Material Creation

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Super easy Counter Strike 1.6 Guns skin creating ! Before we can begin note taht that i didnt created program ! this program isn't for skining but i founded super easy way to do it with this program ! So lets start !
Model Texturing Oldstyle Methods Model Texturing Oldstyle Methods
Creating Custom Splash Screens for Your mod in Steam Just as the title says, this tutorial will explain how to create a Splash Screen for your Mod.
Color Logos/Decals for Half-Life Color Logos/Decals for Half-Life
The Color Logo Bible The Color Logo Bible
TEXTURE REDUCTION TUTORIAL TEXTURE REDUCTION TUTORIAL
Creating a Hand Drawn Texture (part two) Creating a Hand Drawn Texture (part two)
Hands/Recoloring Hands/Recoloring
Making Textile textures for skinning Making Textile textures for skinning
Wally FAQ Wally FAQ
GoldSrc 'Chrome' Guide 'Chrome' in GoldSrc is a special texture mode that allows for a simple environment-like texture
Creating your own decals Something useful I learned over the months of mapping with VHE.
Half-Life Sprite Tutorial Half-Life Sprite Tutorial
Texturing Tutorial Thread a bunch of tutorials compiled over the years to give people a head start on texturing weapons, props and such
GoldSrc Map Texture Tutorial - Part 4 Part4 ANIMATED Textures
The easiest way to make tileable textures with PhotoShop7 or above The easiest way to make tileable textures with PhotoShop7 or above
The GoldSrc Spraylogo Tutorial 1 - Creating a Spray Our first tutorial is creating a Simple spray
How to make skys for cs 1.6 In this tutorial i will show you how to make a sky texture for cs 1.6
GoldSrc Sprite Tutorial - PART6: BEAM Sprites PART6: BEAM Sprites
Creating New Textures Using Wally Creating New Textures Using Wally
Developing Photo Textures Using PanoTools A small little tutorial on how to turn an object from a digital photo into a reasonable texture.
Making a Half-Life Decal in Photoshop Decals are as easy as drawing in black & white and saving it into the right directory.
How to use detailtextures in a professional manner Pro Detail Textures
GoldSrc Map Texture Tutorial - Part 9 DETAIL Textures
Making good WADS for distribution A few notes on what seems to "help" with making wads easy to distribute and use.
Materials.txt Change the sound of your textures!
Making textures using Wally and PhotoShop
Overview Image Overview Image
Texture dimensions vs. appearance, memory, and r_speeds Texture dimensions have a significant effect on the appearance of the texture, the memory used by textures, and in a minor way on r_speeds.
Wadfather Colour Spray Tutorials Wadfather Colour Spray Tutorials
How to use detailtextures in a professional manner If you don't know what a detail texture is, I shall explain
Creating Textures and Texture WADs for Half-Life Creating Textures and Texture WADs for Half-Life
Modifying the HUD Changing the look of your HUD in Half-Life
Creating Sprites for Half-Life Making sprites for Half-Life is an easy way to add visual appeal to any new map or add-on that you create.
Environmental Maps Environmental Maps
Converting real life photos into HL textures Making custom textures can be annoying at first, I'm here to help that process.
Half Life Sprite List A definitive list of all worthy Sprites in HL
Loading Hi-Res TGA files into Trinity One of Trinity's big features is its external texture loader
Wadfather Colour Spray Tutorials Wadfather Colour Spray Tutorials
How To Recolor Texture How To Recolor Texture
Entity system in goldsrc In this tutorial, I will show you how do entities in cs 1.6
GoldSrc Map Texture Tutorial - Part 2 PART 2 Masked Transparent textures
Creating a 24 Bit Texture From Scratch Creating a 24 Bit Texture From Scratch
Wally - Using the Bullet Hole tool Using the Bullet Hole tool
Wally - Using the Patterned Paint tool Using the Patterned Paint tool
QRAD Textures and the .RAD file QRAD Textures and the .RAD file
GoldSrc Map Texture Tutorial - Part 8 Custom Skies
Wally - WAD Merge Tool WAD Merge Tool
How to use detailtextures in a professional manner How to use detailtextures in a professional manner
Half Life Logo Creator An intoduction to logos in Halflife What are logos and how can I use them?
