I have posted a video with some issues regarding this video, with solutions to common issues (Resource compilation error, stall detected) and stuff like that. Check the video out! ruclips.net/video/K8O5_3cgVw0/видео.html If the video doesn't help, let me know in the comments and I will help you further.
thank you so much. i always wanted to create skins but im horrible at photoshop. luckily i know my way around blender so this makes me excited to test it out.
3:50 When it doesn’t show the individual parts you can go to the right side and select edit mode, press A to select all, then go back to texture paint, hope this works.
great content bro, thank you so much, it is work for me, If you are a graphic designer and want to add your own design, it is quite difficult to identify the surface of the weapon, because you have to check them one by one in blender, and replace it in photoshop
@@MarkayCS I had one question...do I need CS 2 access to access the CS 2 workshop...Thank you man your video was very helpful in providing a path to do what I want...you earned a new subscriber 😄✌️
Finally, I can now create a skin. I'm a newbie at the workshop, so I don't know a single thing. Though I'm not a newbie at the game but my internet is trash 😂
5:35 I'm having a bit of trouble exporting my file out, I used multiple material textures for my gun rather than painting directly on the skin, do i need to back them together before I am able to render it out as a single image?
I wanna get into skin makin so this could be usefull. I prefer not using Blender myself but Photoshop where i make my art on a template of the gun or something and then slap it on the gun itself if thats possible which i guess it is. Maybe its possible in Blender aswel if so would love to see a video as im not familiar with Blender myself. subbed just incase
Coulnt you export individual pieces of the model to color them independently in gimp, ps,. or clip? that should make it easier to paint individual parts.
You could, though I do have a video on my channel that shows you how to disassemble skins and I have one where we use Photoshop to make a skin. All viable options
great video , can u make a video like with photoshop or something like how can you add shapes , text ( if u want ) , or something like for example printstream this cant be done only on blender right ? i subbed
Hmm, this is something I am interested in. Not too sure when I can make a video about this, I'll have to play around with it myself first, before making a video about this.
Im having an issue where the wear isnt doing anything? I used an old viper video to make the alpha channels but it is for csgo just curious on if anyone had the same issues.
I noticed you have affinity I just switched over from adobe. Would you mind making a video on how to make a cs2 skin from affinity or is that not possible?
On my channel there is one where I use it, it says photoshop in the title but I use affinity designer. Maybe that works for CS2. I am planning on making a updated video about it though, for CS2.
@@MarkayCS I accidentally used the old 3d weapon model I guess. The new ones have a new UV Sheet. Do you know if I can switch my painting (on the cs:go model) on to the cs2 uv-sheet?
hi, i just wanna ask at 5:00 when u where painting the gun is there a way for that paint to go to the other side? to make both the sides r the same looks?
When you are painting you want to make sure that under the "Tools" section on the right under "Options" the options for "Backface Culling" and "Occlude" are enabled. That way the painting goes to both sides.
Ah, if you are talking about the thing I mentioned in the video you can go to the right side and enter edit mode, then click A to select all the parts and then go back to texture paint mode.
Hey!!! Thanks for the amazing videos I watch them every day now that i am learning this stuff for the first time and everything works as it should. I heard some stuff that normal maps for cs2 models are not good and i was searching if anyone found a way to fix em. i found a drive by @aNXTYcs and @Eg0_Death.@@MarkayCS
so if i design a skin in clip studio paint (my preferred 2d application) could i transfer that flat image onto the side of the gun in blender to make it 3d?
Ah yes, forgot to mention that in the video. In CS2 there is a option to download workbench content. So launch CS2 and there should be a option in the settings somewhere.
One more question, if I have made a skin on the old CS:GO model, is there any way to port it over to the CS2 model instead? Because when I view the old CSGO skin I made for USPS in CS2 the scaling is all wrong and doesn't fit @@MarkayCS
@@TheDailyBuilder Probably has something to do with the new USP-S model, perhaps you can try copying the design over to the new model in blender? See what that does, otherwise you'll have to make a new one I am afraid..
