Inserting Custom Textures Into the BSP

Hey guys,

I downloaded dm_agora recently, when i found that it had only a bsp
file, i felt that something was wrong, because from the pictures, it
had custom textures, so anyway, after running the map, i found out that
the custom texture file should be somewhere in the BSP file..in other
ways im not supposed to copy and paste the textures into materials
folder nor anything else..

If that is really possible, i would really like someone to tell me asap, i really want to know how did he do it..

-Thanks for any help :biggrin:

--Dark|Masta

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.::Dark|Masta::. - One name. One legend.

I guess he used a program to embed the textures in the final bsp file.
I think the program is called Pakrat. There are other programs as well, but i dont remember what they are called.

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Its no less possible now than it was with HL1.

The program for doing so may vary, but last time I checked it was a compile command, and using a program was not essential.

Check your compile options for details.

The old command was something like this: "-wadinclude custom.wad"

remembering that the quotes and the word "custom" would be replaced with the name of your file.

have fun and good luck.

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There is no history until something happens, then there is.

Thanks for your comments but, i dont use expert compiling so, it may be
hard for me to use these commands, if you know a link to a program, i
would appreciate that :biggrin:

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.::Dark|Masta::. - One name. One legend.

I think you already have a variant of winbspzip in the C:\Program Files\Valve\Steam\SteamApps\YOURNAME\sourcesdk\bin
folder called bspzip.exe. I haven't played around with it yet but it's supposed to embed custom content in the .bsp file.

And a tutorial:

http://www.valve-erc.com/srcsdk/Levels/bspzip.html

Yes, you can use bspzip, you can download a custom GUI version of it,
or if those don't work because they still take a v19 map (the compile
tools produce v20 after the latest update) you can use pakrat.

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Create-ivity - a game development blog

Thanks for your replies all, but, please, when you tell me about
something, can you atleast tell me the URL if you know it ?? whats the
url of pakrat captain P ??

Andrei, thanks it worked, but i prefer using pakrat, looks easier :biggrin:

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.::Dark|Masta::. - One name. One legend.

Umm, anyone knows any url leading to pakrat or something alike ??

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.::Dark|Masta::. - One name. One legend.

http://www.chaosincarnate.net/cannonfodder/cftools.php?program=winbspzip

I often assume people will Google for such tools, as it leads to them
pretty quick often, but here's a link to it:
http://www.geocities.com/cofrdrbob/pakrat.html

Have fun. :smile:

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Create-ivity - a game development blog

Yeah, i did google it, before i you guys posted it, thanks anyways :smile:

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.::Dark|Masta::. - One name. One legend.

I use winbspzip which is confusing unless you know how to work
it. It's got some disadvantages (you can't remove a texture if
you put in a typo - you'll have to start from loading the BSP again and
adding them again), but once you have a handle on it it's pretty
straightforward. One thing it took me a while to figure out is
that the texture paths in the .bsp have to start from the "half-life 2
deathmatch\hl2dm" folder, so if your texture is "half-life 2
deathmatch\hl2dm\materials\texture.vmt" the path you would enter for
the texture path in the bsp would be "materials\texture.vmt".