[Tutorial] Installing Skins

[rovert]

This is directly from FPSBANANA > The FPS Customization Community
FPSBANANA > Tutorials > CSS - Counter-Strike: Source > Installation > Installing CSS Skins

This is not a tutorial for installing skins on a server but for your local css game only.

If your still having issues after reading it, post.

This tutorial explains how to install skins, not just explaining which folder it goes to.

For Weapon Skins

I am going to show you how to install the Gangsta Glock which can be found here

1. First off download the skin
2. Notice the file has a ".rar" extension. Winzip does not support rar files. You must download WinRAR in order to access rar files which can be obtained here.
3. Once WinRAR is installed, open up the file.
4. Now you will see something like Screenshot A
5. Now let's review the folders.

1. materials: this contains the textures for the weapon. Without it, you will have a pink and black looking gun.

* models: skins for models
* weapons: skins for weapons
* v_models: skins for weapons in first person view
* w_models: (this may not appear all the time) Skins for the weapons in world view

2. models: this contains the model for a weapon. Without it, your skin would not work.
* weapons: folder that contains models for weapons

3. scripts: this tells where the sound of each event (reload, draw) goes.
* game_sounds_manifest.txt: Do not overwrite this if you install another skin that has this file in it.
* weapons: sound scripts for weapons

4. sounds: this contains the sounds for the weapon
* weapons: sounds for weapons
* [weapon name]: sounds for this particular weapon


NOTE: It is normal for some folders to not appear in other skins
that you download. (E.g. when you open up a different skin you see only materials and models)

6. Go to Start>Run
7. Enter C:\Program Files\Valve\Steam\SteamApps\ and click OK.
The folder above may be different for you.
8. Select the folder with your email/username
9. Select the counter-strike source folder
10. Select the cstrike folder
11. Now go back to WinRAR
12. Select all of the folders
13. Now drag and drop the folders into the cstrike folder (make sure the pointer is on the white part of the cstrike window when you release the mouse and you select yes to all)
14. Now your skin is installed! Go play counter-strike source and enjoy!



For Player Skins

1. Download a T/CT skin
2. Open with WinRAR
3. You should see some vtf files
4. Go to C:\Program Files\Valve\Steam\SteamApps\Counter-Strike Source \cstrike\materials\models\player
The folder above may be different for you.
5. Create a folder called t_phoenix and another called ct_urban
6. If the files in the rar file start with ct_urban, drag and drop all the files into the folder "ct_urban". If the files start with t_phoenix, drag and drop all the files into the folder t_phoenix.




Scopes

1. If you end up with a scope_lens.vtf when you download a scope, extract it to "...\counter-strike source\cstrike\materials\overlays\"
2. If you just have a materials folder, drag and drop the materials folder onto the background of the cstrike folder. (...\counter-strike source\cstrike\)



Technical Support
Q : My skin turned out to be pink and black checkered in the game and I know I installed it right! WTF??????
A : In most cases someone didn't submit the file right. I know in some skins (like the black m134 Vulcan mini gun ) you get pink and black textures. Fortunately, there is way to fix it!
1) Go to counter-strike source\cstrike\materials
2) Right click the folder weapons and click cut. (Control+X)
3) Now go to ...\counter-strike source\cstrike\materials\models\
4) Right click the background of this folder and click paste (Control+V) and select yes to all.
5) Now your skin is fixed
In other cases the folder that you have to move will be somewhere else. The easiest way to find out is to open the zip/rar file for the skin, and then explore into the materials folder to see what folders were placed wrong.

Q : All I see is a cstrike folder when I open up the skin file!
A : Then just drag and drop cstrike to ...\username\counter-strike source\

Tutorial by xz64
Tutorial fixed by BigDog

[Pete]

Sweet, thanks for the information rovert!

[tunico]

Hii
How are you??
I want to know who do you making at to start the counter-strike
I known but making verry times in the I don't play
and I'm in vacation (don't have nothing to make) haha
do you can help me??
please.
see you

[-=OAKLEY=-]

K so I have a skin now. Do I click and drag the whole v_model file into cstrike or do I open it up then drag that in.

[PaIn]

Thanks for the Information

[CaRnAgE!]

thats cool. i wanted to put some cool skins on my server

[ControlMonger]

gj