reflective texture in source

I'm trying to create some reflective glass textures for the map I'm working on and I've ran into a problem.

I copied the VMT from a texture that had the effect I'm trying to achieve though i realise the surfaceprop wouldn't suite my texture. I also used the same setting in the VTF as the texture with the desired effect.

VTF setting:

No Compression

Eight Bit Alpha

Here's the VMT:

"LightmappedGeneric"

{

"$basetexture" "cs_duke3d/test"

"%keywords" "duke"

"$surfaceprop" "concrete"

"$detail" "detail\noise_detail_01"

"$detailscale" "7.345"

"$detailblendfactor" .6

"$detailblendmode" 0

"$envmap" "env_cubemap"

"$basealphaenvmapmask" 1

"$envmapcontrast" 1

"$envmapsaturation" 1

"$envmaptint" "[ .6 .6 .6]"

"LightmappedGeneric_HDR_dx9"

{

"$envmaptint" "[.25 .25 .25]"

}

"LightmappedGeneric_DX9"

{

"$envmaptint" "[.25 .25 .25]"

}

}

The material displays normally in Hammer material browser but I get checkers when applied to a brush.

[Blocked Image: http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w57/m8nkey/test.jpg]

*edit - Should've created this in the 2d Art forum sorry

That worked Bluestrike, thanks a ton XD. I'm still getting used to working with VMTs.

Thanks for the suggestions Uragan. I still have some reading to do on env_cubemaps.

Here's some pics of 2 textures I'm working on. First one was raped from hl2 textures. The second was made from a sample I found at http://%7boption%7d

The second texture is a bit grainy and too sharp but I'm happy with how it looks in game with reflections masking the grain on the glass.

[Blocked Image: http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w57/m8nkey/window01.jpg]

[Blocked Image: http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w57/m8nkey/window02.jpg]

I'm still having problems combining texture effects. For some reason my reflective textures with alphamaps don't like my bumpmaps (though standard lightmapped generic's work fine with them).

Haven't had any luck at all with detail textures at all either. I've extracted the VTF from the GCF and put it in my WIP directory. I've also played with the syntax as I noticed the VMT's in CS use "\" not "/".

I really appreciate the support here. I've gone through the Wiki repeatedly (and still do) and every other source I could find on the subject. Here's the VMT with remarks for what's not working:

"LightmappedGeneric"

{

"$basetexture" "cs_duke3d/window01"

"%keywords" "duke"

"$surfaceprop" "glass"

"$detail" "detail\noise_detail_01" <--- Not working

"$detailscale" "4.283"

"$detailblendfactor" .8

"$detailblendmode" "0"

"$bumpmap" "cs_duke3d/window01_normal" <--- Not working

"$envmap" "env_cubemap"

"$basealphaenvmapmask" 1

"$envmaptint" "[.45 .45 .45]"

"LightmappedGeneric_HDR_dx9"

{

"$envmaptint" "[.23 .23 .23]"

}

}

hmmm, I noticed normal maps could have an alpha so thought along that path but wasn't aware of the "$normalmapalphaenvmapmask" string. The specular map already has an Alpha 'cause not all the texture is reflective. Guess I can't have that AND a bump map.

Thanks for the advice though. From what I read that's the way to go for creating reflective concrete and ground surfaces.

Redone those textures, did the second one from scratch so it doesn't look like it's been sharpened.