Game not using custom players_sheet texture

[Starkweather542]

Details

I have created an addon that replaces the texture for metrocop (metrocop_sheet.vtf and player_sheet.vtf). The NPC's texture was replaced successfully, but the player's texture was not.

If you open the player model via hlmv.exe , then the texture will be displayed.

Any addon in the workshop that changes the texture of the metrocope cannot change the texture of the player.

Steps to reproduce

1. Create custom texture
2. Create players_sheet.vtf file via VTFEdit Reloaded
3. Create folder with "\materials\models\police" directory than copy file there
4. Move folder to GarrysMod\garrysmod\addons directory

Version of the game

Protocol version 24
Network version 2025.03.26 (garrysmod)
Exe build: 13:15:14 Jul 31 2025 (9748) (4000)
GMod version 2025.08.08, branch: x86-64, multicore: 1
Windows 64bit

Beta

x86-64 beta

[Goldermor]

Everything works for me

Maybe you have a copy of the texture somewhere

[robotboy655]

Seems to work fine on my end as well. Tried all 3 betas just to be sure.

You can use whereis materials\models\police\players_sheet.vmt and whereis materials\models\police\players_sheet.vtf to find out where the game loads the texture and material from.

The only way I can reproduce an issue where is on my own local builds, where the original textures are stored in the materials/ folder, not in VPKs.

[Goldermor]

why wasn't it closed?

[robotboy655]

There is still a discrepancy where it does not in fact use the addon content for textures only on my local builds (I have no VPKs), and whereis shows the file located in addons/ while it is loaded from root materials/.

After investigating it turns out material system uses nullptr search path which acts differently from GAME which is what is used for pretty much everything else, including materials and the whereis command.

[robotboy655]

I will make textures use "GAME" just like models and materials already do, for the sake of consistency. Hopefully no issues come from this.