CSGO Modding | How to Download and Install mods

Tired of vanilla CSGO? Well, you have come to the right place.

Intro

Despite being very active, CSGO modding community isn't very known to public. The purpose of this guide is to explain basics of modding.


You will NOT get VAC-banned for using mods. You can play online, EXCEPT official matchmaking. Any official Valve server will kick you from the game (more information at the end of the guide).

RUSSIAN VERSION:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2018046647

Where to Download

C U S T O M - S T R I K E

https://discord.gg/6AbkcN8

My own discord server, you can find weapon models, custom agents, skins and more here. If you need any help with getting into modding, you can also directly ask me any questions there.

Zool's Server

https://discordapp.com/invite/UmE9JG7

Zool, developer of Classic Offensive and MIGI modding tool (more about it later), there is a lot of stuff on his server, take a look.

ModDB

https://www.moddb.com/games/counter-strikeglobal-offensive

ModDB is home to some bigger themed mod projects.

Gamebanana

https://gamebanana.com/games/4660

Gamebanana used to be main source of CSGO mods, these days are unfortunately long gone. But you can still find some good stuff there occasionally.

Gamer-lab

http://gamer-lab.com/eng/source/Weapon_models/Counter-Strike_Global_Offensive

A site that reuploads mods made by other people. As a modder, not a big fan of that, but ever since major a Chinese modding site has shutdown, gamer-lab became the archive of those mods.

A R E Z ' toneden

https://www.toneden.io/firexstudio

My personal toneden page, I post skins and mods in packs there.

How to Install

Using MIGI

MIGI is the best and most efficient way to install mods. It was developed by Zool, the same guy behind Classic Offensive.

Download MIGI from Zool's Server[discordapp.com] or Google Drive[drive.google.com].







Navigate to Counter-Strike: Global Offensive folder (on Steam, right click on CS:GO, go to "Properties", "Local Files", "Browse Local Files"). Paste migi.exe here and run as administrator.




Once the program the program has opened, click "Go To Addons". This should open addons folder, where you will be pasting all of your mods. Move everything you want to install in this folder.


All .vpk extension files must start with "m_" in their name, all folders - with "p_". In this case I will have to rename "Nebula Crystal M9.vpk" to "m_Nebula Crystal M9.vpk" and "GongFu_csgo" to "p_GongFu_csgo"

Make sure that all file folders (materials, models, sounds, scripts and etc) are placed DIRECTLY in the root of p_folder. If there are any folders in between (for example: "p_gongfu/csgo/materials") it will not install!



This is how your addons should look after everything is setup.





Now that everything is ready, make sure that all addons are displayed in addons folder. Click "generate MIGI" to apply changes. Now you can launch CSGO. Be sure to do that through MIGI. Steam must be running, otherwise game won't launch!

If you want to play CSGO without mods, just launch csgo through Steam, normally.

To uninstall any mods just delete them from addons folder, or remove "p_" or "m_" from the name/

Mods with .exe launcher

If you download some bigger modifications from ModDB, like my latest project, Gucci-Strike, it might come with an .exe file.

To run this mod, simply paste mod folder in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive folder. Exe file should be in "Counter-Strike: Global Offensive/nameofthemod/nameofthemod.exe. Run the .exe as administrator.

Run CSGO through Steam to play without mods.

(Advanced) Installing .vtf files

Comming Soon

(Expert) Manual Installation without MIGI

Comming Soon

FAQ

Can you play online with this?
- You can play on almost every community server, in offline lobbies with friends or with bots. Official matchmaking (competitive, casual, danger zone, etc) will kick you from the game.

Will I get VAC Banned for this?
- No you will not get banned for this as long as you don't use injectors and sv_pure bypassers. MIGI does not inject anything it is just a tool to automate modding routine.


Pure Server: Client file doesn't match server
- This means mods are not supported on this server. Try joining another one.


FATAL ERROR: Failed to connect with local Steam Client process!
- This means the Steam isn't running, or cannot connect to CSGO. Try rebooting Steam.


The game crashes when I start MIGI
- If MIGI CSGO crashes but unmodded one works, you might need to check the mods you installed. Sometimes removing resources and scripts folders work.


All textures are black
- Some mods require shaders to be set on high or above.


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If you have a question regarding modding, you can ask it on my Server[discord.gg].

Don't forget to check my CSGO Workshop ;)
I also post a lot of modding content on my Twitter and YouTube, be sure you follow me there.
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[Vitariam]

can you mod cs2 too?

[KILL_PAI]

no

[No Gold Eagle]

Does anyone have access of Karasu's stash of weapons? It is kinda impossible for people outside of China to access them, when all I want is a single weapon.

[HUNTER]

u can launch though steam ez

[Mickey Mouse]

how do I launch csgo vanilla when migi is installed?

[HUNTER]

dude if u dont know yt i know already everything for me ez

[Phil, the Zone Manager]

i know but how do you put mods without this app?

[HUNTER]

its not virus dude xdd

[Phil, the Zone Manager]

i don't want to use this to put mods on i literally just want mods on my cs:go manually not by a app that's unoffical please send help to put mods without this app i don't wanna get a virus :)

[Nakumotte]

I love you, reward for u <3