missing VGUI material for gamemode HUD

[r0cky]

local hud = surface.GetTextureID( "VGUI/Hud" )
surface.SetDrawColor( 255, 255, 255, 255 ) 
surface.SetTexture( hud )
surface.DrawTexturedRect( 40, ScrH() -552, 512, 512 ) 

can anyone tell me why its not finding my texture in the engine it shows pink and black checkered
the vtf is 512x512 and is DXT5 format
the texture is located here "garrysmod\gamemodes\<my gamemode>\content\materials\VGUI\"
my vmt file looks like this and is in the same folder

"unlitgeneric"
{
    "$basetexture" "Hud"
    "$vertexalpha"    "1"
    "$vertexcolor"     "1"
    "$nolod"        "1"
    "$translucent"    "1"
    "$ignorez"        "1"
}

[disseminate]

You're sure that the texture is Hud.vtf? Try capitalizing unlitgeneric in the vmt? Restart gmod if you haven't already?

[r0cky]

[QUOTE=Disseminate;21266176]You're sure that the texture is Hud.vtf? Try capitalizing unlitgeneric in the vmt? Restart gmod if you haven't already?[/QUOTE]

Unlitgeneric is now captalized restarted gmod several times i noticed most of the other .vtf textures used on vgui are in rgba8888 format so i changed it but still no luck ..im drawing this from a HUDPaint function in shared.lua i just dont know what else to try :/

[BastinkaLive]

In the VMT the $basetexture must include the file path in the materials folder. In this case it would be:

"$basetexture" "VGUI/Hud"

Also make sure capitalization is correct.

[r0cky]

[QUOTE=BastinkaLive;21270271]In the VMT the $basetexture must include the file path in the materials folder. In this case it would be:

"$basetexture" "VGUI/Hud"

Also make sure capitalization is correct.[/QUOTE]

yeah how dumb of me not to notice that also had to change it to
local hud = Material( "VGUI/Hud" ) for it to work which i tried b4 but it failed cos of that missed file path thanks :)