How to edit a weapon's skin ?

No files .vtf !

By iNick 9 months ago

I have GCFScape, VTFEdit and Photoshop (with a .vtf plugin) but when I open pak01_dir.vpk, I have some files but no files .vtf so how can I edit a weapon's skin ?

The only formats I found are : *.ani ; *.mdl ; *.vtx ; *.vvd

And this is the same for player's skins ? I am a n00b in this domain ^^

Thank you for your help guys.

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    Posted 9 months ago

    You must be in the wrong place, sounds like you're not in the materials folder; try searching for 'vtf' and follow any hit.

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    Posted 9 months ago

    I followed this thread : http://gamebanana.com/csgo/threads/184487

    And when I open the pak01dir.vpk, I find some files seems like skins files (for exemple : vknife, etc...)

    I am lost...

    EDIT : Okay, I found how to make... Omg, a "simply" glock has a complex skin O_O

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    Posted 9 months ago

    Posted by iNick

    I followed this thread : http://gamebanana.com/csgo/threads/184487

    And when I open the pak01dir.vpk, I find some files seems like skins files (for exemple : vknife, etc...)

    I am lost...

    EDIT : Okay, I found how to make... Omg, a "simply" glock has a complex skin O_O

    It does not, Took me a couple seconds to find the glock's textured uv map.

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    Posted 9 months ago

    I found the glock's skin in : D:\Programmes\Steam\SteamApps\common\Counter-Strike Global Offensive\csgo\materials\models\weapons\vmodels\pistglock18

    I test with some skins, they are so complex O_O

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    Posted 9 months ago

    The uvw unwrap for the glock does have quite a few pieces (especially compared to source models), but its not that bad really, there are worse.

    If you want to start out simpler maybe try a grenade or knife first. For gun models, the sawedoff looks like one of the simpler ones, but I havent checked every one.

    And just for the record; all Source games have pretty much the same directory structure. First you have the "main" game folder which invariably has the full name of the game (Counter-Strike Source, Left 4 Dead 2, etc). Inside the main game folder you will have engine related things and also a sub-folder whos name is an abbreviation of the game name (cstrike, l4d2, csgo etc). Its in that folder you'll have all your content, divided into maps, materials, models etc.

    All model textures are found in the materials folder, not models. In fact, all textures are found in there, everything.

    GCFs and VPKs will normally drop you straight in at the cstrike, l4d2 or csgo level.

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