Hi everyone
(For Source SDK) I cant seem to get the grass sprites when I use alpha blending...
does it only work with certain alpha textures? Im trying to make a section of grass/grass sprites with a dirt path through the middle

Yep, it doesn't work with all textures.

It must be specified in the .vmt, which you can open using Wordpad. :)

Cheers

You can also change the density of the grass sprites if your FPS drop too low. The grass sprites seem to take a huge hit on FPS.

Do I need to extraxt the vmt/vtf first? or can i just open the vmt (with notepad) through gcfscape and add the line and save it?

you will need to make a new custom vmt.

SO, I made my new vmt, put it in the right directory, added the line:

"%detailtype" "grassland2"

saved it, recompiled the map and nothin...
I know the vmt is working cuz if I change other stuff it works
what am I missing?


cant seem to find a tut on it, just the one in the sdk docs

what u need is the "detail.vbsp" in the mod folder while compile
you can find it in the "day of defeat source.gcf"

grassland2 is not a valid dods detail setting. That is a HL2 grass if i'm not mistaken. Look for ones like argetan_grass_med or something like that. They're towards the bottom.

Ahhhh haaaaa!!!

I got it! I used argentan's textures and it works...

omg this has been bugging me for a while, thank you!

Is there a list of blends and grasses you can use in DoDS?

look in the detail.vbsp and scroll down