GoldSrc Sprite Tutorial - Introduction Introduction
Stand Still, You Sprite! (or: How to Fix Sprites' Axes) This tutorial explains how to fix sprites' axes. Normally, a sprite will aways face the player, but using this method, the sprite can be prevented from moving on some or all axes.
Making Decals Decals are images that you can 'spray-paint' on walls to...um make a statement. Making decals is extremely easy, so let's get to it.
The GoldSrc Spraylogo Tutorial 2 - Creating a Spray With Transparency Create a Simple Spray with Transparency
How to make your texture HD (Highpass increase) So, there are some people complain about my texture, I'll make it up to you by writing this tutorial
Texturing weapons - part 1 Texturing weapons - part 1
How to Create Realistic Looking Shadows The way it's done is by using decals
Camouflage/Cloth Skinning Tutorial Camouflage/Cloth Skinning Tutorial
HALF-LIFE SPRITES LIST HALF-LIFE SPRITES LIST
Half-Life Color Decals Half-Life Color Decals
dod texture list dod texture list
Making Textures and Wads Im no texture making expert, but ill give you what I believe to me the way to make textures and wads, wait keep reading!
GoldSrc Sprite Tutorial - PART1: Normal Sprites PART1: Normal Sprites
Custom Textures Learn how to incorporate your own custom textures into maps.
makels and qlumpy explination makels and qlumpy explination
How to include custom texture files (.wad files) into your finished .BSP How to include custom texture files (.wad files) into your finished .BSP
Logos/Decals for Half-Life Logos/Decals for Half-Life
Animated sprites & fixing palette issues in Photoshop How to make animated sprites in Photoshop, and how to fix the frames of your sprites so they share the same palette.
Hal-Life Wad Texture Contents List Hal-Life Wad Texture Contents List
Preserving Details (Blending Modes) AKA Blending Mode
Lights Textures Lights Textures
Adding .bmp in .wad OK, this tutorial is about how to make a .wad. I'm only showing how to import a .bmp into a .wad with Wally
SKINMAKING SKINMAKING
How to install Custom Crosshair in Day of Defeat A Fast and Easy way to install Custom Crosshair's in Day of Defeat !
Spray Tutorial Spray Tutorial
GoldSrc Sprite Tutorial - PART2: ADDITIVE Sprites PART2: ADDITIVE Sprites
GoldSrc Custom Map Texture & Sprite Tutorial This is a massive 16-part tutorial series on custom Map texture and Sprites
GoldSrc Map Texture Tutorial - Part 10 Batch Conversion
How to make a solid radar In this Tutorial I will attempt to learn you how to make a solid radar with transparent areas. It's not really hard when you understand what we're doing.
How to make a REGULAR HL logo How to make a REGULAR HL logo
Animated buttons in Half-Life This is a short guide on how to do animated buttons in Half-Life
The GoldSrc Spraylogo Tutorial 4 - Slightly higher resolution Sven Co-Op spray using wally Slightly higher resolution Sven Co-Op spray using wally
Creating and Editing WAD Files Ever wanted to know how to add your own textures into VHE? Here you can find out!
Creating Custom Menu Art for the Half-Life Launcher This tutorial will explain how to create and implement custom graphics for the Half-life menu system.
Adding startup movies to your Steam mods So you want a movie to play, right before your Steam mod loads? Did you know that you can actually do it very simply with Steam?
GoldSrc Map Texture Tutorial - Part 6 PART 6 WATER Textures
How to Add Custom Texture on a Model in CS1.6 How to Add Custom Texture on a Model in CS1.6
How To Make A Transparent Radar Hello, in this tutorial I will teach you, how to make your own transparent radar. There is a tutorial for solid radars, but it explains only the basics and it doesn't cover the transparent radars.
