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This guide on how to make skins in cs go will teach you how to customize the way your guns look by using Photoshop. And your skin will be uploaded to the workshop. This is a quick tutorial covering the basic steps involved in creating custom weapon skins for CS:GO. The skins created can be submitted to the Steam Workshop for a.

How To: Import your custom skin into an offline CS:GO match to test and preview

[This is for offline modes only, do not attempt to do this on a server or you risk being banned, I give no information about how to do this on a server, and as such am not responsible for your actions]

Hello everyone! So I wanted to make this a 'how to' guide for importing custom skins into csgo. This tutorial has been covered by multiple people over a long period of time, however.. I don't feel the other tutorials were thorough enough or specific enough and sort of left some things out about the before process. 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'. Please keep in mind that this process is what worked for me, is Windows 7 specific, and that yours may vary slightly. This tutorial is also specifically for FIXED patterns meaning ones that aren't randomized on the weapon. 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. 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!

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

-[Photoshop]

-VTFedit

-[CS:GO]

-[Notepad]

-[A valve approved case skin for the weapon you want to modify [[[THAT IS MINIMAL WEAR; THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO GET A CLEAR VIEW OF THE CUSTOM PATTERN]]](https://csgostash.com/)

-[The text file that the workshop, in-game, makes you save for the custom skin you've made]

CHP.I Pre-Process

First of all you will need to create the custom skin you'll want to put in-game

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). Go ahead and save it (Ctrl+Shift+S or 'Save As'). For this tutorial I'll just say it's called 'homemadeskin'. It will save as 'homemadeskin.vtf' in the chosen directory.

After 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.

These are the things you will need to take into account:

-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

-The set name the gun is a part of, for example:

let's say I am planning on editing the R8 Revolver Bone Mask. This skin belongs to 'The Bank Collection'. You can find this information here.

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 information tells the game to apply this particular texture to this particular weapon of this particular set.(we will go into this a bit later)

After you have that information you can press the '~' key to the left of the 1 key.(you can enable or disable the console through the options menu)

After that type in 'workshop_workbench'.

First you'll want to look on the left hand side and (what I did) select 'Custom paint job' click

After this you will need to select the weapon your skin is for from the pop up menu click

Towards the bottom of the workbench screen you'll notice several sliders. You'll want to slide these all to the left What they'll look like

and you'll get this What they need to look like

You'll notice the pattern isn't quite right still so we need to tick this box on the left click

Now you're ready to save(there are some things you can adjust in this menu to save you a step but we'll go into that later)

Go ahead and 'save as', I keep mine in the default location.

-location: C:Program Files (x86)SteamsteamappscommonCounter-Strike Global Offensive

After that you're ready to start the process of getting that skin in-game

CHP. II Prep

Go ahead and close out of CS:GO and navigate to your Counter Strike Global Offensive folder

-location: C:Program Files (x86)SteamsteamappscommonCounter-Strike Global Offensive

Now what you'll want to do is make sure you backup a couple of things; first on the list is the 'items_game.txt' file

-location: C:Program Files (x86)SteamsteamappscommonCounter-Strike Global Offensivecsgoscriptsitems

YOU DO NOT NEED TO EDIT ANY PAK FILES FOR THIS TUTORIAL

Next is the txt file of the weapon the workbench saved, the reason we do this is just incase you cut and paste and edit the file or something of that nature, you can find that here if you kept it default:

-location: C:Program Files (x86)SteamsteamappscommonCounter-Strike Global Offensive

Now what you'll need to do is go back to your Counter Strike Global Offensive file, and navigate into the csgo folder.

In order for this skin to work you need to either navigate into, or create this path:

[Counter-Strike Global Offensive> csgo> materials> models> weapons> customization> paints]

After this you need to create a folder inside the 'paints' folder, for whichever skin style you're choosing to make.

so for Anodized Airbrush you would need to make a 'anodized_air' folder.

-For Anodized Multicolor 'anodized_multi' folder

-for Custom Paint Job 'custom' folder

-for Hydrographic 'hydrographic' folder

-for Spray Paint 'spray' folder

-making an 'antiqued' folder is theorized to be for 'Patina' style. as noted here.

after this you want to navigate to the 'homemadeskin.vtf' file you created earlier, copy it and paste it into the folder you just created:

[Counter Strike Global Offensive> csgo> materials> models> weapons> customization> paints>custom (or whichever skin style folder you created)]

after that you want to navigate to the items_game.txt

CHP.III items_game.txt

Once you've closed out of CS:GO and are inside the items_game.txt you will want to search for the set your weapon is a part of, so for example if I reference the previous skin I mentioned I would search for (ctrl+F) 'bank' just 'bank' because it's short sweet and to the point, plus we don't know if it's going to have some weird prefix. After this I should be confronted with something that looks close to this: click

what we are looking for are the tags to the left of the weapon we are wanting to modify so for me it would be the revolver: click

