by WarPig

So you like my skins and want to make your own kick-arse weapon skins
THIS IS HOW.

For the sake of this tutorial I will use the AK74 as an example.
Following this tutorial I will list the PATH, FILE YOU NEED & WHERE TO FIND THEM for every weapon in SOF2 multiplayer.

First things first.
You MUST have 2 programs:
1st is WINZIP.
2nd is a graphics program that can handle .jpg format picture files. I use Paintshop Pro.

SET UP PHASE:

To get your AK74 skin to work you must set a few things up first.
- Make 3 folders one inside the other, inside the other.
- 1st folder is called models.
- Once you've made it, open it up and make another one called weapons.
- Open it up and make another one called ak74.
- Open that one up and that is where you put your ak74 file.
- So the path looks like:
- modelsweaponsak74.

That's the set up done…

THE EDITING PHASE:

To get your weapon files:
- Open your Soldier of Fortune 2 - Double Helix base folder.
- Locate the models.pk3 file and double click on it to open it (must have winzip installed to do this).
- Scroll down the list until you find this file:
- ak74.jpg.
- To open it for editing (in Paintshop Pro) just double click on it.
- This will open up Paintshop Pro and have your file ready to edit.

"STOP right there".
- Now press the [F12] key to SAVE AS.
- Don't change the file name (or you won't be able to use your weapon skin ingame) but browse to find the folder you made in the setup phase: modelsweaponsak74 and hit [ENTER].
- This will save the weapon skin into your folder that you setup earlier and will avoid making changes to the REAL / DEFAULT weapon skin.
- So the path to your weapon Skin will now be:
- modelsweaponsak74ak74.jpg.
- So now edit the picture to your needs and save it.
- Your picture will be saved into the modelsweaponsak74 folder we created earlier.

You can close Painthop Pro now.

THE FINAL PHASE:

- Locate the models folder that you made before.
- Now RIGHT CLICK on the models folder and select ADD TO MODELS.ZIP.
- This will create a separate file called (believe it or not) models.zip.
- Now to turn this into a .PK3 file to be used ingame simply rename it to WHATEVERYOUWANT.pk3.
- You will get an error message but just click OK or YES.
- All that is left to do now is copy the file and paste it into your Soldier of Fortune II - Double Helixbasemp folder.

Start up or join a Multiplayer SOF2 game.
Go BESERK with your new weapon skin

This is exactly the process I use.

End Tutorial ... GAME ON

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