VTF Baking Small Guide

VTF baking small guide

The Valve Texture Format (VTF) is the proprietary texture format used by the Source engine. In case some of you might want to convert mdl files for Sims 4.

I firstly discovered this problem a long time ago. I was just about to snap a bake button when I saw that the texture is half-transparent in the UV editor. Model is different but the texture looked something like it:

"Why? How? The model looks fine. It has no visible transparency." It does indeed, but when you try baking VTF something strange happens. Baked texture looks like someone lowed down the brightness and half of it gone completely black. So how do we avoid baking transparency channel? Quite simply, honestly.

Save all the VTF textures you are going to bake in TARGA (TGA) format. Why not png / jpeg? Because only a TGA format preserves the transparency channel we need. Another way of doing it - use VTF Edit utility.

Open our exported TGA in Photoshop (or any other image editor that can work with channels)

Go to channels. What do we have here? An alpha channel. This is what cause our texture to darken. Simply delete it.

Now you can save edited texture in any format comfortable to work with.

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SHADOWMERE - SKYRIM CONVERSION

6 OBJECTS

SCULPTURES CATEGORY

2K TEXTURE

Objects only - no poses for them yet

FULL SIZED PREVIEW IMAGE is here

ORIGINAL is here

Originally extracted by zeushk, converted by me

I used my own screenshots as a background taken while playing skyrim LE :^)

Starring my boy Nathaniel! ❤

PREVIEW CREDITS

Beard by seleng

Hair by @antosims

Eyebrows by @s-club-tbr

Cape (slightly redacted) by @plazasims

Outfit by @plazasims , recolored by @strangestorytellersims

Skin, eyelids by @obscurus-sims

Scar by SebastianVictorian

Eyes by @goppolsme

Thanks to all cc creators! ❤

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or

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dustyratt

2 years ago

TES: Vampire Lord

fullbody outfit (body and head separately)

3 types of head

for male only

9 | 5 - 54 swatches in total

all LODs | normal map | morphs

custom thumbnails

HQ compatible

base game compatible

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim conversion

Bonus: Tribal markings

Head variations (from left to right):

Default

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SFS

(early access, public 02.18.2023 | FEB 18)

@sssvitlanz ❤

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dustyratt

3 years ago

GHOUL NOSE PRESET

SINGLE NOSE PRESET

MALE / FEMALE

ALL LODS

TEEN - ELDER

AVAILABLE FOR EVERYONE (human, mermaid, alien etc.)

CUSTOM ICON

HOW TO INSTALL:

Just simply put package file in your Sims 4 mods folder. Mods folder usually can be found in C:\Users\User\Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4\Mods (or if you have the official one, same subfolder would be in Origin / Steam folder; depends on where you bought game copy)

Remember to check out if mods are enabled in game settings.

If you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to contact me 🥰

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dustyratt

11 months ago

Happy holidays! I've been asked to show how my works look in a raw, unedited condition, so here it is. You can also read more about process here, where I talk about image-guided generation.

Is it hard to achieve? Basically, the only problem you have to deal with is how unpredictable AI reconstruct your image. Literally, the changes are drastic with each try and it can be frustrating to fail repeating the previous result.

Next one is my favourite! Really loved to hand paint details like teeth or shading. Some may find it boring, but not when you're enjoying the process. I can almost see the creature on the screen starts to breath! Before AI I could only dream of something similar.

*me posting twice a year to convince you this isn't abandoned* 👉👈 With love!

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My vacation came to an end 😭 I've been travelling for the past week Such an experience I've seen places buried in silence and talked to people of rather disturbing nature I've heard stories with a tragic ending and felt like the memories were my own A true existential horror may I say

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dustyratt

1 year ago

Warden, added in Minecraft 1.19

Me honestly trying to recall how to model from scratch 💀

Blender 2.80, no sculpting, modeling only. Used this lesson as a base, very beginner friendly, got a couple of useful tips. Definitely recommend as a practice if you tend to improve your Blender skills!

If you hear someone saying Minecraft isn't a cool game - don't believe them, nothing is cooler than Minecraft 💪

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i've just been on a wiki it shows he has vertebrae standing out of his back need to add them too then

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dustyratt

2 years ago

Male robe

fullbody

male only

teen - elder

all maps | LODs | morphs

26 swatches

polycount: 4527

HQ version available

base game compatible

boys on the preview: Percival Faust Morgan | Zenas Hindley Fridstain

Download Claws | claws poses

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SFS

(early access, public 10.26.2022)

Credits

poses: @nell-le | me

nose overlay: @nv-games

skin / details @o--b-s-c-u-r-u--s

beard @pralinesims

forehead overlay: @mooncatcherscorner

Huge thanks to all cc creators! ❤

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dustyratt

6 months ago

@honey-bags @weirdwoodtree @eggityeggs

Hello and good day! I highly appreciate your interest in my works. For now any commissioning is closed. I cannot say if or when there will be reopening. You can still suggest cc by the way, my dms on Tumblr are always open.

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dustyratt

2 years ago