Whiteboards

Description of data found on whiteboards: Whiteboard Theories
Throughout the game there are numerous whiteboards with various things written on them.
Two of these whiteboards have been determined to contain cipher messages, c2a4x_labboard1 and c0a1x_labboard_am6.
The files are valve texture files (.vtf) stored in bms_textures_dir.vpk -> materials\lab for the earthbound whiteboards, and bms_textures_dir.vpk -> materials\xen\lab for the Xen whiteboards. The bms_textures_dir.vpk file is located in <Steam library folder>\steamapps\common\Black Mesa\bms and can be opened using GCFScape. The .vtf files can be easily opened and converted to standard graphic formats using VTFedit.
In the 2012 legacy mod version, the earthbound whiteboards are stored in C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\sourcemods\BMS\materials\lab.
The filenames for the earthbound whiteboards are all in the format <map number>_labboard<ID>, where the ID's are sometimes a reference to the chapter names (_am# = Anomalous Materials, _uc# = Unforeseen Consequences, or sometimes a purely numerical reference.)
The filenames for the Xen whiteboards are in the format xen_labboards_<chapter name><map number>_<NN>.

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