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How to Make a GMod Background

Garry's Mod, also knows as GMod, is a sandbox physics game developed on the powerful and versatile Source game engine. GMod has no objective and no story line, but is considered to be a full game. To make your games more interesting, you can change the background of your maps. You can download custom backgrounds or you can make your own Gmod backgrounds. Backgrounds are VTF images, so you need a third-party tool to create them.

Things You'll Need

Image with a resolution of at least 2048 by 2048 pixels
Microsoft .NET Framework Version 2.0
Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 SP1

Instructions

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  Open your Web browser and navigate to the Nem's Tools website. Click on "Installer (2,112 KB)" to download the VTFEdit tool and save the executable on your hard disk drive.
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  Double-click on the "vtfedit133.exe" file you downloaded earlier to start installing the tool. Follow the instructions you see on your screen to finish the installation.
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  Double-click on the "VTFEdit" icon on your desktop or click on the "VTFEdit" icon in the "Start" menu.
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  Go to the "File" menu and select the "Import" option. Use the built-in file browser to select your image and click on the "Import" button to open it in VTFEdit.
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  Use the built-in set of tools to edit the image. This is not mandatory, so if you are satisfied with the image, there is no need to edit it.
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  Go to the "Tools" menu and select "Save as." Select "VTF" in the "File type" drop-down box and type "background01" in the "File name" text box.
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  Use the built-in file browser to navigate to the "Program Files\Steam\Steamapps\YourUsername\Garrysmod\Materials\Console" folder.
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  Click on the "Save" button to save the file to the "Console" folder. Select "Yes" when prompted to overwrite the existing background, then close the VTFEdit tool.
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  Go to the "Start" menu and click on the "Computer" icon to start the file browser.
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  Select an MP3 file, right-click on it and select "Copy" from the resulting menu.
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  Go to the "Program Files\Steam\Steamapps\YourUsername\Garrysmod\Sound\UI" folder, right-click anywhere on the blank space and select "Paste" from the resulting menu.
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  Right-click on the MP3 file and select "Rename" from the resulting menu. Type "gamestartup01" as the file name and press "Enter" to rename the file. Your MP3 file will play every time you start the GMod server or change the map.

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