Installing theme packs?

Kraken

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Probably a n00bish question, but how do I install theme packs?
 

Vel0city

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It'll install itself into tf/custom. If it doesn't do that, tell it to install in tf/custom.
 

Kraken

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Looks like it worked, thank you
 
Mar 23, 2013
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It'll install itself into tf/custom. If it doesn't do that, tell it to install in tf/custom.

Is that recommendable? I mean when you pack the map, while the custom content is located in tf/custom instead of tf/, will it still pack the content properly?
 

seth

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People who put it in custom are just doing so to keep it out of the way of the source files to hopefully stay a little more organized. .vpk's, however, must be installed in the custom folder or the root tf directory I believe. If you have VIDE, it doesn't check there by default but you can just tell it to check custom and it'll find everything.
 

Vel0city

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I've found VIDE doesn't like auto packing from the custom folder, but manually it all works fine. The path you give it inside the bsp is the important part.

You just need to tell VIDE to look in the tf/custom folder, it'll find about 95% of it. The other 5% needs to be added manually.