Vortigaunt

What is Vortigaunt?

Vortigaunt is a Porting tool for Goldsource engine.

This Project Main Purpose is Convert game assets from various engines to GoldSrc format for easy porting and modding.

Features

Model Exports

• LTB to SMD (Only Windows) - Export LithTech Models to Valve SMD with Animations and Bone Watch Video
• GR2 to SMD (Only Windows) - Export Granny2 Models to Valve SMD with Animations, Bone and Texture Watch Video
  • Tested with Metin2 assets
  • More games coming soon

Textures

• DTX Viewer & Extract (Only Windows) - View and Extract LithTech Engine textures
• WAD Maker - Create and Edit Wad file. You can add JPG/DDS/PNG files to WAD file. Vortigaunt will convert to BMP. Open Image
• VTF Viewer - View and Extract Valve VTF files

Game Archive Files

• REZ File - Extract and browse LithTech REZ archives
• PAK File - Extract and browse PAK files from Counter Strike Online
• XFS File - Extract and browse XFS files from Wolfteam (it May work other Softynx games etc: Rakion) Watch Video
• GMA File - Extract and browse Garry's Mod GMA files
• VPK File - Extract and browse Valve VPK files
• UnityFS - Extract UnityFS and Unity Assets

Sprite Management

• Sprite Viewer - View, edit, and create GoldSrc sprites Watch Video
• CSO/CSN/CSOL Sprite Fix - Extract DDS-based sprites (v3) to GoldSrc format (v2)
• Create Sprite from Image - Create Sprites (v2 and v3) from different images (PNG, JPG, BMP, TGA)
• LithTech Sprite View (Only Windows) - View Lithtech Engine sprite and Extract as Goldsrc Sprite)

Other

• League of Legends Integration - Download champion models without installing the game Via Khada

  • The logic is simple. Vortigaunt will download and start displaying your chosen model from Khada, and you can quickly convert it to SMD, including textures, bones, and animations. Watch Video

• Convert MP3/OGG to WAV (16 Bit Resolution, 22050 Sampling rate and Mono Channel)

• DTX Thumbnail Extension.

  • View DTX files as thumbnails in Windows Explorer
  • View VTF Files as thumbnails in Windows Explorer

Support Languages

• English
• Turkish
• Spanish (Thanks to Maikolartzx for Spanish Support)
• Polish (Thanks to Majne for Polish Support)

Support the Project

If you find Vortigaunt useful and want to support its development:

Requires for building

Windows

Component	Details
Visual Studio 2019/2022/2026	Download - Select "Desktop development with C++"
Qt 6.8+	Qt Online Installer - Select MSVC 2019/2022 64-bit + Qt Multimedia
CMake 3.15+	Download or included with Visual Studio

Linux (Ubuntu/Debian)

sudo apt install -y \
  build-essential cmake ninja-build \
  qt6-base-dev qt6-tools-dev qt6-multimedia-dev \
  qt6-l10n-tools libgl1-mesa-dev libxkbcommon-dev

Building

Clone The Source Code: git clone https://github.com/iQuitt/Vortigaunt

Windows

cmake -B build -G "Visual Studio 17 2022" -A x64

cmake --build build --config Release

Linux

mkdir build && cd build

cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release

cmake --build . -j$(nproc)

Special Thanks To:

• Luís Leite for Counter Strike Online PAK (https://git.sr.ht/~leite/cso-pak)
• Kungfulon for Crossfire REZ (https://gist.github.com/kungfulon/dfa49323eb7a55db964f10174e57c19f)
• Luigi Auriemma for XFS logic (https://aluigi.altervista.org/bms/xenesis.bms)
• YoungFine0825 for LTB2FBX and DTX to TGA (https://github.com/YoungFine0825/LTB2FBX)
• nolith for Lithtech REZ (https://github.com/no-lith/RezExtract)