icon wont work (at all)

[bpgilly]

i tried everyting, change name, chane location, make the map location longer (from VGUI up to the map garrysmod), i even reinstalled the ak47 and chanceg my icon's name to the one you used in your tut but that even did not work, and i still get to see that pink checkboard, can you please help me out with this?

[phoenixf129]

resource.AddFile("materials/vgui/ttt/icon_name.vmt")

did you add the material for download?

[bpgilly]

yes i did. and i'll ad the line in the lua file of the weapons hope its works ^^ i'll let you know ^^

----EDIT----

if SERVER then
  resource.AddFile("VGUI\ttt\icon_moar_ak47.vmt")
end

and wont work ... :/
or should it be without the if server?

[Kologer0s]

Hmm I don't use

if SERVER then
  resource.AddFile("VGUI\ttt\icon_moar_ak47.vmt")
end

just go to garrysmod/gamemodes/terrortown/gamemode/resources.lua and add up that VMT. Make sure the vmt actually exist in that path and when you open it up in VTFedit its the same as like the m16 only it says the correct name...

[Charles445]

Don't you need the .vtf as well?

[Mr. Gash]

Create a file in lua/autorun/server name "Download.lua" or something.

resource.AddFile("materials/VGUI/ttt/icon_moar_ak47.vmt");
resource.AddFile("materials/VGUI/ttt/icon_moar_ak47.vtf");

I recommend making a new folder for your icons, on my server I use materials/VGUI/nnjg/<icon name>

If you run a clan or group server just make the folder the name of that, that way you won't get any others' icons from different servers since non-lua files don't re-download if they're different.

[Bad King Urgrain]

Don't you need the .vtf as well?

resource.AddFile automatically adds the .vtf if you call it on the .vmt. Similarly when you add a .mdl it will add all those other .vtx files and such.

[Charles445]

esource.AddFile automatically adds the .vtf if you call it on the .vmt. Similarly when you add a .mdl it will add all those other .vtx files and such.

That's actually really awesome.

[Kologer0s]

Yeah the .vmt has the filepath of the vtf inside it to load it up. Also it's Resource.lua not download, but it can just be any resource file for the server, just to make them download it

[bpgilly]

so what i did now is go to recources.lua and added the lines for my 2 costum weapons, but the icon will still not work. i still get to see that pink checkboard. i really don't know how to fix this ass i'm new to servers in gmod and adding icons... plz help me out here :D

but tnx anyways for all the reply's for now :D

-----EDIT-----

so the icons download now, but you always have to download them, and you still see the pink checkbox..

[Mr. Gash]

That happens if you don't have the "materials" before VGUI. Also, try using a slash (/) instead of a backslash (\)?

[bpgilly]

resource.AddFile("materials/VGUI/ttt/icon_moar_ak47.vmt")

i would not tell you it downloads if it would be wrong no ? ... :/

[Bad King Urgrain]

Could you paste the contents of your .vmt?

[bpgilly]

"UnlitGeneric"
{
"$basetexture" "VGUI/ttt/icon_myserver_ak47"
"$vertexcolor" 1
"$vertexalpha" 1
"$translucent" 1
}

[Bad King Urgrain]

It should be:

"UnlitGeneric"
{
 "$basetexture" "VGUI/ttt/icon_moar_ak47"
 "$vertexcolor" 1
 "$vertexalpha" 1
 "$translucent" 1
}

Note the different path after $basetexture. This is how the .vmt tells the game which .vtf to use.

[bpgilly]

i did it but it will still not work ... i still see that checkbox :/

[bpgilly]

any more help plz it still wont work ... :/