OK, so you have your custom textures and Models placed in your map, and you can see them fine ingame, but once you send your map file to a freind, he doesn’t see your masterpieces am I right? If so, then this tutorial is for you. In this tutorial, I will be teaching you how to embed your custom content into the .bsp file. It’s a quite simple process really. Just note that embedding all the custom content will add onto the size of your map file.
Let’s get started shall we?
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We will not be requiring Hammer for this tutorial, so you don’t need it open. We will be using a small Java Application called Pakrat. This program will allow us to pack everything into the BSP file.
First start off by going here and downloading the latest version of Pakrat.
Extract the files into a folder anywhere on your computer, it doesn’t matter where. I have my files on my Desktop.
Now, open up pakrat.jar, and you should see a browse window come up. Navigate through the folders, and find your map file within the game maps folder, not the SDK folder.
Select your map file and press Open. You should then see something like this:
The window you get lists all the textures & models which are being used within the map, so the content there will look different on your end.
Now, simply click on the Auto Button, and the program will automatically scan for any custom content. In order for this to work, you must keep your custom content within their proper directories.
Simply click Yes, and it will add the content to the BSP.
If Pakrat doesn’t find any custom content, and you’re sure that the map you have open does have custom content, you can add it Manually by clicking on the Add button and navigating to the folders where you have the files.
After the content has been added, go to File>Save BSP and just save the file. Then go test it out in game, or give it to a friend to try it out.
Thank you for reading my tutorial, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to PM me or leave a comment.