Hitachi ax m137 manual lawn. after that we just take that tag (For me it would be sp_tape) and search for it in the items_game.txt (ctrl+F). What we are looking for will be something along these lines: click

You will want to delete everything inside the brackets except for a few lines so it looks like this:

You will now open the saved workbench weapon txt: click

Go ahead and copy everything inside the '{' and '}' brackets and paste it in place of the information you just cleared inside of the items_game.txt so it looks like this: click

After this you'll notice the alignment is a little funny so you can just click to the left of every line and indent it (press TAB twice) until it looks like this: click

Now you'll want to edit a few things in the strings. Go ahead and set your values so that they look like this: click

What this does is make sure that your pattern stays right where you put it on the gun.

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You'll notice that there is a lot of path file gibberish in our strings of code. I'll go into that now

CHP.IV your vtf file

now that we have homemadeskin.vtf nicely tucked into our 'custom' folder it's time to link everything together. Take only the name of your vtf file(so instead of 'homemadeskin.vtf' it would just be 'homemadeskin') and place it at the end of the string that includes the path inside of the items_game.txt file, then delete all of the excess so you end up with this: click

After that you can save items_game.txt, close it and any other files you had open and finally go into CS:GO.

Once you've got CS:GO all loaded up, go ahead and head into your inventory. All you want to do is click on the skin (that should now be your own) and press 'Replace for both teams' this will allow you to use that weapon on both CT and Terrorists side. However.. not all skins can do this so you might have to do 'CT Replace' or 'T Replace'. After that click Play>Offline with bots>select map, and there you go. Everything should work fine if you did everything right.

Here are some frequent issues I encountered:

Black skin- [Solution: Make sure your vtf file name matches the 'pattern' name in the items_game.txt]

Skin isn't sitting correctly on the weapon- [Solution: Make sure your values are set to the same as the ones that are in the provided picture, as these values correct the alignment of your pattern/skin]

Skin just isn't working, the game refuses to accept any changes I make [Solution: Make sure you are taking a look at the correct skin. This process is not meant to replace the default skins that come standard. Also be sure you have the weapon replaced for the correct team]

(All skins/textures can be restored to default by replacing the items_game.txt file with the backup you made earlier.)

Huge thank you to the creator of this thread(as mentioned above)

The whole purpose of this tutorial was to cover specific and in-depth information the above mentioned thread didn't.

If you have any questions regarding this process, please let me or Miklast know and we will do what we can to help you. I would say ask Hollandje but he is already in the list of recommended users to contact in the stickies for this forum.

Hope you found this helpful.

In return for helping out the community we would greatly appreciate it if you went to our workshops and voted on any of the items you find appealing, thanks!

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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, the popular first-person shooter from Valve, has been in the news a lot lately — and not in a good way. Following a report this past spring about Global Offensive players essentially using the game to gamble, a scandal came to light in which a couple of well-known Counter-Strike YouTube personalities were outed as owners of a Global Offensive betting website that they promoted in their videos.

How did it come to this? How did a video game become a gateway to gambling for its players, many of whom admit to being under the legal gambling age in the U.S.?

The answer centers on 'skins' in Global Offensive, and no, the term has nothing to do with the expression of 'having skin in the game.' Let us explain.

What is a skin?

In general, a 'skin' in a video game is an alternate outfit of some kind, whether for a character or item. In the particular context of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, a skin — also known as a 'finish' — is a unique visual design for a weapon, whether it’s a firearm or a knife.

What does a skin do?

Literally nothing. Except look fabulous, that is.

A skin in Global Offensive is a purely cosmetic item, meaning that it only affects the look of a weapon, not its firepower. The P90 submachine gun, for instance, behaves exactly the same way in the game regardless of whether it comes in the Leather or Sand Spray skins.

How long have skins been in CS: GO?

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Valve introduced skins into Global Offensive with the game’s 'Arms Deal' update, which the company released in mid-August 2013. The update featured more than 100 skins split into 10 themed 'collections,' such as Assault, Office, Dust and Aztec.

What kinds of skins are there?

You might want to get comfortable, because this is going to take a while.

Global Offensive offers hundreds of skins from the realistic to the absurd. Many of them are finishes that can provide a tactical advantage — the aforementioned Aztec skins feature camouflage that would help the guns blend into a jungle environment. But there are plenty of outlandish skins, too, like Akihabara Accept, which is literally an assault rifle with an anime magazine cover imprinted on its side.

