do you need to pakrat hl2 textures?

T

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Nope. It's only things that aren't shipped with Hammer (custom-made models and textures) that you have to pakrat
 

YM

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All HL2 content is shipped in the shared GCF files, that means every source game has them and can (and does) use them.
 

Terr

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TF2, specifically, has access to all HL2 content under the "hl2" directory within:
  • Source 2007 Shared Materials.gcf
  • Source 2007 Shared Models.gcf
  • Source 2007 Shared Sounds.gcf
  • Source Materials.gcf
  • Source Models.gcf
  • Source Sounds.gcf
(You can view these archives with GCFscape.)
 

Freyja

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However, if the player doesn't have episode 1 or 2, they won't get its shared models/textures.
Only the HL2 textures/models are included with any source game.
 

Terr

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I could very well be wrong (I speak more from a reverse-engineering than a testing standpoint) but even if the player has Ep1 or Ep2 installed, neither have resources on the search-path for TF2 so TF2 wouldn't be able to find them and you'd get checkerboards.
 

Earl

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If it appears in the hammer texture browser by default, you don't have to pakrat it.