Source SDK: How to Change Model viewer’s Colour

This guide will show you how to edit ,the Valve Hammer Editor Model viewer’s colour .

Note: I will be using  Notepad++ [notepad-plus-plus.org] as my text editor

Goal: we going to change this :

to this :

• First we would go to our preferred source game directory to find sourceschemebase.res:
  steamapps/common/Half life2/platform/resource/…

  Note: this directory depends on your preferred source game , for example u will find sourceschemebase.res for TF2 in Team Fortress 2/platform/resource/…

• After you find it , open it and try to find Panel.BgColor around line 124 .
• Now you can edit it by placing the the name of your preferred colour between “. . .”
  

  Note:you can place the name or the RBGA numbers of that said colour provided in the file

• Then after you chosen your preferred colour make sure you save it , and reopen Hammer Editor or it wont work correctly .

To save you some time of trying each colour , here a list of those colours and how it looks in the Model viewer :

• White:
  
• OffWhite/DullWhite :
  
• TransParent.Black/ Black / Blank / AchievementsInactiveFG :
  
• SteamLightGreen :
  
• AchievementsLightGrey :
  
• AchievementsDarkGrey :
  

By Flumina