Great video! I only had one problem, in gunsmith it is no longer base texture it is albedo texture and it doesnt seem to accept my tga. Again great video, but did base textures move?
@@MarkayCS how do I make valve accept it?it's just that made such a nice skin thanks to the video you have made,and i don't want all that hard work to go away,i also made it my favorite weapon.
Do you know how to see the wear progress of stickers in this workshop? In cs go we can change the VMT file. After update I didn't see the settings for my stickers
You sure you have the weapon selected when you make the image? Also, at 2:50 do you see the right material (The image texture) you have made? Did you make sure you did everything right in the shader editor at 3:15?
When clicking on Publish in the workshop tools you add the preview image. Then on the actual workshop page where you can see your skin you see an option to the right below the preview image called "Add/edit images & videos" that way you can add more images or a video.
@@MarkayCS Sorry, I figured it out just an hour ago. I realized that I was using the wrong object format when importing the Ak47 model and it was messing up the UV's so that they didn't fit on the image texture and match the in-game uv's. Thanks for the video though, it was really helpful.
Make sure you take a look at the offset values in the workshop tools. For some reason my values were setup correctly from the start, might not be the case for you.
Thanks for making the vid! Very helpful. I do have an issue though, I made a pistol skin that was just black with gold accents. Saved the .tga file like you said, and when i load it in I just get a black/grey weapon with no gold. Interesting thing is if I increase or decrease the scale from zero, the pattern will show but it looks messed up. If the scale is zero, its just grey and black like I said. Any ideas?
You'll have to play with the offsets maybe, also if you used blender materials you should get a good lighting (check out my video about using materials). If you just draw it, the offsets might help fix the issue.
@@MarkayCS I did use all materials through blender. Just colored different parts of the weapon. Ill mess around with it more but Im almost certain im doing something wrong. Thanks for the reply!
What to do if the texture is not fully overlaid (part of the skin becomes standard, there is just the default grey, the skin is fully displayed except for some details)
What are the dimensions for your skin pattern or design? You could also try and play around with the offsets in the workshop to maybe combat that issue of not being overlaid properly.
Hey man very nice tutorial, i just got 1 question. On 2:30 you say that the width and the height have to be 2048, but for me it is 1024 on default. What would happen if i left both height and width on 1024?
i followed ur steps and i can proudly say mission failed successfully i managed to put the texture into the game inspected and all but i think i fucked up in the vfxedit and now am stuck with a cooler skin by mistake
Whenever I upload a TGA base texture the game just shows me the default pink and black checkerboard texture on the gun. The checkerboard is larger, so the skin is just pink with big black fuzzy squares. I made the skin tga using 3dcoat and photoshop, and I put it in the custom file like you said to in the video. I just don't know what the cause could be.
@@einmensch3526 thanks man, I got it sorted out. Though I just used the default file location, where the default example color maps, roughness maps, ect were, and dropped my TGA files in there. I'm now getting ready to publish my first skin.
Goodluck! Let us know when you are done and send a link to the workshop, i'll take a look! I am interested in what you came up with :) @@lukebowman7513
I was looking at this and realized that you draw a bit over the black lines in the texture paint mode? is that okay to do? I am unsure if i can just draw over that kinda thing and then move on
Metallic effects can be achieved using Materials in blender. Pearlescent mask probably has something to do with alpha channels, not too sure about that.
Pretty sure there is an option in Blender to export as tga file. Don't know where at, but someone previously told me that it is possible in Blender. Is VTFEdit not available for Mac?
@@stefansimic6351 If your skin gets accepted into the game you can play with it. If not, you could just remake popular skins and not buy them. Which might be a reason why you can't play with it.
Hi I am a skin creator and I would like to ask something. I am using a 1080p monitor, but I was able to change it to 4k via Nvidia control panel. I do this so I can get good screenshots, but when I use the CS2 workbench, there resolution is restricted to 1080p. I wanna change it to 4K, could you help me please??