Create your very own menu background Create your very own menu background
Excluding and embedding custom textures with ZHLT Excluding and embedding custom textures with ZHLT
The GoldSrc Spraylogo Introduction What are spraylogos? Spraylogos are images you can place on most surfaces multiplayer games, with the exception of models.
Reskinning A Model So, you want to know how to edit your 'Half-Life 1' model and have them show um in your mod?
Wally - working with RES files working with RES files
Making ENV. Maps with Bryce 2 Making ENV. Maps with Bryce 2
Light Environment Light Environment
Half-Life Deathmatch Skin files Half-Life Deathmatch Skin files
How to fix texture missaligments A simple tutorial for fixing texture missaligments
GoldSrc Map Texture Tutorial - Part 5 PART 5 TOGGLED AND TOGGLED ANIMATED TEXTURES
https://twhl.info/wiki/page/VERC%3A_Creating_Skys_with_Terragen VERC: Creating Skys with Terragen
Mirar's sprite guide. mostly broken sprite guide
How to use Texlights How to use Texlights
Wally - Using the Decal tool Using the Decal tool
Custom Sprays - Decals How to Create a Custom Spray - Decal
Wally - Creating a custom decal texture Creating a custom decal texture
GoldSrc Sprite Tutorial - PART3: IndexAlpha Sprites PART3: IndexAlpha Sprites
Blast Marks using Painter Blast Marks using Painter
How to make a custom spray for CS 1.6 How to make a custom spray for CS 1.6
How to get perfect texture rotations in Hammer Tutorial covering how to calculate the perfect texture rotations in hammer
How To Use Environment Maps How To Use Environment Maps
Adding Custom Sprays Adding Custom Sprays
The great outdoors tips on making hl levels
Skinning by Tormentus This is a tutorial for skinning set out to be as easy as possible.
Transparent textures for Counterstrike 1.6 Maps Transparent textures for Counterstrike 1.6 Maps
GoldSrc Sprite Tutorial - PART5: Animated Sprites PART5: Animated Sprites
Detailed Textures in Half-Life Improve the look of your maps using Valve's powerful 'Detail Texture' upgrade.
How to Retexture in Photoshop for CS (CS Rn'RG) This is a HIGH DETAILED tutorial. The first one of two about texturing and rendering using Photoshop and HLMV for Counter-Strike and Half-Life.
Wadinclude in bsp Wadinclude in bsp
Creating overviews for maps his tutorial will show how to make quick and easy overviews for maps.
How to do Realistic Shine Hey, today I'm going to show you a easy to use but not well known technique using chrome that gives a realistic shine and reflection.
Creating a Hand Drawn Texture Creating a Hand Drawn Texture
How To Make Sprite For A Skin. How To Make Sprite For A Skin.
How To Make Transparent Thingy Work How To Make Transparent Thingy Work
Wally - Using the Rivet tool Using the Rivet tool
How to change the Textures on a model A simple guide on how to export the textures from models and modify them to your liking, and then importing it back into the model.
Half-Life Full Crosshair Tutorial. Half-Life Full Crosshair Tutorial.
How to make a model transparent How to make a model transparent
How to create team colored How to create team colored
The key to making good tileable textures Relic explains the techniques on how to make textures that tile seamlessly.
The see through texture. The see through texture.
GoldSrc Map Texture Tutorial - Part 3 PART3 ADDITIVE TRANSPARENT Textures
Custom Skyboxes for Goldsource Using Terragen to render and put together a custom skybox.
