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    EvInReaLife is offline
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    A noob's guide to skinning

    First off dl these tools which will make skinning a whole lot easier

    GCFscape

    VTF Edit

    If you already have these, move on to the first number.

    1. Extracting:

    Ok, so first of all. after installing all these programs. open gcfscape and click file>open and browse to C:\program files\steam\steamapps and double click on counter-strike source shared.gcf it should load up the file and have a list of folders.
    in the folders, go to cstrike\materials\models\weapons

    *if you want to just edit one weapon*
    go into the v_models folder for player view (in your hand) or w_models folder for world view (on the ground) and click right click>extract on the folder for the gun you want to edit and select a place where you can access it easily.

    *if you want to edit other weapons later*
    just right click on the models folder. and extract to somewhere where you can access it easily.

    2. Converting:

    open Vtfedit and click file>open and browse to where you extracted to in the first step.
    select the vtf file you want to edit. and open it.
    it will come up with a picture of that texture
    now click file>export, and either save it in the same folder or save it somewhere else where you can access it.
    the file will now be a tga image. this means it can now be opened by photoshop.

    3. Editing.
    Just open the Tga with photoshop and edit it how you want.

    4. Converting back
    now that you have finished changing the skin how you want. open Vtfedit again. and click file>import and browse to where you have saved the Tga file, and open it. then click save as. and save it somewhere. its always easier if you save it with the name of the file you wish to use it as. Eg. W_eq_defuser

    5. Testing
    Do this step if you want a screenshot, or if you want to confirm it looks good. Copy and paste the Vtf file into
    c:\program files\steam\steamapps\******\counter strike source\cstrike\materials\models\v_models (or w_models) and then the folder of the weapon you were editing.
    make sure the file has the name used by the weapon, if you have a weapon file in there already, you can just replace it. Open css, create/find a server and the skin you have made should appear instead of the default.


    6. Finishing
    when you're done, take some good screenshots, add the vtf file to a zip/rar file, and upload it to the website. (if you want)
    If you don't want to use the skin yourself, you can just delete the vtf file that you put into the directory and it will revert back to default

    Thanks for readin ;)

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    EvInReaLife is offline
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    This should be a sticky ;)

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    I agree. Helped me out.

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    stickied ty for your contribution Ev
    >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akHsse2ijYU << To Kill the King - Birthday Sex

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    Quote Originally Posted by raven maniac View Post
    stickied ty for your contribution Ev
    Just here to help the skinners

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    Quote Originally Posted by EvInReaLife View Post
    This should be a sticky ;)
    nice read...and nice quote...lol someone else shouldve been like "this should be a sticky!" lol
    Quote Originally Posted by Modgers1 View Post
    Are you really 18? Cause that's a pretty retarded question to ask.-Modgers

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    arrrrgh im not good with computers...

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    but wait then how do people make these new aweosme looking guns on fpsbanana if they do that

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    Quote Originally Posted by mlb72197 View Post
    but wait then how do people make these new aweosme looking guns on fpsbanana if they do that
    Woah old sticky thread

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    Quote Originally Posted by mlb72197 View Post
    but wait then how do people make these new aweosme looking guns on fpsbanana if they do that
    Fail bump, The guys banned he's not going to reply and they make skins by skinning did you look at the tut? they also hack the models....

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