.vtx not .vtf

[MONDO COOL]

I am currently tring to open a model in blender and to do that I need to convert the .vtf files to .png in gimp. But all my files that sgound be .vtf are .vtx any ideas?

[TruBlu0014]

Huh?

This is really confusing. If you are trying to open a model in Blender, why are you worried about the VTFs? If you have no VTF files, then you don't have a texture for the model.

[MONDO COOL]

Originally posted by TruBlu0014 misses SFM:

Huh?

This is really confusing. If you are trying to open a model in Blender, why are you worried about the VTFs? If you have no VTF files, then you don't have a texture for the model.

Sorry I am pretty new to this so I will try to explain a bit better. I am currently following this tutorial https://youtu.be/lx4AU5pRfRU?t=7m19s and I have the same files but his are .vtf files while mine are .vtx files.

[TruBlu0014]

Have you installed the VTF plugin for GIMP?

[EmperorFaiz.wav]

Ignore the vtx. Go look at the materials folder for the vtf files.

[MONDO COOL]

Originally posted by TruBlu0014 misses SFM:

Have you installed the VTF plugin for GIMP?

Yeah. This might(?) help explain my problem. For some reason all my files are .vtx https://gyazo.com/17a566452f8ffe556f09f060cc5adfa2 where as the same files for other people ate .vtf

[Marco Skoll]

VTF (Valve Texture Format) files are a texture or "image" format, stored within the /materials directory (usually with VMT - Valve Material Type - files).

VTX (VerTeX) files store information about the model's surface, stored in the /models folder (along with VVD - Valve Vertex Data - and MDL - MoDeL - files).

Basically, as EmperorFaiz says, you're looking in the wrong place.

[MONDO COOL]

Originally posted by EmperorFaiz.vmt:

Ignore the vtx. Go look at the materials folder for the vtf files.

Thanks! I found the vtf files for the valve models now. but it seems like all the models I have downoaded from the workshop are in .vtx https://gyazo.com/7d4577c9dec3baaf1a884ea2a21d786e

[MONDO COOL]

Originally posted by Marco Skoll:

VTF (Valve Texture Format) files are a texture or "image" format, stored within the /materials directory (usually with VMT - Valve Material Type - files).

VTX (VerTeX) files store information about the model's surface, stored in the /models folder (along with VVD - Valve Vertex Data - and MDL - MoDeL - files).

Basically, as EmperorFaiz says, you're looking in the wrong place.

Yup, I found them. I was just looking in the wrong place. Thank you all for the hlp!

[TruBlu0014]

You're welcome.

[Pte Jack]

If you have downloaded a Valve model, you will have a .mdl, a .vvd, and a dx90.vtx file, some will have a .DX80.vtx a sw.dtx and a .phy file (these are gameplay models and work in a pre dx9 environment.) These all will be found either directly under a Mod's models folder or inside other folders under the Mod's models folder.

Valve materials and textures are .vmt (Valve Material Text files) and .vtf (Valve Material Texture files.) The texture files have to be converted to an image format supported by Blender (png, tga, dds, jpg, etc) in order to paint your model with a them in Blender. Valve materials are found under the Materials folder in a mod folder.