The PAC3 Wiki tutorial

Creating Alpha Masks in Blender

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-03-19T20:24:49+00:00

Creating Alpha Masks in Blender Introduction Alpha is the fourth channel of an image, it acts as a mask and is usually used for transparency. In Source engine it can be used for multiple things such as transparency, colorable textures, and different kind of masks, e.g. phong mask.

Animated Textures

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-03-16T19:50:32+00:00

tutorial texture animated material Animated Textures Creating and using animated textures in PAC. Requirements VTFEdit Download [VTFEdit], open the archive and extract the x64 folder. Creating Textures Getting image files To create an animated texture file you'll need a sequence of image files, you can get them by converting existing animation files such as .GIFs or creating them yourself. There are multiple methods of acquiring those files, some of them will be listed here but you can …

Colourable Textures

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-03-19T20:24:49+00:00

tutorial texture material alpha vtf png paint.net Colourable Textures The idea behind colourable textures is pretty simple, it's just an alpha mask where visible parts (white) can be coloured and invisible parts (black) keep their original colour. Both .VTF and .PNG (up to 1K) textures support alpha masks.

Deleting PAC3 outfits

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-03-19T20:24:49+00:00

tutorial general outfit Deleting PAC3 outfits [[Delete option as seen in the editor.]] Through the PAC editor To delete an outfit: * Open the PAC editor * Click on the PAC menu in the top left corner * Hover over Save, then over the outfit that you want to delete * Click Delete Manually deleting files

Basics of PAC3 Editor

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Basics of PAC3 Editor To get familiar with the User Interface, it's good to go over each section, each subsection, and so on to understand the structure and format of each part of the menu. ---------- The PAC editor This is where most PAC work is done. The PAC editor is where parts are inserted, modified and arranged. [

Extracting game content

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-12-29T12:41:01+00:00

tutorial extracting files crowbar Extracting game content In order to edit the original game textures/models you'll need to first extract them using Crowbar. Downloading Crowbar Open the page below and scroll to the download section. Once downloaded, extract the archive into a folder.

Finding material names

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tutorial material crowbar Finding material names Requirements Before you start, download Crowbar. Open the page below and scroll to the download section. Once downloaded, extract the archive into a folder. Crowbar - Source Engine Modding Tool ---------- Using Crowbar * Open

Hiding parts of the model

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-03-19T20:24:49+00:00

Hiding parts of the model The are multiple ways of hiding parts of the model, below you will find a list of different methods as well as their pros, cons and possible uses. Basic This section covers basic methods that are easy to use but also pretty limited.

Hosting custom content online

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-06-15T14:30:36+00:00

tutorial general Hosting custom content online Custom content includes: Models, Textures, Custom Animations, Zips or any files that are not part of the base game. If you want other players to see your custom content you have to host it online. ---------- Where can I host my files?

Downloading & Installing PAC3

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-12-23T02:54:09+00:00

Downloading & Installing PAC3 Below you'll find information about different ways to download and install PAC3. Latest download links are always on the main page. Your PAC version does NOT matter when playing on multiplayer servers. While doing so your PAC will always be overridden with the version currently used on the server.

VTFEdit: Lowering texture resolution

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2023-09-29T16:41:36+00:00

tutorial vtf material texture VTFEdit: Lowering texture resolution Useful for people wanting to lower their .ZIP size for PAC. This process is quite simple as it doesn't require you to actually edit the texture, you simply convert it to .TGA then back to .VTF. VTFEdit Download

Replacing materials/textures

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2023-10-07T08:02:00+00:00

tutorial submaterial material Replacing materials/textures Using Entity/Model The Entity and Model parts let you change sub materials without any additional parts. Simply create your materials, give them a name and then paste that name into the sub material slot you want to replace. (icon_download)

Replacing weapon sounds

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-03-19T20:24:49+00:00

tutorial sound Replacing weapon sounds Soundcripts You can modify weapon sounds using Soundscripts, which the Source Engine uses and the PAC sound part allows to use them to replace sounds. Read more on Soundscripts in the Valve Developer Community: Finding Soundcripts

Sharing PAC3 outfits

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-03-19T20:24:49+00:00

tutorial general outfit Sharing PAC3 outfits Do not share your outfits with people that you do not know. First navigate to ..\Steam\steamapps\common\GarrysMod\garrysmod\data\pac3 and find the outfit that you want to share. Once you do that you have two ways of sharing it:

Simple .MDL: Converting Models

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2023-09-29T16:35:34+00:00

tutorial model obj mdl zip Simple .MDL: Converting Models This guide is mainly intended for people who want to convert their old models (usually .OBJ) to .MDL and don't really care about the additional features so it only covers simple model creation. It assumes that you're using

Using MDL files in PAC

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2023-02-10T07:57:53+00:00

tutorial model Using MDL files in PAC Introduction The Model part in PAC lets you load any Source models or models you made yourself using a ZIP archive. The models need to be valid MDL files. That includes playermodels, NPCs, ragdolls, props etc. Getting models