VIDE

The Valve Integrated Development Environment (commonly referred to by its acronym VIDE) is a third party freeware software distribution used by Source developers.

The Valve Integrated Development Environment (commonly referred to by its acronym VIDE) is a third party freeware software distribution used by Source developers. It is commonly used by mapmakers to pack custom content (textures, models, soundscapes) into their levels.

Any and all custom content must be packed into the level with VIDE; otherwise, external users of your map will see missing content textures in place of the custom textures only you see on your end.

Features

• Hammer Splitter Editor

• Package Viewer (equivalent to GCFScape)

• Particle Editor

• VBSP Editor

• VMT Editor

• Mass VMT Editor

• VTF Editor (equivalent to VTFEdit)

• Mass VTF Editor

• BSP Info

• Entity Lump Editor (equivalent to Entspy)

• Pakfile Lump Editor (equivalent to Pakrat)

Change Log

Version 0.45b -- February 27, 2013 Pakfile Lump Editor Fixed: Incorrect gib model paths Fixed: Certain version 21 BSPs saved with an incorrect version identifier Fixed: Incomplete scan of pre-packed content Changed: Scanning of packed materials is now enabled by default Package Viewer Added: Basic VPK version 2 support

Version 0.45a -- December 25, 2012 VIDE Added: VTF Editor Added: Mass VTF Editor Fixed: File dialogs now remember last directory Added: Single instance limitation Added: Open file by argument VBSP Editor Fixed: Infinite loop when setting texture dimension Fixed: Texture dimension default read from invalid prop on load Fixed: Incorrect renaming of all tree items Fixed: Swaped items are now saved in the correct order Package Viewer Fixed: Error when reading data from single digit VPK archive segments

Version 0.38a -- January 9, 2012 VIDE Added: Package Viewer Entity Lump Editor Fixed: Lump written to Output window instead of BSP or LMP Fixed: Crashing when importing VMF with entity connections Fixed: Similarily named keyvalues overwriting each other Removed: Brush entities loaded/saved from/to VMF Added: Search option to invert results Added: Option to ignore importing of hidden VMF entities Hammer Splitter Editor Fixed: Distance fields now set value upon losing focus Fixed: Disabled editing of unreadable registry entries Mass VMT Editor Fixed: VTF material initialization using wrong path Pakfile Lump Editor Fixed: Rewrote nearly all GUI logic Particle Editor Fixed: Crash when context menu requested in blank space VBSP Editor Fixed: Various value fields setting the wrong value Added: Texture dimension default read from first prop on load [BSP Tools] Fixed: General inconsistancy and unreliability; rewrote BSP delegate class [VMF Tools] Changed: Rewrote VMF class [Utility Code] Fixed: Improved accuracy and handling of plaintext keyvalues

Version 0.32b -- June 23, 2010 VIDE Removed: Public use of external log file Mass VMT Editor Fixed: Undesirable behaviour with empty file list Pakfile Lump Editor Fixed: Model materials not being searched for Added: Scan options dialog Particle Editor Added: System finder Added: Map particle manifester

Version 0.32a -- June 16, 2010 VIDE Added: Particle Editor Added: Entity Lump Editor Added: VBSP Editor Added: Closure confirmation for modified windows Removed: Ability to move toolbars Removed: Ability to manually check for updates Removed: External program launchers BSP Info Added: Option to save extracted lump with lump name instead of number Added: Lump names according to BSP version Mass VMT Editor Added: Asterisk wildcard option Added: Improved progress dialog Pakfile Lump Editor Fixed: Rare crash when finishing scan for referenced content Fixed: Skybox and detail sprites not being searched for Fixed: Rare infinite loop when reading binary data as text Fixed: Editing of search path after scan Added: Ability to search for and scan particle systems VMT Editor Fixed: New window from opening if open dialog was canceled Added: Save shortcut "Ctrl + S" [BSP Tools] Added: Hard-coded lump names

Version 0.16b -- February 26, 2010 VIDE Added: Ability to check for updates Added: About information BSP Info Fixed: Window opening when the file open dialog was canceled Fixed: Crash when closing a window after opening a BSP more than once Fixed: Bug preventing a BSP from being read Added: Context menu to copy lump offset and length values from the table Added: Lump manipulation: Append, Extract, Prepend, and Replace Mass VMT Editor Added: VMT and VTF only file type selections Added: Progress dialog for lengthy operations Pakfile Lump Editor Fixed: Crash when adding files with a CRC of 9F6FB22E Removed: Unnecessary status entries Added: Scan option [VMT Tools] Fixed: Formal syntax requirement

Version 0.1a -- December 25, 2009 Initial release.

Reference:

• http://www.riintouge.com/VIDE/

• https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/VIDE

• http://www.tophattwaffle.com/downloads/vide/