FastValveMaterial

Convert PBR materials to VMT and VTF files that imitate PBR properties in Source engine games like Garry's Mod.

Dependencies:

• pillow (PIL)
• VTFLibWrapper (https://github.com/Ganonmaster/VTFLibWrapper)

Usage:

• Download the latest release from the Releases tab
• Extract to a folder
• Change the settings in config.ini
• Run FastValveMaterial.exe

Use arguments:

• -c or --config - Config file to use
• -i or --input - Input folder to use
• -o or --output - Output folder to use
• -t or --threads - Thread count to use
• -d or --debug - Enable debug messages
• -f or --fast-export - Enable fast export (no compression)
• -e or --export - Export images
• -h or --help - Show help message

Usage from source (or linux):

• If you're using the release version, you don't need to do anything else
• On the other hand, when cloning the source, make sure to also pull and initialize VTFLibWrapper ("git submodules init" + "git submodules update")
• pip install -r requirements.txt
• You will need the following textures:
  • Diffuse/Color map
  • Normal map
  • Metalness map
  • Glossiness map (If you have a roughness map, set "Material Type" in config.ini to "rough")
  • Optional: Ambient Occlusion map (If no image is given, the script defaults to a white image as the AO map)

1. Adjust config.ini
2. Drop all texture files into your input folder
3. Run FastValveMaterial.py

CMD

git clone https://github.com/hampta/FastValveMaterial
cd FastValveMaterial
git submodules init
git submodules update
pip install -r requirements.txt
python FastValveMaterial.py

Notes and Troubleshooting:

• Make sure your images are in RGBA8888 format. While the script can understand many different color formats, if you're getting errors, check if this is the case.

Examples:

• With FVM:
• Witout FVM:

TODO

• binary (.exe) build for windows
• rewrite textures finder
• rewrite main function
• multithreading support