.PAK to .VTF/.VMT conversion

o_yohan1973 · 07-20-2005, 04:08 PM

Yeah yeah, I know I harp on this tooooooo much but anyone found any easy ways to convert quake PAk files containing textures to something usable in HL2?
I'm so clueless when it comes to making textures!

o_stino · 07-20-2005, 05:05 PM

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Originally Posted by yohan1973

Yeah yeah, I know I harp on this tooooooo much but anyone found any easy ways to convert quake PAk files containing textures to something usable in HL2?
I'm so clueless when it comes to making textures!

suitable quake textures for hl2 > NONE

size of hl2 textures is bigger

pk3 files countains png textures, if you open them with photoshop and save them as vtf

(with the right plugin, and i don't remember where i found it, i think interlopers.net)

o_kam · 07-20-2005, 08:24 PM

You can open pk3s in WinRAR, and I think they're tgas so they're ready to vtex~

o_yohan1973 · 07-20-2005, 09:58 PM

Uhhhhh, HL2 textures are exactly the same size as decent Q3 textures. Most of the good Q3 textures are infact tiff or jpeg files not png files. You must be thinking Q1 or Q2. I'm probably out of luck ether way it goes though.....I surrender!

Winrar......they open in winzip too, I used to use wizip to make my pak files then just change the extention. It was a simple process back in those days. lol

o_dr zauis · 07-21-2005, 05:57 AM

oooooooo tiff and jpegs, nice and un-optimized! they must run great. Oh wait...

o_stino · 07-21-2005, 06:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by yohan1973

Uhhhhh, HL2 textures are exactly the same size as decent Q3 textures. Most of the good Q3 textures are infact tiff or jpeg files not png files. You must be thinking Q1 or Q2. I'm probably out of luck ether way it goes though.....I surrender!

Winrar......they open in winzip too, I used to use wizip to make my pak files then just change the extention. It was a simple process back in those days. lol

Q1 > hl1

> WAD

Q3 > SOF2 > PK3 > PNG

i've checked it

and yes you can open pk3 with winzip/winrar

o_kam · 07-21-2005, 11:14 AM

Umm no I just checked pak0.pk3 and there's only tgas and jpegs in the textures directory. png is a compressed format, it'd be slower to load up tbh.

o_stino · 07-21-2005, 12:01 PM

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Originally Posted by kaMIKazE

Umm no I just checked pak0.pk3 and there's only tgas and jpegs in the textures directory. png is a compressed format, it'd be slower to load up tbh.

i don't have q3, i have only some q3mods like rtcwet and sof2

i've redone the whole gui of sof2

so i know wich files i've openend

but anyway, photoshop can open all those formats, and it has a batch function

so you can easily convert them with photoshop and vtf plugin

o_yohan1973 · 07-21-2005, 04:50 PM

[quote="stino"]

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Originally Posted by kaMIKazE

but anyway, photoshop can open all those formats, and it has a batch function

so you can easily convert them with photoshop and vtf plugin

You do your own HL2 textures right? Where's the best place for me to gain a better understanding of this new HL2 texture thing? I've got to go ahead and do this. If I waite on the dev team to release their set...I'll loose interest. I know they have bigger fish to fry but my A.D.D. is kicking in. lol

**mervaka** · 07-21-2005, 05:00 PM

i modify existing hl2 ones

o_kam · 07-21-2005, 10:23 PM

Read the Source SDK documentation on vtex etc.

07-20-2005, 04:08 PM	#1
o_yohan1973 Join Date: May 2005 Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	.PAK to .VTF/.VMT conversion Yeah yeah, I know I harp on this tooooooo much but anyone found any easy ways to convert quake PAk files containing textures to something usable in HL2? I'm so clueless when it comes to making textures!

07-20-2005, 08:24 PM	#3
o_kam Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Melbourne Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	You can open pk3s in WinRAR, and I think they're tgas so they're ready to vtex~

07-20-2005, 09:58 PM	#4
o_yohan1973 Join Date: May 2005 Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Uhhhhh, HL2 textures are exactly the same size as decent Q3 textures. Most of the good Q3 textures are infact tiff or jpeg files not png files. You must be thinking Q1 or Q2. I'm probably out of luck ether way it goes though.....I surrender! Winrar......they open in winzip too, I used to use wizip to make my pak files then just change the extention. It was a simple process back in those days. lol

07-21-2005, 05:57 AM	#5
o_dr zauis Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Philadelphia, PA Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	oooooooo tiff and jpegs, nice and un-optimized! they must run great. Oh wait...

07-21-2005, 11:14 AM	#7
o_kam Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Melbourne Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Umm no I just checked pak0.pk3 and there's only tgas and jpegs in the textures directory. png is a compressed format, it'd be slower to load up tbh.

07-21-2005, 05:00 PM	#10
mervaka A Very Sound Guy! Fortress Forever Staff Join Date: May 2005 Location: UK Posts Rated Helpful 15 Times	i modify existing hl2 ones

07-21-2005, 10:23 PM	#11
o_kam Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Melbourne Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Read the Source SDK documentation on vtex etc.

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