Okay, so i downloaded halflife 2 again so i can get all the texture files for importing into my Blappeture project, only after the extract i noticed a complete lack of VMT files to go with the VTF files. I really really dont want to improvise my own here without knowing what properties I am supposed to input because that will take a helluva long time to do. can someone please tell me if there is a stockpile of VMT files hidden somewhere? or something?

To extract all the textures from portal 1 and hl2 you need to use these gcfs:

hl2_textures_dir - vtfs
Hl2_misc_dir - vmts, models, and other stuff
Portal_content_dir - everything in portal 1

Pretty sure I got the names right, but I'm not on my PC to check.

okay i found the vmt files, however instead of everything showing up correctly, i now have a buttload of purple checkered missing textures in hammer. so obviously i messed up on the correct directory.

EDIT, fixed it, thanks for the help