Customize the title

Source Essentials · Updated 14 Oct 2026 · 2 min read

Written for version 2.5.2. Some labels may have changed since.

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Open the Title editor
Set the title text
Position the title
Pick the colour
Change the font
Save the title

The title is the text on your mod's main menu. You design it in the tool, and the tool creates all the files and folders it needs.

1. Open the Title editor

Open Modding > Main Menu > Title

2. Set the title text

Source mods have a primary and a secondary title.

In the Half-Life 2 episodes, Half-Life is the primary title, and Episode One and Episode Two are the secondary titles. In Counter-Strike: Source, Counter-Strike is the title and Source is the secondary title.

Type the primary title in the Text field of the Title group, and the secondary title in the Text field of the Title 2 group.

This title only appears on the main menu. The mod's actual title, shown in the window title and in the Steam library, is the one set in gameinfo.txt.

The Text fields of the Title and Title 2 groups

3. Position the title

Set the horizontal position in the X field, from 0 to 640, and the vertical position in the Y field, from 0 to 480.

When the resolution is larger than 640x480, the position is interpolated to keep the proportion.

4. Pick the colour

Set the title colour in the Color field.

5. Change the font

Change the font family, size, weight and blur in the Font group. The font size is set for a 640x480 resolution.

The font settings apply to both titles. There is no way to give them different font settings.

When the resolution is larger than 640x480, the font size is interpolated to keep the proportion.

6. Save the title

When everything is set, click Top Menu > File > Save Title Your customized title is ready.

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