After designing a skin as you showed, while checking it in the workshop, I realized that I chose a very dark color and rearranged it in blender. I added the new file to the custom folder again, but the open folder was unprintable in the workshop. So I pressed the delete key at the top and deleted the entire sample file. I created a new file under Gunsmith, but where it says base texture, it says albedo texture, and when I upload a new skin, it has a different pattern on it, like POP AWP, rather than the uploaded version. How can I fix this? :D
With the recent updates, there were some changes. Base texture is now the Albedo texture, I don't see how that would affect the outcome of your design though. Are you sure everything exported fine in Blender? Also, make sure that you are choosing the right file path under the Albedo texture. Looks like you may not be using your custom texture?
@@MarkayCS Thinking that there might be a mistake in the second file I made, I reloaded the correct file I tested first, but the same pattern occurs again. There are colors that I chose as the infrastructure, but there is still a pattern on top.
Are you using a custom normal map (option at the bottom of the workshop tools under advanced). It seems as there is a map being added ontop of the other.@@tkgrafit
Go to the right side (Layout mode) and select edit mode, by hitting tab when in layout mode and press A to select all. Then you can go back to texture paint and the individual parts should show up.
If you are still running into this issue, I found a fix. Try running the workshop tools in administrator mode. Go to your cs2 folder then game -> bin -> win64 and right-click csgocfg.exe and run as administrator. This has worked for some people having this issue aswell.
Hey ik this might be old but when I try to paint the gun it will not paint it at all and sometimes blender will just crash Im on the paint selected mode help?
How can you import a normal map, I used the same method for the file conversion, but when I put it in there was an error. nvm, I just cannot spell and I names the file bule instead of blue lol
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I have posted a video with some issues regarding this video, with solutions to common issues (Resource compilation error, stall detected) and stuff like that. Check the video out! ruclips.net/video/K8O5_3cgVw0/видео.html
If the video doesn't help, let me know in the comments and I will help you further.
thank you!! Im gonna watchthe video later!!
This has been very helpful,quick and very fun to watch,thanks for explaining and helping us out.
I will always appreciate people putting out content to help others. Thank you!
@@Romulusmap thanks for the kind words and watching!
Never seen a RUclipsr work so quick to get a video out, amazing!
Thank you for the kind words haha, I was planning on making this video, but completely forgot. Thanks for reminding me 😆
How to get the option for selecting workshop tools (7:38)..... to move one with the job.
ruclips.net/video/eUIxeqw-N08/видео.html
You'll have to download it first, there is a option to download the workshop tools in-game.
thank you so much. i always wanted to create skins but im horrible at photoshop. luckily i know my way around blender so this makes me excited to test it out.
Good to hear! Glad you got something out of it :)
@@MarkayCS any idea where i can get the default texture files for the weapons?
Third link in the description? Or what do you mean@@ThatsMySkill
@@MarkayCS i mean the default weapon texture. like the one thats on the vanilla weapons. cause the obj files dont have any textures.
If you want something to stay default, just don't do anything to it@@ThatsMySkill
I've been waiting for this awww, I'm sooo happy, I can't show how happy I am.
If you are happy, I am happy :)
I was waiting for cs2 version, since I seem to have problems with custom paint skins not being UV'd correctly thank you so much for this!
No problem! Hope you get something out of it.
Thanks!
Thank you for the super chat! Glad you got something out of it :)
3:50 When it doesn’t show the individual parts you can go to the right side and select edit mode, press A to select all, then go back to texture paint, hope this works.
Thank you, i'll try it out tomorrow.
Thank you for this!
Thanks
Instead of this, go into shader editor and import the image you've created. This should make all of the details and compartments appear in the square
In addition to this you can press the "UV" button in the UV editor window, then save the unwrapped layout as a file to import to Photoshop or Gimp.
Great content markay.. it was very straightforward and very helpful!
Thank you!
great content bro, thank you so much, it is work for me, If you are a graphic designer and want to add your own design, it is quite difficult to identify the surface of the weapon, because you have to check them one by one in blender, and replace it in photoshop
No problem!
