How to test a skin in game before buying it?

[[A]ndrew]

I'm looking to buy a knife from the market but I want to get to use it in game without contacting the owner. Like some console commands to test the skin offline with bots or whatever. I want to test an exact skin not just the model (for example I want to use the exact knife skin with all the deterioration and stuff).

[Eno]

If it's in the market, you can click on it and press "inspect in game".
If you've got CS open, you need to be in the main menu for it to work.

[[A]ndrew]

Yes but I want to like, hold it and stuff. Can it be done?

[Banchor]

Originally posted by ∀upɹǝʍ:

Yes but I want to like, hold it and stuff. Can it be done?

There are surf servers where you can test the knives, you got to find them yourself because I don't know any of them.

[Nope]

Enter the game, Shift + Tab => Steam Browser => inspect immidiately

[[A]ndrew]

Originally posted by BFF.Noob-XM1014-Bóp Dái Team:

Enter the game, Shift + Tab => Steam Browser => inspect immidiately

You mean to browse the market in the ingame steam browser? Because that's not what I'm asking.


Oh and also, do skins actually degrade over time? Like the quality? If I get a factory new skin now, will it look the same after a few months? It may seem like a noobish question but I never really used a lot of skins.

[Brute]

Originally posted by ∀upɹǝʍ:

Originally posted by BFF.Noob-XM1014-Bóp Dái Team:

Enter the game, Shift + Tab => Steam Browser => inspect immidiately

You mean to browse the market in the ingame steam browser? Because that's not what I'm asking.


Oh and also, do skins actually degrade over time? Like the quality? If I get a factory new skin now, will it look the same after a few months? It may seem like a noobish question but I never really used a lot of skins.

It's quality will stay the same no matter how many time you use it or how long you have had it :)

[Қatka ♥]

Nope it is not possible. Only possible thing is to inspect them ingame. Sorry.

[Қatka ♥]

And skins stay the same quality, forever.

[[A]ndrew]

Okay thank you very much for the answers!

[Jazic]

This is not tf2

[Festive Wind]

Originally posted by JaZic:

This is not tf2

You can't do that in TF2. Hell you can't even inspect something without owning it. (Hell you can't even inspect at all in TF2, but if you could you would have to own the item.) GO gave a lot more freedom than TF2 when it came to items, like unlimited backpack space and that every new weapon is automatically added to your inventory, just without a skin for it. Shows how much you know...

[Mulppy]

Originally posted by Cheesellama:

Originally posted by JaZic:

This is not tf2

You can't do that in TF2.

For tf2 you go in console and type "item test" and you can test and item with bots or whatever.

[Devin]

I know i'm late...but you can,my friend did it but idk how i'll tell you when i ask him

[Jake]

You can you find the item list in the files and its a text file. Copy the weapon you want and paste it into the console when in a bot game and you can hold the weapon shoot it etc but obviously its only for that game. there's a tutorial on YT somewhere on it.

[Jake]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzcUX_IM1hQ