A picture shows more than words, so here is a picture of my problem.
In the Hammer view is how I want to to look like and in-game you'll nice the textures has dots, it's horrible and I'd really love to remove them :

Anyone know how can I fix that please ?

I THINK it's something in the vmt. But I don't know; I have to check. If it's in the vmt you might need to create a new vmt; which is't too much work. If it's in the vtf it's most likely a bit more work but I suspect it's in the vmt.

EDIT: Fixed typo and wrong file type VTF not vmf.

DromEd wrote:
Thanks for answers guys.
These textures never has so "prononced" dots like this, I think I made some mistake with some files or something (we never know).
So I'll ask this now : Is there a way to "reset" all the portal textures, to be sure they are like a "factory setting" ? The idea is to be sure to have all the textures and their associated files from default, to be sure they are the "true" ones.

The easiest way to do this is to your steam/steamapps folder and delete "portal content.cfg"
Then do this: (ofc click portal isntead of portal 2)

This will let you download the file again but to be honest I don't think that is the problem.

"Hello everyone. I ask my question here because i don't see any other place to ask it, and don't want to make a topic for a so small thing.

NOTE : This is for Portal 1 !

Is there a way to mirror a texture ? I did not find how if there is a way.
Why for ? For my indicator lights, when the cross turns to an "arrow", the "validate" sign, my sign is mirrored, and I need to mirror it for it look normal."

You can just rotate it can't you?

EDIT : here is a screen so you can see the actual result : http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/7656 ... 0281450652

DromEd wrote:
I can't because the sign will look upside down then. I don't need to rotate the texture, but just to mirror it. Actually, on my map, the down is in the bottom and the up is on the top, so everything is fine on this side, but the problem is that the left and right side are reversed. I need just to mirror it because a rotation will change the up and the bottom which are already in the good location.

EDIT : here is a screen so you can see the actual result : http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/7656 ... 0281450652

err, that looks strange indeed. What's the name of the texture? If you give the name I can create you a custom (mirrored) one if you like.

You can notice we don't see anywhere that orange texture name anywhere, if you talk about this one. But maybe you mean the blue one, so it's name is "signage_doorstate".

Here is my custom texture. Place them in Steam\steamapps\<<username>>\portal\portal\materials\Lp\ You should probably create the /Lp folder yourself.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/37801279/flipped_doorstate.7z

EDIT: what is the name of the texutre with the dots? might as well fix that with a custom texture as well.

I'm having another problem on my system (nothing about the lights or anything, they work well). I didn't find any info in tutorials or with the search button for that so I'll tell you here my problem :

My system is actually very simple, a button, my lights, a cube and a door.
When the player or the cube hits the button, doors open (when the button is free, door is closed) and the lights colors work well to definite "blue then door is closed, orange then door is opened". Everything works fine until the cube press the button...a sound probleam appear. It's strange because when the player is on the button, everything goes fine, the sound problem only happen when the cube is on the button. The sound problem is hard to explain, it's like if the small sound sample that tells the player the button is pressed repeats forever and never ends, also as long as the cube is on the button it forever "starts" playing a new sample. here, I'm havving then an horrible sound only when the cube is on the button, when the player is on it, everything is fine. I have no idea why i'm having that and I'd like to remove that sound problem.

I know I'm asking you a lot today and I notice it. If you don't want for now to answer then I'll understand. Anyway, I've uploaded somewhere the map file so, someone can have a look : http://www.2shared.com/file/BFxIi89b/cu ... oblem.html

Might I just add that the indicator checkbox texture doesn't need to be custom made? It's just more of a hassle that way. There are two solutions you could use here instead:

• Change the texture width scale to -0.25, effectively mirroring it.- Apply the texture not to world, but to face. It's in the bottom right of the texture palette.Hope that helps, this way you don't need to Pakrat the texture or add it in a VPK. Really, this bugged me at first, too, but after I noticed it only happens on some walls I noticed the world rotated the texture.

FourthReaper wrote:
Might I just add that the indicator checkbox texture doesn't need to be custom made? It's just more of a hassle that way. There are two solutions you could use here instead:

• Change the texture width scale to -0.25, effectively mirroring it.- Apply the texture not to world, but to face. It's in the bottom right of the texture palette.Hope that helps, this way you don't need to Pakrat the texture or add it in a VPK. Really, this bugged me at first, too, but after I noticed it only happens on some walls I noticed the world rotated the texture.

I didn't even know you could set a negative scale. Thanks for the tip!

spongylover123 wrote:
the bumpmap dots came with the portal update.
I've seen it in many portal maps, so theres no error.

I think these dots are ugly, nothing else. There isn't any way to remove them and bring back the old style textures, even if I need to create custom textures for that ?
I need someone who is expert at it, change textures and/or the bumpmaps associated with it.

Really sorry for doubleposting but I'd really like to have a solution to one other problem I posted on page 1 :

Quote:
My system is actually very simple, a button, my lights, a cube and a door.
When the player or the cube hits the button, doors open (when the button is free, door is closed) and the lights colors work well to definite "blue then door is closed, orange then door is opened". Everything works fine until the cube press the button...a sound probleam appear. It's strange because when the player is on the button, everything goes fine, the sound problem only happen when the cube is on the button. The sound problem is hard to explain, it's like if the small sound sample that tells the player the button is pressed repeats forever and never ends, also as long as the cube is on the button it forever "starts" playing a new sample. here, I'm havving then an horrible sound only when the cube is on the button, when the player is on it, everything is fine. I have no idea why i'm having that and I'd like to remove that sound problem.

I've uploaded somewhere the map file so, someone can have a look : http://www.2shared.com/file/BFxIi89b/cu ... oblem.html

DromEd wrote:
Ok thanks for informations.

spongylover123 wrote:

the bumpmap dots came with the portal update.
I've seen it in many portal maps, so theres no error.

I think these dots are ugly, nothing else. There isn't any way to remove them and bring back the old style textures, even if I need to create custom textures for that ?
I need someone who is expert at it, change textures and/or the bumpmaps associated with it.

It might be possible to edit the vmt's but I have to try (and I need the name of the texture!)