Loving your tutorials...will soon try my hand at it👌
Great to hear the tutorials are helping! Goodluck
@@MarkayCS I had one question...do I need CS 2 access to access the CS 2 workshop...Thank you man your video was very helpful in providing a path to do what I want...you earned a new subscriber 😄✌️
@@ankitshah6077 Thanks for subbing and yes, you need CS2 access.
@@MarkayCS Thank you man✌️
Great job bro, one of the best videos I've seen that explains this matter, thank you very much.
Thanks for the kind words! Glad you got something out of it
im looking forward to play with your beautiful ak skin once the cs2 case drops and great video btw i will play around with this for sure
🤣🤣 we'll see. Glad it helped out and sparked an interest though!
Just tried and worked perfect, thanks!
No problem! Hope you got something good out of it :)
Finally, I can now create a skin. I'm a newbie at the workshop, so I don't know a single thing.
Though I'm not a newbie at the game but my internet is trash 😂
Goodluck in your skin creation journey!
imagine they added that skin to the game
Oh mate, everyone would use it. With it being that gorgeous!
@@MarkayCSi would pay €10.000 for it!!
@@henkenn Atleast 🤣
Hi, is there any way to built a skingun like that and add it to the game?
@@MRnoob-wtf You mean the actual gun? I am not quite sure what you mean.
when i convert png to tga it converts it to text 7:30
Hmm, that is weird. You could try exporting the image texture in Blender (as a TGA), if you are sure nothing is wrong with Vtfedit.
Thanks Buddy....👍👍👍👍👍
No problem, hopefully you'll make something awesome! :)
Actually a really good video! Thank you.
Thanks!
amazing tutorial !
Thank you!
Amazing guide, time for me to download the source 2 tools and try it my self ❤
keep it up sir
Will do! Thanks for the kind words :)
great video honestly makes it look so easy
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed.
yeah bro, it helped
Glad it did! Enjoy :)
Thanks!
No problem! Hope you got something out of it :)
Hi, Markay! Can you make another video on making stickers. Thanks!
I'll see what I can do
how do you do the splitscrren on 3:37?=??????
It just happened for me, maybe you can drag the tab around?
Between 3:31 and 3:34. Suddenly, two panels/tabs/workspaces appear on the screen. Can someone tell me how to do this?
Like shown in the video, you'll need to enter texture paint mode after adding the image texture ;)
That's really helpful! But I encountered a problem. After about 4:20 , I couldn't draw color on the model. What's going on? (blender 3.6.4LET)
Are you sure you are in texture paint mode? And have the image texture added correctly.
I found the cause of the problem and solved it by deleting the texture under the material.Thanks! my friend!@@MarkayCS
sub and liked, thank u bro
Thank you! Appreciate you
If I weren't poor I'd have given you more than two bucks. Keep up the great work.
It's fine. 2$ is more than enough. Thanks again
goated video :DDDDD
Thanks!
thank for this useful knowledge
Glad you got something out of it!
@@MarkayCS yeah 👍 I've been wanting to make skins for awhile now and finally settled on an idea that I don't mind sharing, the awp megaphone lol
@@user-yx7dp2pl8t lol! That could be a cool idea for a skin, let me know when it is finished. I want to see what you make of it ;)
5:35 I'm having a bit of trouble exporting my file out, I used multiple material textures for my gun rather than painting directly on the skin, do i need to back them together before I am able to render it out as a single image?
If using materials you'll need to bake the images and export them seperately and then combine them in something like gimp
What do I need to do in order to have that workshop tab when you clicked "play" on your steam library? When I click play, I go straight into the game.
You have to download the Workshop Tools first, it is an option in the game where you can download it :)
I wanna get into skin makin so this could be usefull. I prefer not using Blender myself but Photoshop where i make my art on a template of the gun or something and then slap it on the gun itself if thats possible which i guess it is. Maybe its possible in Blender aswel if so would love to see a video as im not familiar with Blender myself. subbed just incase
I have a video on my channel on how you can paint your own skins and textures using Photoshop or any editing program ;)
Coulnt you export individual pieces of the model to color them independently in gimp, ps,. or clip? that should make it easier to paint individual parts.
