Where would the crosshairs in Portal be stored?

The only crosshair-related file I can find is the file called ‘hl2crosshairs.ttf’ which is a font file in the hl2/Resource/ folder as part of the Portal files installed on the computer (within the folder where Steam is installed I think)

It doesn’t have the crosshairs seen in this shot however, just the old Half Life 2 crosshairs that were used in the original previews of the game.

The real one is located at this path: .../Steam/SteamApps/content.gcf/portal/materials/sprites/hud/portal_crosshairs.vtf but I don’t know how to open it.

Damn, that’s just what I’m looking for.

You can decompile .vtf files into .tga’s using VTFEdit.

See http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Valve_Texture_Format

And how would I use the .tga’s to make a gif, or are they simmilar?

A .tga is an image file like a .gif. You can open it in any image editing program, and save it in .gif format.

Or you could always play the game, aim at a neutral white or black background, take a screenshot, and then load the screenshot into Photoshop and make the background color (black or white) transparent.

@HungryGuy True. I think I eventually found them, but I couldn’t open the texture pack. I’ll have to take another looka t it.

@XOIIO – Here’s a direct link to the VTFEdit tool.