right guys, this is the latest and most up-to-date tutorial for installing call of duty 4 skins especially at patch 1.7 or lower (includes mac and pc support). skins include weapon skins and or scope skins. Player models, gloves, and other player related skins are not supported here, sorry.THIS WILL WORK ON PURE/NON PURE SERVERS. the skins will only show when you are in multiplayer servers and single player. if the skin does not appear, then the skin file is either corrupt, you have 2 skins for the same object, or there are more than 1 particular setting for the gun skin (for example: there are deagle skins that only work when you have a silver deagle equipped or a gold deagle equiped)

step 1) locate your call of duty 4 data's "main" folder. this can easily be done using a search tool bar. for macs, go into "call of duty 4 data" and the "main" folder should be there.

step 2)enter the "main" folder. you WILL see a bunch of .iwd files located in there, such as "iw_01.iwd" and so forth. if not, you are not in the "main" folder.

step 3)Renaming time: this is VERY important. if you mess-up you will have a bunch of corrupted files if you play with it using the wrong names, but dont worry, just copy and paste the following

rename "iw_00.iwd" to "localized_english_aa.iwd"
rename "iw_01.iwd" to "localized_english_aab.iwd"
rename "iw_02.iwd" to "localized_english_aac.iwd"
rename "iw_03.iwd" to "localized_english_aad.iwd"
rename "iw_04.iwd" to "localized_english_aae.iwd"
rename "iw_05.iwd" to "localized_english_aaf.iwd"
rename "iw_06.iwd" to "localized_english_aag.iwd"

PLEASE!!! double check the renamed files before moving to step 4

step 4) SKINNING TIME!!!! this is when you go and download your skins from Fpsbanana for COD4. make sure that it is either a weapon or scope skin, other wise it wouldn't work!

when you download and unzip/unrar your skin, you would have either one of these or the other: ".iwi" skin files or ".iwd" skin files
(.iwi and .iwd are file extensions, example: zz_menu_music_ak47skin.iwd is something you might get)

unfortunately ".iwi" files WILL NOT BE SUPPORTED IN THIS TUTORIAL, so any .iwi skin tutorials will not be covered here because i am unable to get them to work (sadly).

YOU MAY DOWNLOAD AS MANY SKINS AS YOU LIKE, SCOPES INCLUDED, JUST MAKE SURE YOU HAVE 1 SKIN PER OBJECT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SKIN OVER THE ORIGINAL.

step 5)Renaming time: this is VERY important. if you rename it incorrectly, your skin will NOT appear.

rename your first skin to "localized_english_aw07.iwd"
rename your second skin to "localized_english_aw08.iwd"
rename your third skin to "localized_english_aw09.iwd"
rename your fourth skin to "localized_english_aw10.iwd"

for every additional skin, increase the value of localized_english_aw##.iwd by one unit value. DO NOT SKIP VALUES, YOU MUST START AT aw07.iwd and work your way up. if not your skins will not work.

drag/place your renamed skins into the "main" folder.

(side note: it is best that you keep track which skins are which using notepad or microsoft word; for example: green ak47= localized_english_aw99.iwd)

step 6) go into multiplayer/single player and see if they work! if the skin does not appear, then the skin file is either corrupt, you have 2 skins for the same object, or there are more than 1 particular setting for the gun skin (for example: there are deagle skins that only work when you have a silver deagle equipped or a gold deagle equipped)


i do not own any skins connected to any part of this tutorial and or the screen shots posted here. unfortunately i play cod4 on a mac, so there is no "print screen" utility to post my screen shots of skins working. i assure you that this tutorial works. thank you. also i do not know who made those skins, if you know, post their names so i can add their credit.


QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
1) can i replace my acog scope with a red dot or crossed scope?
Yes you can, so long as the skin file is not corrupt, a .iwi, or so forth
2) can i replace my sniper scope with another scope?
Yes, similar to question 1
3) can i replace my red dot scope with an even cooler red dot scope?
Yes, similar to question 1
3) can i have an acog skin,regular sniper skin, and a red dot skin installed at the same time?
Yes, after all they are all different objects that can be skinned
4) my skins dont work?
It takes trial and error with this one. remember that not all skins work, some files are corrupt and or iwi files. i've tested several skins that were made 2 years ago, and only 2 failed because the .rar was corrupt.
5) will this work on patch 1.7 or below?
YES of course lol this is the latest tutorial afterall.
6) will this work on pure/non pure servers?
Yes and Yes.

Hello and Welcome to my Gold Skin tutorial a tut that show you how to add a Gold Skin
that looks like in cod4 !

I just show you how to do the gradient!

(To know how to add it to your cs Skin im gonna show it you too !)

What you Need !

-Photoshop

Ok Lets Get Started !

Take A Picture of your Choise !

First of ALL !
If u Wanna Apply this Colour of An Picture dont read this !
(Change the RGB Color do Indexed Colour!)