You could, though I do have a video on my channel that shows you how to disassemble skins and I have one where we use Photoshop to make a skin. All viable options
Appreciate it
No problem, hope you can use it to make awesome skins!
Thank you soo muck i subbed
No problem! Hope you got something out of it :)
9:14 i press the inspect button but it says this: Resource Compile Items: Failed. (Error: 1)
Did you make sure you put it in the right folder and made sure you typed the right path and filename?
@@MarkayCS yea + it says cant open .../itemfiles_wBnMIV.txt and it always says different things
@@weixss.10 Then you should probably delete the workshop files and reinstall. Workshop tools might be bugged out or something.
great video , can u make a video like with photoshop or something like how can you add shapes , text ( if u want ) , or something like for example printstream this cant be done only on blender right ? i subbed
I have a video about using photoshop to make csgo skins. Pretty sure the same idea works for CS2.
@@MarkayCS saw it but as a beginner couldnt understand the cs2 new thing thats y , for example from 0 to the end ?
@@twisttxo I can make a updated video about it next week :)
@@MarkayCS amazing bro tyyyyyy , if it is possible a pattern based skin from 0 to publishing one even a basic one it will be insane ty
hey man,can you make a video about making cs2 maps? it would be great!
Hmm, this is something I am interested in. Not too sure when I can make a video about this, I'll have to play around with it myself first, before making a video about this.
Hi can you also make a tutorial for custom player skin for csgo? I was waiting for your next tutorial but it was about weapon again
You mean skins for agents? Not sure that is something we can do.
Any ideas why I cant inspect? I keep getting an error message that says "resource compile items: Failed"
Probably because you have the incorrect file path, please triple check if that is correct.
but how do i open cs:go, i cant on steam
? You have to open CS2
@@MarkayCS i was just confused i figured it out now.
thanks for te tutorial
No problem! Hopefully it helps :)
Can you show how to make only some part of a gun shiny and other parts matte?
I have a video on my channel where I use materials and a video where I disassemble a skin. Combining those should give you what you are looking for!
7:43 this window doesnt pop up when i start cs2 even if i enable the workshoptools
Have you downloaded the workshop tools from the in-game settings?
Was waiting for a CS2 tutorial for a while, do you know how this would be done with Substance Painter instead of blender?
If you can import obj files you probablt could, I honestly don't know. I haven't used it before.
Im having an issue where the wear isnt doing anything? I used an old viper video to make the alpha channels but it is for csgo just curious on if anyone had the same issues.
I honestly haven't really looked into wearing myself, but I'll take a look tomorrow and see how it works. I will get back to you if I find something
I noticed you have affinity I just switched over from adobe. Would you mind making a video on how to make a cs2 skin from affinity or is that not possible?
On my channel there is one where I use it, it says photoshop in the title but I use affinity designer. Maybe that works for CS2. I am planning on making a updated video about it though, for CS2.
@@MarkayCS awesome thank you
Great tutorial, thanks a lot! Unfortunately my texture doesn't lay correctly on the weapon, I did everything exactly as you did...
What is going wrong? What texture
@@MarkayCS I accidentally used the old 3d weapon model I guess. The new ones have a new UV Sheet. Do you know if I can switch my painting (on the cs:go model) on to the cs2 uv-sheet?
@@caroniart I'd say try it out
It worked when I made ALL the items beneath the texture folder on 0 (Rotation and so on) and "ignore weapon scale" on
But only with using the New models
hi, i just wanna ask
at 5:00 when u where painting the gun
is there a way for that paint to go to the other side?
to make both the sides r the same looks?
When you are painting you want to make sure that under the "Tools" section on the right under "Options" the options for "Backface Culling" and "Occlude" are enabled. That way the painting goes to both sides.
ty soo much bro, thats really help, i hope i know that sooner
Has anyone found the fixed uv maps fopr the new cs2 gun models?
What's wrong with the uv maps?