'Although we started off thinking military camouflage was really cool,' said Bronwen Grimes, a technical artist at Valve, during a talk at the 2013 Game Developers Conference, 'it turns out what our community really values are finishes that look more like paintball guns.'

Skins are available in a number of quality grades, which signify a skin’s rarity — and therefore, its value. In order from lowest to highest rarity, we have: Consumer Grade (Common), Industrial Grade (Uncommon), Mil-Spec Grade (Rare), Restricted (Mythical), Classified (Legendary), Covert (Ancient) and Gold (Exceedingly Rare).

Another differentiating factor is a skin’s exterior quality, which indicates the freshness of the weapon in question. In order from least wear and tear to most, we have: Factory New, Minimal Wear, Field-Tested, Well-Worn and Battle-Scarred.

Finally, skins are marked as Normal, StatTrak or Souvenir. A weapon with a StatTrak skin will keep track of how many kills you rack up with it, although the number will reset if you put up the skin on the Steam Market and it transfers ownership. Souvenir skins are ones that dropped during Global Offensive esports tournaments, and their description will mention the event in question. Some Souvenir items are incredibly rare, as you might expect, selling for hundreds of dollars.

How do you acquire skins?

You’ll receive skins as rewards for playing Global Offensive, whether on official or community servers, in loot drops that occur on a regular basis. You’ll also occasionally receive 'weapon cases' as loot drops or rewards for certain missions. Cases can only be opened with keys, which can be bought from the in-game store for $2.50 or acquired — via a purchase or trade — from the Steam Community Market. Another way to get skins is, of course, to buy them or trade for them on the market.

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All transactions on the market are conducted with Steam Wallet funds, and Valve takes a 15 percent cut of all Global Offensive-related purchases on the market. However, it is impossible to withdraw money from your Steam Wallet; otherwise, Steam could qualify as a banking institution, and Valve would likely be subject to all kinds of regulations that online marketplaces avoid. Valve maintains a limit of $500 on Steam Wallet funds, and a maximum sale price of $400 for any one item on the Steam Market.

That’s why a lot of Global Offensive transactions take place outside of the Steam Market. Valve’s Steam API allows for third-party services to hook up with players’ Steam accounts. That means that trades and purchases of Global Offensive skins — with no price maximums, mind you — can occur on websites like CSGOShop and OPSkins, both of which allow customers to cash out funds received from skin sales to services such as PayPal.

OK, I get all that. But where does the gambling come in?

Ah yes, there’s the rub.

Global Offensive currently has millions of active players every month, and much of that popularity is driven by the game’s presence in the esports scene.

The skins may be virtual objects, but they have a very real monetary value associated with them that is determined by the Global Offensive economy. It’s not quite a free market, since Valve influences the rarity of items such as Souvenir skins. But it’s a market nonetheless, with values fluctuating over time; the Steam Market page for each Global Offensive skin even displays a graph that tracks its median sale price over a certain period, à la the stock market.

In esports, as in the world of athletic sports, spectators enjoy betting on games. And a number of websites have sprung up around Global Offensive, taking advantage of the Steam API to allow people to gamble on esports competitions with Counter-Strike skins. Many of these sites, such as CSGO Lotto, CSGOBIG and CSGO Lounge, trade on Global Offensive’s name to attract customers.

When you place a bet with skins, they’re moved over to a bot-controlled Steam account owned by the third-party service you’re using. (This appears to be a violation of Section 4 of the Steam Subscriber Agreement.) If you win, you get your skins back — along with, of course, the skins that the losing players wagered. Then you can turn around and sell those skins, either on the Steam Market or an outside website, for a profit.

In essence, the skins serve the same function as chips at a casino.

Yikes. How widespread is this practice, though?

It appears to involve a nontrivial segment of the Global Offensive user base. If you load up CSGOBIG’s website, the first thing you see is an overlay with figures for the number of deposits in the last 24 hours (more than 60,000 as of this writing) and the total winnings over the last 24 hours (more than $1.69 million).

What’s worse, these sites require users to declare that they are at least 18 years old, but don’t verify that in any way. And a recent Bloomberg report on the Global Offensive gambling scene quoted a 16-year-old Dutch player who said he was turned on to the practice of betting on matches by a friend. In a poll of over 10,000 players in Reddit’s Global Offensive community last year, 42 percent of respondents said they were under the age of 18, while 63 percent said they were under 21.

Bloomberg cited data from the research firm Eilers & Krejcik Gaming that put the worldwide esports betting market in 2015 — that’s all games, not just Global Offensive — at $2.3 billion and more than 3 million players.

Please excuse me. I need to go check on my kid — he watches a lot of CS: GO on Twitch.

Yeah, you might want to do that.

Correction:Counter-Strike: Global Offensive has millions of monthly active players, not approximately 350,000. We've edited the article to reflect this.