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#1 · February 27, 2008, 2:39 pm

Hey, I've made some custom signs for my map but I have no idea how to make them glow like the original ones:

This is the code I used in the VMT:

Code: Select all: "LightmappedGeneric" { "$basetexture" "signage/signage_overlay_hole" "$decal" 1 "$surfaceprop" "glass" "$selfillum" 1 "%keywords" "portal" }

Any help?
Thanks.

#2 · February 27, 2008, 2:45 pm

Hmmm thats pretty weird, I'm no Magic man, but does it have an alpha or is this just a normal texture?

Currently working on Darksiders 3.

#3 · February 27, 2008, 3:30 pm

Normal, I just threw a jpeg image into the VTF, and then took a VMT from a original sign and changed the names.

#4 · February 27, 2008, 4:16 pm

You might need an alpha layer. Since you probably want the whole texture to be light, an easier way is to change the shader to UnlitGeneric.

#5 · February 27, 2008, 4:54 pm

You'd do better to take an existing sign and modify it, than try to make one from scratch, so that you have the correct alpha layer settings.

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#6 · February 27, 2008, 5:08 pm

I did the UnlitGeneric thing but now its really white, So I'll do it with the alpha layer stuff, Can you Direct me to a tutorial or something like that? because I never experienced with that.
And how can I edit an existing sign?, Also, when I'm opening the new Portal VTFs I'm getting an error message, I'm running the last version of vtfedit.
Thanks.

#7 · February 27, 2008, 5:34 pm

Getting an error message usually means you're doing something wrong. How about posting the actual error you're getting. :roll:

This article looks like it should point you in the right direction to setting up what you need: http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Decals

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#8 · February 27, 2008, 6:55 pm

[img]http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/3651/vtftb4.jpg[/img]
Happens with the orange box VTFs only, I assume it's because the texture are running on a new version, But my vtfedit is the last version.

Edit - Okey I found out there is a new version, the error is fixed, Anyway msleeper thanks for the link, I'll look into that.

Custom signs not glowing