Ah, if you are talking about the thing I mentioned in the video you can go to the right side and enter edit mode, then click A to select all the parts and then go back to texture paint mode.
Hey!!! Thanks for the amazing videos I watch them every day now that i am learning this stuff for the first time and everything works as it should. I heard some stuff that normal maps for cs2 models are not good and i was searching if anyone found a way to fix em. i found a drive by @aNXTYcs and @Eg0_Death.@@MarkayCS
I couldn't get it to work but I might know why cuz I have gimp installed and when I make a tga it has a gimp logo on it does that matter
As in, the when seeing the file in windows? Then no. Aslong as it is a tga file it's fine
how can i keep the original wood on the handle of the ak47, or keep the color of the scope of an awp?
I suggest watching my video on how to disassemble a CS2 skin. Aslong as you don't touch the wood part or the scope it'll keep the default texture.
THANK YOU
No problem! Glad you got something out of it.
Thank you for the video! Do you know where to find the knife 3d models?
I don't know where those are, haven't really looked for them aswell as I am not interested in making knife skins. Not sure they exist
so if i design a skin in clip studio paint (my preferred 2d application) could i transfer that flat image onto the side of the gun in blender to make it 3d?
Yes, totally
How do you get CS 2 workshop tools? when I hit play I only get option for CSGO or CS2, not workshop tools. Great video!
Ah yes, forgot to mention that in the video. In CS2 there is a option to download workbench content. So launch CS2 and there should be a option in the settings somewhere.
One more question, if I have made a skin on the old CS:GO model, is there any way to port it over to the CS2 model instead? Because when I view the old CSGO skin I made for USPS in CS2 the scaling is all wrong and doesn't fit @@MarkayCS
@@TheDailyBuilder Probably has something to do with the new USP-S model, perhaps you can try copying the design over to the new model in blender? See what that does, otherwise you'll have to make a new one I am afraid..
i made one for a awp skin but its putting the skin on the awp as a png like a skin pattern, how do i fix this
Not quite sure what you mean, could you explain?
@@MarkayCS i figured it out now
Great video! I only had one problem, in gunsmith it is no longer base texture it is albedo texture and it doesnt seem to accept my tga. Again great video, but did base textures move?
I have tested it, but it is just a rename. For me the same tga I used in the tutorial still works. You might have another issue going on.
Thank you,however can I use the skin on my game?and if yes then how do I do it?please respond
You can't. Only if it got accepted by Valve
@@MarkayCS how do I make valve accept it?it's just that made such a nice skin thanks to the video you have made,and i don't want all that hard work to go away,i also made it my favorite weapon.
@@Birchwood_log you upload it to the workshop and hope for the best. Nothing more you can do but hope it gets accepted.
@@MarkayCS thank you,that helps alot.
Hey.....Can't we apply that skins for our current loadout......?
No, offline use only.
How would you make a skin with a variable pattern like the ak case hardened?
Honestly not quite sure, I haven't done any pattern based skins
Do you know how to see the wear progress of stickers in this workshop? In cs go we can change the VMT file. After update I didn't see the settings for my stickers
I don't know about stickers yet for CS2, haven't done anything with them yet. So I don't know
When you separate the parts to edit specific shapes, how do you snap it back to the model while keeping the changes you make?
I have a video on my channel going more in-depth on assembling and disassembling a gun, check that out
its not letting me paint :(
I think ur js dumb
You sure you have the weapon selected when you make the image? Also, at 2:50 do you see the right material (The image texture) you have made? Did you make sure you did everything right in the shader editor at 3:15?
i figured it out thank you though
I have a question. Once you upload the skin how can u add pictures to the workshop page so that u can show details etc?
When clicking on Publish in the workshop tools you add the preview image. Then on the actual workshop page where you can see your skin you see an option to the right below the preview image called "Add/edit images & videos" that way you can add more images or a video.
hello love the video help me out but one thing .
I'm in blender when I go to save it as a solid color I don't see none of the line or the gun pattern.
What do you mean line?
Hey do you have any tips on why the UV mapping sucks whenever I first import the model?
