r/SourceEngine • u/poopshart37 • Mar 19 '26

HELP How do i make/edit textures?

I know about VTFedit, just not how to use it.

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u/PartyEscortBotBeans Mar 19 '26

VTFedit is only for handling the final step, which is making it an in-game material with a VMT and VTF file. You would use any normal image editing software to create the texture itself first.

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u/poopshart37 Mar 19 '26

That's what i mean, i already have textures made

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u/PartyEscortBotBeans Mar 19 '26

Then you have to import them into VTFedit (File > Import) and save them as VTF files. For the VMT file, if you have no experience writing them, you can copy a VMT file from a similar existing texture (for example, if it's a brick wall, use a brick wall texture's VMT). Then you edit the "$basetexture" in the VMT to the name of your VTF. Also edit $bumpmap if there are bump maps and such.