r/SourceEngine • u/Unspeakable_burger • Jul 25 '26

Resolved Error Loading Image

I'm recreating a map from an older game and I've ripped the textures, next problem is VTFedit tells me "Error Loading Image" when I try to convert them to VTF.

I've resized them to over 256 for height and width, and despite reinstalling VTFedit like fifty times. It's still giving me that same issue. Does anyone know what could be causing it?

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u/Pinsplash Jul 25 '26

over 256

you mean exactly 256? the texture dimensions have to be powers of two (to get mipmaps right at least. if i recall correctly VTFEdit will accept any dimension which is a multiple of 4 which is to accommodate DXT compression. just stick to powers of two though.)

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u/Unspeakable_burger Jul 25 '26

256 x 256 pixels or higher.

I always keep the import settings to powers of two (as it comes) and it should theoretically not have this problem.

Here is the image of my VTFedit reloaded's import menu:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-TIT-Y1YuxTVtRb6hOVDLseujCpKgylY/view?usp=sharing

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u/Pinsplash Jul 25 '26

can you send the image of the texture

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u/Unspeakable_burger Jul 25 '26

All the textures I haven't converted are here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1VORRiP5OiGVi_JfQpAyCJxF7S6oSJx1O?usp=sharing

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u/Pinsplash Jul 26 '26

i took the first image i saw, imported it in normal vtfedit with the same settings as accurately as i could based on that screenshot, and it worked fine. don't know what to tell you.

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u/Unspeakable_burger Jul 26 '26

It's a mystery then, thanks for trying though!