(OLD) Left 4 Dead 2: How to Make a Custom Flashlight Addon

Updated Custom Flashlight Addon Tutorial (2023): https://youtu.be/NDKnMVDMVK4

my last Left 4 Dead 2 tutorial...for now

addoninfo file template: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1qeI2u86Tfj9tKsSr1PtIlmzqmL65ueyL

link to download VTFEdit: https://web.archive.org/web/20191003092226/http://www.nemesis.thewavelength.net/index.php?c=178#p178 (

Link to download GCFScape (for opening .vpk files) (Archived): https://web.archive.org/web/20191003064603/http://www.nemesis.thewavelength.net/index.php?p=26
Alternate GCFScape download link: https://gamebanana.com/tools/download/26

0:00 Setting Up Custom Image
2:37 Setting Up Custom Image (Additional Step)
3:15 Replacing the Base Flashlight Texture
4:31 vpk.exe Location and Info
5:28 Packaging and Moving Addon File for Use
6:58 Half Life 3 Joke
7:06 Addon Confliction Tip
7:36 Loading Map w/ Console Commands/Testing Flashlight In-Game
11:03 Downloading Required Tools to Upload Addon/Uploading Addon
16:49 What addoninfo.txt is, How it Works, Placement in Addon Folder
20:18 Showing Effect of addoninfo.txt In-Game