Ok Now for Picture + Skin !

Then Find the "Create new fill and adjustment layer" button , "(Looks like a HalfMoon!) and CHoose the 2.nd Option like in this screen

VerlaufsUmsetzung is named in English:Gradient Map Just Klick Gradient Map ok .





Then a Menu Opens !

Click on the GradientButton and Adjust with this settings !
Color: Position:
f8ebc3 0
6b5c25 7
e0cd8d 19
b49d4f 28
fff1c3 33
b49d4f 48
302703 63
fff1c3 76
fff1c3 91
ffffff 100


Then click Masks , ok ! ...But dont forget to save you golden Gradient. Next you take a Brush and Brush the parts of the image which you want ! Ok you finished !

You can change the Layer Options to Hard Light it looks better !



Hartes Licht is named in English "Hard Light "

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How To Apply it to an CS SKIN ?

Easy:Just click on picture and change the Colour mode from indicated to RGB and Do it like in my tutorial over this text ! Then change the Mode again to indicated and save you Texture !

HI, welcome to another of my complex tutorials! lets get started

A: INFORMATION

1. No this cannot get you banned as is the file sizes are not changed, if they are different sizes the game simply will not load. The "texture hack update" refers to the old way of skinning ie: like cs:s / tf2
2. You need to have file extensions turned on. control panel>folder options>find and uncheck "hide extensions to known files types"
3. .iwd files are simply zip files with a differnt extension
4. .iwi files are simply iw's version of .dds files


B: SETUP AREA

1. Find and create a backup of your .iwd files because you wont be able to get new ones when something doesnt work.

2. Call of duty modern warfare 2\main\ is the directory location

3. Common archives that include weapons are....
iw_06.iwd
iw_07.iwd
iw_11.iwd

4. You will need some tools...
7zip -make a file association by opening an .iwd file
hxd -free hex editor to edit 2 lines
.dds plugin or application to handle .dds files
iwi 2 dds -to convert
dds 2 iwi -to convert back
crc32 -to correct file size and data so shit works properly
DOWNLOAD THEM HERE

5.Organization makes your life easy, so use the setup in the zip


C: Now lets edit, fix, recompile it back into the iwd, and see if the game loads

1. Open an iwd archive

2. Find the texture you want to edit, regular textures have "col" in the name,"nml" bump maps etc..

3. Drag it out somewhere then open iwi2dds

4. Drag and drop that file into iwi2dds little side window(picture 1)

4.5. Double click the name and it will produce a .dds in the same location as the iwi file and show an image preview

5. Move the original iwi file into the crc32>original folder

6. Make some edits to the .dds in whatever program

7. When saving the .dds if it has an alpha channel it must be exported as DXT5 interpolated alpha, if no alpha it must DXT1. file size must match the original, so be careful with the no-mip-map options and resizing the texture.

8. After saving the .dds drag and drop your new skin into dds2iwi, and now theres a new iwi file

9. Take your new iwi file and place it in the crc32>new folder

10. Open both the orginal and new iwi files in the hxd hex editor(tabbed view)(picture 2)

11. Copy the first two lines from the original iwi file and replace the first two lines of your new iwi file

12. Find any 00 in the hex code,copy it, and go down to the third line and make four 00 00 00 00 at the start of the third line to make up slack for the next step(picture 3)

13. Goto the end of the hex editor in your new iwi file and delete the last four xx xx xx xx bits of code

14. Save your new iwi file

15. Now open the crc32.exe and enter in the two locations of both iwi files correctly(picture 4)

16. Hit execute

17. Check the files sizes to make sure they are the same

18. Drag and drop your new iwi file back into the correct iwd file and overwrite

19. Start the game and check online

Bot Mod, REMEMBER ITS \svr_bots 20 NOT /svr_bots 20
This is a video, show u how to play with bots. IT WORKS WITH ALL PATCHES !

1.Go to C:\Program Files\Activision\Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare\Mods

2.Right click and create a folder called "Bots"

3.Download the file from here;
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4. Open the file you just downloaded with winrar and copy these files to "Bots" (C:\Program Files\Activision\Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare\Mods\Bots)

5.Run Call Of Duty 4 and go to Mods, then launch "Bots"

6.Make your own server, but make sure its FREE FOR ALL or it won't work..(READ IMPORTANT BELOW)

7. Now type in Console; \svr_bots "and how many bots" (Examble \svr_bots 20) Doesen't that work? try to write \scr_testclients 20 in console.

8. Enjoy !

*- ! IMPORTANT OR IT WONT WORK ! -*

GAME MODE: FREE FOR ALL
DEDICATED: NO !!!
MAXIMUM PLAYERS: 32

If it not work, try to:
Go to C:\Program Files\Activision\Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare
Find the folder called pb, and Rename it to disabled_pb

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