Workbench - Texture is only black

[Mentits]

So I've been looking at a few guides and tutorials on how to make skins for weapons in cs:go and everything seems to be fine except when I enter the workbench, and my skin does not appear on the weapon.

First I opened the workbench and choose 'Custom Paint Job'
I then loaded my VTF file, made using VTFEdit, and my weapon only appears black.
So I changed the settings, first so they were the same as the tutorials, yet the weapon still appeared black. I then played around with the different settings, but nothing really changed...
I then opened the pattern button, and it's just plain black... Is that normal? shouldn't it show the texture? or am I wrong, and it should be black?

I've tried remaking the vtf file (in VTFEdit) from my tga file (made using photoshop), and I believe that either it's not making properly the vtf file, or the tga is not as it should be...

All help is appreciated...

P.S. I'm on a mac...

[FRANK™]

somthings rong ......are u creating your file in gimp 2 ... importing to vtfedit and exporting out and save and creat vtf in vtf edit cos that what u need to do

[FRANK™]

export it out ..save as , and creat vtf ..in vtf edit..put all fils in csgo folder

[Mentits]

Originally posted by {A51}ALIENWARE™®:

somthings rong ......are u creating your file in gimp 2 ... importing to vtfedit and exporting out and save and creat vtf in vtf edit cos that what u need to do

No I exported the tga from photoshop, then imported it into vtfedit, then saved it as a vtf.
Which I then loaded in cs:go workbench...
Should I maybe try to do it in Gimp?

[FRANK™]

u can ,,,or u only need to import the jpg to vtf u have created . and create vtf tga from vtf edit...

[Mentits]

Originally posted by {A51}ALIENWARE™®:

u can ,,,or u only need to import the jpg to vtf u have created . and create vtf tga from vtf edit...

Okay, so export a jpg from photoshop, then convert it to tga and vtf using VTFEdit?

[FRANK™]

yes import a jpg or png i think works for me, in to vtf edit ,, now , create a vtf ..save as .. and also exsport . so ull end up with 3 files s add them to csgo

[Mentits]

Originally posted by {A51}ALIENWARE™®:

yes import a jpg or png i think works for me, in to vtf edit ,, now , create a vtf ..save as .. and also exsport . so ull end up with 3 files s add them to csgo

Okay, so when I created the .tga with VTFEdit, looks like it should be.
The other one made by photoshop must have been messed up...
I'll try to do it again on another computer, see if that helps, but thank you for your help.
I'll update if I get it to work, or if it's still posing problems...

[FRANK™]

good look ...or try using gimp 2

[Mentits]

Originally posted by {A51}ALIENWARE™®:

good look ...or try using gimp 2

Ye I will!
Thanks ;)

[Mentits]

Originally posted by {A51}ALIENWARE™®:

good look ...or try using gimp 2

Okay so using the same files, I managed to get it working on windows (using bootcamp), as apparently it's not working on mac, at least not for me.
Thanks for the help though, I guess I should have tested that earlier, just didn't think of it :/

[Knickedicken]

I have the same issue on OS X. I made a ticket here, vote if you have the same issue:

http://www.pwnsource.com/tickets/workbench-isn-t-loading-showing-vtf-files-properly-on-osx-the-loaded-texture-is-not-displaying-properly-black-texture

[RōnimZa]

I am having the same problem, has this not been fixed yet?

PS: Also on a mac.

[Mentits]

Originally posted by TheEvilRock:

I am having the same problem, has this not been fixed yet?

PS: Also on a mac.

I don't believe so... I installed windows on my mac using bootcamp. That was the only workaround I found :/

[RōnimZa]

Originally posted by Mentin2:

Originally posted by TheEvilRock:

I am having the same problem, has this not been fixed yet?

PS: Also on a mac.

I don't believe so... I installed windows on my mac using bootcamp. That was the only workaround I found :/

I am doing the same thing right now with crossover. /:

[Knickedicken]

Made an issue on GitHub, maybe it will get some more attention now.

https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Counter-Strike-Global-Offensive/issues/253