Creating Skies With Terragen Creating Skies With Terragen
Wally - Using the Patterned Paint tool Using the Patterned Paint tool
Making a custom crosshair in CS and HL Making a custom crosshair in CS and HL
Making (SEMI-)Transparent Textures Making (SEMI-)Transparent Textures
General Texture Tips General Texture Tips
Textured lightning. Textured lightning.
textures too dark? here the solution in this tutorial will teach you to create brilliant textures and polished like a champion
How to create overview for CS 1.6 map Steps to creation overview
Lifts, Moving Platform and Elevators. Lifts, Moving Platform and Elevators.
The glass(es) texture(s) The glass(es) texture(s)
DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS FOR DEATHMATCH MAPPING - Part 3 DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS FOR DEATHMATCH MAPPING Part 3
How to make 'Transparent Textures' the easy way. In this tutorial I hope to demonstrate an easier way of making those pesky transparent textures that have R:G:B: blue areas that disappear when used in the Half-Life 1 engine.
How to make a muzzleflash in Gimp. How to make a muzzleflash in Gimp.
GoldSrc Map Texture Tutorial - Introduction Creating Textures for GoldSrc Mapping
Texture Types Info Texture Types Info
GoldSrc Sprite Tutorial - PART4: Masked Sprites PART4: Masked Sprites
Texturing weapons - part 4 Texturing weapons - part 4
QRAD Textures and the RAD File This article explains the concept of QRAD (light emitting) Textures and their relation to the lights.rad file.
Changing weapon textures This tutorial is for BEGINNERS, yes BEGINNERS and for those who don't know how to change the extra textures between weapons if the extra texture is provided.
Texturing Techniques (PS Filters, And Features) jOeSmOe gives us a tutorial on advanced texturing using PhotoShop.
Modeling / 2D Art Frequently Asked Questions Modeling / 2D Art Frequently Asked Questions
GoldSrc Map Texture Tutorial - Part 7 SCROLLING Textures
Custom Decals This beginner's tutorial will discuss how to make your own custom decals for inclusion in your maps
Texturing weapons - part 2 Texturing weapons - part 2
Textures from Plastic Models Textures from Plastic Models
Wadfather Colour Spray Tutorials Wadfather Colour Spray Tutorials
How to re-skin model to cs 1.6 How to re-skin model to cs 1.6
Spraylogo Tutorial Tutorial 3 - Spray with Hltagconverter With Transparency Spray with Hltagconverter With Transparency
Batch image processing transparency method Batch image processing transparency method
Making a texture start to finish Making a texture start to finish
NS-type Metal Textures How to make amazing metal textures like in Natural Selection
How to make your own .wad file How to make your own .wad file
HalfLife Crosshair Tutorial. From concept to reality. HalfLife Crosshair Tutorial. From concept to reality.
Making a Territory Control Map This tutorial explains how to make a basic map where there are flags to capture
How to create transparent sprays How to create transparent sprays
Editing .mdl Skins This tutorial covers how to use the Model Viewer from the Half-Life Workshop to edit skins for .mdl files using the Recon Grunt as an example.
How to Make Transparent Textures with Wally How to Make Transparent Textures with Wally
Installing GUIs/Sprites Installing GUIs/Sprites
GoldSrc Map Texture Tutorial - Part 1 PART1 SIMPLE TEXTURES AND WAD PACKING
Info tutorial on texture types This is NOT a tutorial on how to make textures. Instead, here are all the texture types I know of, the symbols their names should start with, roughly what they do, and some of the potential problems.
Wally - Editing WAD Files Editing WAD Files
Controllable Looping. Controllable Looping.
Creating Skies With Terragen Creating Skies With Terragen
The GoldSrc Spraylogo Tutorial 5 - Creating A Fixed IndexAlpha Spray Creating A Fixed IndexAlpha Spray
Texturing weapons - part 3 Texturing weapons - part 3
Animated textures Making them, and getting them to work
Making a Half-Life Decal in Paint Shop Pro Decals are as easy as drawing in black & white and saving it into the right directory.
Brief guide about realigning textures Brief guide about realigning textures Brief guide about realigning textures

Material Creation

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