Exporting Textures

[iamfrank]

How the hell do I export the TGA files from the VTF? I have tried the programs, but they don't seem the simplest to use. Anyone know an easy way, or have all the weapon textures already extracted and willing to share to help a skinner out?

Thanks

 

[Mr-Fusion]

There's a file in sourcesdk/bin called vtf2tga.exe

Copy your vtf files sourcesdk/bin, open the cmd , go to the sourcesdk/bin directory and type

vtf2tga -i nameofvtf.vtf -o nameoftga.tga

It will then convert the vtf file to tga.

 

[iamfrank]

I open it and it closes as I open it, wtf?

 

[Mr-Fusion]

Are you opening it from windows? You have to run it from the cmd

start -> run -> cmd

It takes you the old dos command line interface. To get to your directory type

cd\program files\steam\steamapps\nameofyouraccount\sourcesdk\bin

It'll take you to the right directory then following the instructions above you should be able to convert vtf files to tga.