Okay, so you want to make your own skin, this guide will help you do so using the skin above as reference.

• Killing Floor 2 SDK - You will need to own KF2 to install this.
  
• Painting Software - Such as Photoshop.
  
• UV Templates / Models & Textures - You can download them here.[tripwireinteractive.atlassian.net]

If you have those things ready, we can move on to the next step.

Now you have to run the SDK Tool, which can be found under the tools tab in Steam.



Choose Killing Floor 2 - SDK.

1. When it's done loading you will see the Content Browser, you need to go to the bottom left corner and click on "NEW".



2. A new window will appear, here you have to fill the "Package" and "Name" blanks, and change the "Factory" tab to "MaterialInstanceConstant", like this:



Name them "WEP_*wepname*_*skinname*_MAT" and ""WEP_*wepname*_*skinname*_MIC"

Another window will appear, ignore it for now and find your package in the content browser, right click on it and then click on SAVE.

Save it to

(x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\killingfloor2\KFGame\ BrewedPC\Packages

Make a folder if you want to.

IMPORTANT NOTE: YOUR PACKAGE WILL BE MOVED TO
3. Now that your package is saved, check the window that just opened, here's where the skin parameters will be:



Next find the weapon you are making your skin for in the Content Browser, and select the "WEP_1P_*NAME*_SKIN_MAT" package, then right click and "FULLY LOAD".



Now click once on the texture that just opened to select it, and then click on the green arrow on parameters that reads "PARENT".



Do the same with the "WEP_1P_*NAME*_MESH" package, but click on the big green arrow that's on top of the parameters.



Save your package again, now it's set up to be edited.

1. Now you will notice that a new tab has appeared on the Instance Editor, called " "Parameter Groups". Click on it, then click on "Skin Layer". These are the parameters used when creating a custom paint job:




2. Okay, check "UseCustomPaintMap". A new option will appear on top that reads "CustomPaintMap".




Make sure you are on your skin package now, and NOT the parent package.

Then click on the "Import" button on the bottom left corner, and select the file that you are gonna be using as your custom skin.




3.Now select your imported file by clicking on it, then go to "CustomPaintMap" and click on the green arrow.



Save your package again, always on the same folder, even if it gets moved automatically.

When you are done editing the custom map for your skin, you should play with the parameters to get the best possible effect.

1. First off, you want to go to "File" > "Open" and load up a map from
Make sure you are using the file that says "KF-MAPNAME" and none of the others.

2. Click on the blue (or green) arrow on the top bar, that will then load you up in game with the character and perk you have selected in the main game. (Level 0 and no dlc characters, such as scully.)

3. Open the console with F3 or ~. Then type in "enablecheats"

4. Now you need to equip the weapon you want to preview. To do so type one of the following in the console:

• Assault
  
• Shotty
  
• Berserk
  
• Medic
  
• Firebug
  
• Demo
  
• Allweapons
  
• Dualies

5. Change to the weapon you are editing and type this in the console:


In this case it's


And now your skin will be applied to the currently equipped weapon:

I hope this guide helped you, if you find any problems please leave a comment, as this is my first guide ever. Keep in mind I'll most likely only reply if I can actually help you.

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Kthanks.