The reason the set name is important is because it is the value in which we determine what the 'actual' name of the weapon we're looking for is inside of the 'items_game.txt'. This skin belongs to 'The Bank Collection'. Let's say I am planning on editing the R8 Revolver | Bone Mask. The set name the gun is a part of, for example: Before anything, again, this weapon skin needs to be minimal wear, that information can be found here when hovering over the skin in your inventory These are the things you will need to take into account: It will save as 'homemadeskin.vtf' in the chosen directory.Īfter that you will need to open CS:GO, once it's loaded you will need to head to your inventory and write some stuff down. For this tutorial I'll just say it's called 'homemadeskin'. Go ahead and save it (Ctrl+Shift+S or 'Save As'). Then you will need to save it as a targa and go into VTFedit and import it (CTRL+i, then select the targa file you made). Processįirst of all you will need to create the custom skin you'll want to put in-game Let's jump into it: (To make things easier on yourself, I suggest Right-Clicking linked text and opening in a new tab) Tools you will need If you are serious about making skins it's not a huge sacrifice to spend (literally) a few cents to purchase an in-game skin! Also keep in mind that not all weapons can be used by both terrorists and counter-terrorists, and that there is a way to replace default skin textures but that will not be covered in this tutorial.

This tutorial is also specifically for FIXED patterns meaning ones that aren't randomized on the weapon. Please keep in mind that this process is what worked for me, is Windows 7 specific, and that yours may vary slightly.

So before I begin I just want to say that this how-to guide is in cooperation with 'miklast', and a special thank you to 'Hollandje'. I don't feel the other tutorials were thorough enough or specific enough and sort of left some things out about the before process. This tutorial has been covered by multiple people over a long period of time, however. Hello everyone! So I wanted to make this a 'how to' guide for importing custom skins into csgo.

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