Missing Source Textures refer to the default checkered pink-and-black textures replacing normal textures in video games based on the Source game engine. Usually a result of Counter-Strike: Source not being installed on a computer, in 2018 the textures saw a surge in popularity as a recurring theme in various memes.
On November 1st, 2004, team FPS game Counter Strike: Source by Valve was released for PC [1]. The FPS was the first game to use Valve's new Source game engine featuring advanced physics and facial animations.
A well-recognized element of many Source games, the pink-and-black textures have been a popular trope in jokes inside the gaming community, with earliest examples dating back to at least 2015. On April 22nd, 2015, Redditor [3] C_hase posted a joke based on the trope to /r/ Minecraft subreddit (shown below, center).
Double Click the SteamCMD.exe program that you unzipped into the new folder. It should start to update. New files will appear in your folder so don't freak out if that happens.
Place in the folder that has everything else in it. Run it after everything has updated. IT WILL TAKE AWHILE.
Make a new folder, Name it "CSS - Content." Go back to the folder that you placed the SteamCMD.exe program in. Open the "css" folder. Open the "cstrike" folder. Drag the "maps" folder and all of the "cstrike_pak###.vpk" files into your newly created "CSS - Content" folder. Then finally drag your "CSS - Content" folder into either
Drag your .vpk files, one at a time, onto the vpk.exe program. They should unpack into a "cstrike_pak_dir" folder. Open that folder once your done unpacking all of your .vpk files, Only extract the folders within the "cstrike_pak_dir" folder to your "CSS - Content" folder. Delete the "cstrike_pak_dir" and your done.