I’ve written a Windows XP/2000 shell extension to add thumbnail support for VTF files to the OS. Basically it lets you see a 96×96 thumbnail of the VTF texture when browsing a folder, using the file explorer or an open/save dialog. Its integrated into the OS itself so you don’t need Steam running and its independant of the Steam SDK.
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Mete has just released Milkshape 3D 1.7.3 and I’m proud to say I contributed to it! Apart from the usual round of bug fixes, support for HL2 has been added, namely SMD files and reading in VTF texture files without needing to convert them first.
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I’ve updated VTFTool to version 0.5b – it now supports TGA->VTF conversion, looks a little nicer and is “mod aware” so some of the paths should be figured out automatically. It’s also a little smarter and should maintain file and folder layouts when converting files between your materials and materials source folders.
I’ve also updated the 3DS Max VTF import plug-in to fix a bug where it would crash trying to load non-square textures.
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