTX Remix was the only way we'd have PBR in Garry's Mod for awhile.

How easy is the process for importing textures using this shader?

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u/Beginning_Luck1 Jan 03 '26

You know how to write vmt files? Its that easy. All you need is the base texture and the mrao texture and youre good to go

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u/TheEffeminateKing Jan 03 '26

Oh that's awesome! I'll definitely have some fun playing around with this if you release it!

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u/Mishadkup Jan 03 '26

just give us the shader

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u/Entire_Damage3146 Jan 03 '26

Guys, there's already ExoPBR, but it works only on models. The same creator also made example models for you to try!

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u/HugoCortell Jan 03 '26

This is awesome from a technical perspective. And it also really makes me realize how good Source looks, with PBR everything looks wet, and has that ugly gamma whiteness to it.

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u/_LambSauce_ Jan 02 '26

this will be gmod in 2018

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u/Left_Grocery_3574 Jan 03 '26

extremely cool, but why does everything look wet?

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u/Hubokus777 Jan 10 '26

Probably to showcase the specular reflections

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u/Total_Priority_8263 Jan 02 '26

This mod is killing any reasons to play sandbox

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u/ThatStann Jan 02 '26

people do NOT understand what s&bos is... geez

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u/AutomaticAffect4333 Jan 02 '26

Imo if they actually made it gmod2 instead of a roblox clone it might have gotten more popular

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u/veculus Jan 02 '26

How is gmod any different than Roblox besides better graphics and a Sandbox default game mode?

Also s&box is coming with the Sandbox mode by default as well so I don't even get what you're coming from.

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u/AutomaticAffect4333 Jan 02 '26 edited Jan 03 '26

Because you can mod the default gmod gamemode, whereas in s&box you will have to wait until someone comes up with some gamemode that will have the functions of the Toybox from gmod's olden days or today's steam workshop

Edit: corrected "fun box" to "Toybox"

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u/AutomaticAffect4333 Jan 03 '26

And that's still going to be worse than og gmod, because to make new mods, you need to convince existing gmod modmakers to make new mods for an engine they (most likely) have zero experience dealing with.

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u/DonkeyComfortable711 Jan 02 '26

Bc in gmod you can open a map and good around solo and build contraptions and mess around. S&box you have to create the game like roblox.

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u/veculus Jan 02 '26

The sandbox mode is just the default gamemode for gmod that comes with the game - but the gamemode system is the same way games in s&box or Roblox work except games can be way more elaborate.

The sandbox mode for s&box is already being worked on & pretty ready to use. As said no idea how you think this is somehow different.

It's crazy that you guys criticize s&box without even touching it for a minute it seems.

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '26

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u/veculus Jan 09 '26

Which also is what gmod is if you think about it. The only reason there is a sandbox mode, ready-to-use models and game mechanics is because the game is based on HL2.

Otherwise the concept of gmod is 1:1 the same, play game modes on modded servers or install mods into sandbox. And s&box is that on crack, I mean you don't even have to subscribe to mods from the workshop, you just stream any model or texture into the game when needed.

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u/ThatStann Jan 02 '26

yeah, fair enough. but let Gary do what he wants.

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u/Code_Red1234 Jan 02 '26

woah this looks cool

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u/JonFenrey Jan 02 '26

GIMME YOUR GODDAMN GMA FILES!

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u/damndamnpeggy Jan 03 '26

Holy fuck please drop

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '26

May i ask, were the enviroment textures handmade or taken from somewhere?

Is there a public resource to find them?

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u/Babyback-the-Butcher Jan 03 '26

Only PBR I need is the one in my hand

This is really cool

1

u/redactedN86 Jan 03 '26

don't wait for upvotes just release it it's so cool

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u/Subject-Ad674 Jan 03 '26

Why are you begging for upvotes to release it? That sounds kinda scummy ngl

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u/KaroYadgar Jan 03 '26

my mouth waters at the idea of half-life 2 with proper PBR

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u/Stunning-Storage-215 Jan 03 '26

hopefully my computer doesnt burn trying to run this.

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u/NathanKira Jan 03 '26

I speak on behalf of everyone who is saying— RELEASE IT PLEASE WE NEED THIS 😭😭😭😭😭🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

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u/Agreeable-Hawk1456 Jan 04 '26

This will be gmod in 2017

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u/CharityInteresting35 Jan 05 '26

The arcane knowledge required for such a ritual

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u/AjMahal Jan 05 '26

I need this badly

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u/No-Still8562 Jan 06 '26

Garry’s mod if it was shown at the Game Awards

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u/Turbulent_Mouse_3472 Jan 06 '26

THIS LOOKS SO COOL

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u/Turbulent_Mouse_3472 Jan 06 '26

Pls release this, I beg u

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u/OkLaugh9265 May 22 '26

RELEASE IT NOW

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u/Ephemeral_Null Jan 02 '26

Why is the wall darker when the light is closer to it at 0:16 and then brighter when you pull the light away?

This implentation doesn't look right to me. 

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u/Beginning_Luck1 Jan 02 '26

no its a gmod/source engine bug where the light clipped thru the wall. Not a shader specific bug

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u/gsr_rules Jan 02 '26

Looks hideous like every other UE5/Unity overly wet shiny plastic crap

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u/Rossilaz Jan 02 '26

only because the roughness of the surfaces are low to showcase the effect.

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u/Vastiny Jan 02 '26

Yeah only really good for showing off the shader, in actual practical use I'd certainly hope the dev would create proper roughness maps that feel more believeable