What do you mean by "sucks"? Does it look off?
@@MarkayCS Sorry, I figured it out just an hour ago. I realized that I was using the wrong object format when importing the Ak47 model and it was messing up the UV's so that they didn't fit on the image texture and match the in-game uv's. Thanks for the video though, it was really helpful.
@@jeosenigelson4684Glad you got it figured out! Thanks for the kind words :)
Even if I am using the new CS2 models the textures dont lay corretly over the gun :/
Make sure you take a look at the offset values in the workshop tools. For some reason my values were setup correctly from the start, might not be the case for you.
i tried it on other weapons as well some weapons work fine others dont so i guess it has something to do with the models valve is giving us :D or so
Thanks for making the vid! Very helpful. I do have an issue though, I made a pistol skin that was just black with gold accents. Saved the .tga file like you said, and when i load it in I just get a black/grey weapon with no gold. Interesting thing is if I increase or decrease the scale from zero, the pattern will show but it looks messed up. If the scale is zero, its just grey and black like I said. Any ideas?
You'll have to play with the offsets maybe, also if you used blender materials you should get a good lighting (check out my video about using materials). If you just draw it, the offsets might help fix the issue.
@@MarkayCS I did use all materials through blender. Just colored different parts of the weapon. Ill mess around with it more but Im almost certain im doing something wrong. Thanks for the reply!
What to do if the texture is not fully overlaid (part of the skin becomes standard, there is just the default grey, the skin is fully displayed except for some details)
What are the dimensions for your skin pattern or design? You could also try and play around with the offsets in the workshop to maybe combat that issue of not being overlaid properly.
Hey man very nice tutorial, i just got 1 question. On 2:30 you say that the width and the height have to be 2048, but for me it is 1024 on default. What would happen if i left both height and width on 1024?
You could try using something else, I've always used this and it is recommended to do so as per a blog from CS2 that I found a while back.
i followed ur steps and i can proudly say mission failed successfully i managed to put the texture into the game inspected and all but i think i fucked up in the vfxedit and now am stuck with a cooler skin by mistake
🤣🤣
I have trouble on the workbench part because i wrote materials and all of that in but it just says error
What error?
hello Mark, I don't have the file custom, how can I test my skin?
Make the custom folder
Well... I tried but the Workshop crashes before open, lol.
Idk why this happens ;-;
Reinstalling might work
This is a great tutorial, but how can I add some image to my skin. Like a dragon?
If you look on my channel I have a video about using Photoshop to draw, you can use photoshop (or something else) to add an image. It'd work the same.
Whenever I upload a TGA base texture the game just shows me the default pink and black checkerboard texture on the gun. The checkerboard is larger, so the skin is just pink with big black fuzzy squares. I made the skin tga using 3dcoat and photoshop, and I put it in the custom file like you said to in the video. I just don't know what the cause could be.
Double check the path and make sure it is correct.
I had the same problem. I copied the whole Folder Path, but you only need what he writes in the little window. hope that helps
@@einmensch3526 thanks man, I got it sorted out. Though I just used the default file location, where the default example color maps, roughness maps, ect were, and dropped my TGA files in there. I'm now getting ready to publish my first skin.
Goodluck! Let us know when you are done and send a link to the workshop, i'll take a look! I am interested in what you came up with :) @@lukebowman7513
how to the gun skin that i have create. see the my gun skin on work shop but i don't know how to put it in my game and use it.
You can't use it in-game. Only if the gun gets accepted into the game by Valve.
Do I have to download blender on their site or can i just get the one on steam?
You download blender on their site
I was looking at this and realized that you draw a bit over the black lines in the texture paint mode? is that okay to do?
I am unsure if i can just draw over that kinda thing and then move on
That's fine. It doesn't really matter :)
might be temporarily down or it may have moved permanently to a new web address. error of page on blender download.... give normal link...!
Works for me, so it either works again, or you have some sort of issue.
Do you know how to make metallic effect on the skin? or how to use the pearlescent mask?
