packing

I love Compile Pal. It makes the process of packing maps easy. What I don't know is how to configure it so it will accept my custom rad file so a certain texture can glow. I tried adding -lights customlight.rad -game $gamedir $path\$file into an extra line in the VRAD csv file for my custom...

Hello there, I'm creating a TF2 map using the citadel textures from HL2 (those pre-installed in TF2). Should I pack all texture-vpk files or do I have to extract them? Is it neccessary they should be packed?

Mann vs Machine maps are a bit of a hassle to get uploaded. You need several files included in your download for others to play them, and if any of your waves use custom icons, those need to be included as well. Luckily though, we can just pack those icons in, reducing clutter in your download...

im in small trouble because im new in packing and i will pack my map by using pakrat. how i know pakrat may corrupt the map file when it gonna be multiply rewriten or uncorrectly saved. Point: Can i pack .res file by using pakrat? And if not then how can i pack it or do so that the map should...

last time i asked how to make custom hud and someone told me how and send me this tutorial. https://tf2maps.net/threads/player-destruction-guide.25958/ but i don't know how to make work on the map so that will work only on the map and not on others. and another question. is there a different...

ive followed this tutorial on how to make other people see custom content in my map, all seems good and everything is green. i put my map in the feedback discord for testing and i open the demo and all i hear is that it was not packed. (sorry for anyone who had to deal with it) is there...

I've recently released this map: https://tf2maps.net/downloads/room.7051/ After compiling, packing it with VIDE and testing it with sv_pure 2 the audio on the map was gone (I released the map anyway) The audio is based on point_clientcommand as suggested by the community...

By that I mean how do I make them so that, when someone else loads the map, they get no missing models/textures, etc. I'm mostly making maps for SFM, and am hoping to post them without trouble to the workshop.

Hi. I'm currently having some trouble packing two custom textures into a .bsp file for distribution. I'm using VIDE to pack them, and following Tophatwaffle's guide, seemingly did so successfully. However, when I go in game to test, the textures just fail to appear. The file size increases...

I've been straying away from Custom Textures, models etc; because I have issues with packing them. I've tried CompilePal (CompilePalX too) but they don't seem to work or function properly. But now some models I've found would be super helpful in my maps but I can't add them without causing...

As the title implies, I am updating a tf2 map of mine, and I want to put custom content in it, sooo, what's the best program to pack all of the custom content in the map?

So I'm having a problem packing custom content with VIDE. I've double and triple checked in VIDE that all the custom content is packed, but when I load up the map in-game,... There's supposed to be a crane here. And this should be a wooden ramp. All of the missing assets are from the...

So, I had trouble packing a few textures, only to find copies existing inside custom and the materials in tf. Should I remove the tf one and validate game cache?

For some reason, CompilePal is not packing the skins for a few props in my map pl_kazan. The props, from the Japanese pack, are the Japanese bridge (models/props_japan/japanese_bridge01.mdl) and the Japanese resupply (models/props_japan/japanese_resupply01.mdl). Does anybody know any way to fix...

i have custom textures on my map (nothing big) but i don't know how to pack my map or how to pack at all! can someone please help!

i am using the vide to compile my map i open vide 1 pick my map 2 scan it 3 pick /tf 4 scan 5 auto 6 apply 7 save am i doing something wrong? because i take a lot of comments that says the map has errors and missing textures if i do i would be thankful if you told me you are doing that wrong or...