Making Textures for World Hammer?

Hammer doesn't use .wads anymore. textures are .vtf 's, also you need a .vmt file... take a look at VTFEdit

and here's a Tutorial on making a custom texture

Also take a look at Photoshop VTF Plug-in That's what I use for my materials usually.

There's no coding involved. All the code is basically copy/paste, the part that LOOKS like code is actually just there so you can define what the kind of noises the texture makes when you shoot at it (Also, I think one defines what decal goes on it when hit?)

Basically, the .vmf is something you copy and paste and adjust based on what the properties of your texture are. So if your texture is just metal or concrete or something similar, it's REALLY easy to put in. If it's something like lava or water, that's a bit more difficult, so you'd probably have to try to get some help.

It's really not that hard =D

BrokenTripod said:

Basically, the .vmf is...

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vmt*

Gosh so many people get these mixed up, maybe the words that go with them will help.
VMT = Valve Material Type = the text file that defines how a material acts
VMF = Valve Map Format = the document Hammer uses
VTF = Valve Texture Format = the actual image data for a material