Metallic effects can be achieved using Materials in blender. Pearlescent mask probably has something to do with alpha channels, not too sure about that.
any ideas on how to get vtf convert on mac ios?
Pretty sure there is an option in Blender to export as tga file. Don't know where at, but someone previously told me that it is possible in Blender.
Is VTFEdit not available for Mac?
Great tutorial. I'm not sure if this is obvious because I'm new to cs2/cs:go, but how can I actually get the skin in game and play with it?
You can't use it in-game unfortunately.
@@MarkayCS unfortunate. Still an amazing tutorial though, thank you
@@MarkayCSwhy ? And how can this be achieved?
@@stefansimic6351 If your skin gets accepted into the game you can play with it. If not, you could just remake popular skins and not buy them. Which might be a reason why you can't play with it.
Hi I am a skin creator and I would like to ask something. I am using a 1080p monitor, but I was able to change it to 4k via Nvidia control panel. I do this so I can get good screenshots, but when I use the CS2 workbench, there resolution is restricted to 1080p. I wanna change it to 4K, could you help me please??
No clue how to do that to be honest.
If i want certain parts of my gun to look like the original no skin version how would i do that? for example the front barrel of the ak-47?
Take a look at my other tutorials, combining those should give you what you are looking for!
After designing a skin as you showed, while checking it in the workshop, I realized that I chose a very dark color and rearranged it in blender. I added the new file to the custom folder again, but the open folder was unprintable in the workshop. So I pressed the delete key at the top and deleted the entire sample file. I created a new file under Gunsmith, but where it says base texture, it says albedo texture, and when I upload a new skin, it has a different pattern on it, like POP AWP, rather than the uploaded version. How can I fix this? :D
With the recent updates, there were some changes. Base texture is now the Albedo texture, I don't see how that would affect the outcome of your design though.
Are you sure everything exported fine in Blender? Also, make sure that you are choosing the right file path under the Albedo texture. Looks like you may not be using your custom texture?
@@MarkayCS Thinking that there might be a mistake in the second file I made, I reloaded the correct file I tested first, but the same pattern occurs again. There are colors that I chose as the infrastructure, but there is still a pattern on top.
Are you using a custom normal map (option at the bottom of the workshop tools under advanced). It seems as there is a map being added ontop of the other.@@tkgrafit
Can I use the gun skin I have created in-game?
No, only in the workshop
my skin colors are randomly everywhere when I inspect it and it looks nothing like it did in blender, why?
You have to change the values in the workbench. Things like the offset and that sort of thing.
After painting the gun white my template png isn't showing the weapon parts...just showing as an empty grid image ??
Go to the right side (Layout mode) and select edit mode, by hitting tab when in layout mode and press A to select all. Then you can go back to texture paint and the individual parts should show up.
Hi there! When I go to compile the skin it shows a "stall detected" screen and then the whole thing crashes. Any idea on how to fix that?
Stall detected means that it took too long to render, maybe your pc is having a hard time handling it. Not quite sure how to fix it
If you are still running into this issue, I found a fix. Try running the workshop tools in administrator mode. Go to your cs2 folder then game -> bin -> win64 and right-click csgocfg.exe and run as administrator. This has worked for some people having this issue aswell.
PLEASE HELP ME
I dont know why but my png isnt opening in VTFEdit, i also tried with Tga file and choosed the right resolution but it still didnt work
Do you get any errors?
@@MarkayCS it says error: loading image
Hey ik this might be old but when I try to paint the gun it will not paint it at all and sometimes blender will just crash Im on the paint selected mode help?
You sure you have a image texture? And are you sure you are in texture paint mode?
Also, maybe reinstalling blender will help with the crashes.
yeah i was def in the mode I compared my screen to yours I was in the same mode@@MarkayCS
How can you import a normal map, I used the same method for the file conversion, but when I put it in there was an error.
nvm, I just cannot spell and I names the file bule instead of blue lol
Haha, that happens to me aswell sometimse, glad you got it figured out!
Can other people use it and how do I make it cost real money
It would have to be added to the game by Valve to have other people use it, or earn from it.