[TUTORIAL] Material Hack

[Lordilson]

This is a tutorial on how to make a material hack for Counter-Strike: Source which should work on most maps and servers unless the map is different or the server has a block on modifications of this type.

Introduction

A material hack is not actually a hack but a modification of game files (the same thing as a mod). It is a modification to the game files to allow you to see players and weapons through walls and easily see players and weapons when there are not walls in sight. It is basically a Chameleon Skin but justified as a modification instead of a hack so you should be able to get out of VAC bans.

Terminology

players = models of players
v_weapons = weapons that you see in your hands
w_weapons = weapons that are everywhere but in your hands

Tools

GCFScape (Nem's Tools [GCFScape - Download])
VTFEdit (Nem's Tools [VTFLib - Download - VTFEdit v1.2.5 Full])
MSPaint (I will use it for tutorial because seriously, how many people on this forum have PhotoShop or have it cracked. If you really want to be fancy with your editting then go ahead and use PhotoShop or something else.)
Notepad (Quicker to open .vmt and edit than VTFEditor.)

Step 1: The Extraction

Open GCFScape
Ctrl + O
Go to Steam/steamapps
Double click "counter-strike source shared"
Open "cstrike"
Right click "materials" and select "Extract"
Choose a place to extract the folder "materials"

Step 2: The Deletion

Open the extracted "materials" folder
Delete the folders "console", "detail", "effects", "environment maps", "FX" and "particle".

Step 3: The Change

Copy this code

"LightmappedGeneric"
{
"$basetexture" "vgui/maps"
"$translucent" 1
}

Open every .vmt folder in "brick" with Notepad and replace all the text with the copied code
Do the same for "buildings", "cable", "carpet", "composite", "concrete", "cs_assault", "cs_havana", "cs_italy", "de_aztec", "de_cbble", "de_chateau", "de_dust", "de_nuke", "de_piranesi", "de_prodigy", "de_tides", "de_train", "decals", "dev", "glass", "ground", "halflife", "lights", "liquids", "metal", "nature", "plaster", "props", "stone", "test_speakers", "tile" and finally, "tools".

Step 4: The Players

Open VTFEdit
Ctrl + I
Open materials/models/player/ct_gign/ct_gign.vtf
Ctrl + E
Change the export place to an easy to access place
Change "Save as file type:" to "PNG Files (*.png)"
Open the exported file in MSPaint
Edit it (easiest way to edit players is to make the whole box 1 colour and keep that colour for CT and a choose different one for T)
Save it
Open VTFEdit again
Ctrl + I
Open .png file
Ctrl + Shift + S
Overwrite "ct_gign.vtf" in the materials/models/player/ct_gign/
Repeat for all models

Step 5: The V_Weapons

Open VTFEdit
Ctrl + I
Open materials/models/weapons/v_weapons/c4/c4.vtf
Ctrl + E
Change the export place to an easy to access place
Change "Save as file type:" to "PNG Files (*.png)"
Open the exported file in MSPaint
Edit it (easiest way to edit weapons is to make the whole box 1 colour and keep that colour for v_weapons and a choose different one for w_weapons)
Save it
Open VTFEdit again
Ctrl + I
Open .png file
Ctrl + Shift + S
Overwrite "c4.vtf" in the materials/models/weapons/v_weapons/c4/
Repeat for all v_weapons

Step 6: The W_Weapons

Open VTFEdit
Ctrl + I
Open materials/models/weapons/w_weapons/w_c4/c4.vtf
Ctrl + E
Change the export place to an easy to access place
Change "Save as file type:" to "PNG Files (*.png)"
Open the exported file in MSPaint
Edit it (easiest way to edit weapons is to make the whole box 1 colour and keep that colour for v_weapons and a choose different one for w_weapons)
Save it
Open VTFEdit again
Ctrl + I
Open .png file
Ctrl + Shift + S
Overwrite "c4.vtf" in the materials/models/weapons/w_weapons/w_c4/
Repeat for all w_weapons

Step 7: The Hostages

Open VTFEdit
Ctrl + I
Open materials/models/hostages/hostage_sheet.vtf
Ctrl + E
Change the export place to an easy to access place
Change "Save as file type:" to "PNG Files (*.png)"
Open the exported file in MSPaint
Edit it (easiest way to edit weapons is to make the whole box 1 colour)
Save it
Open VTFEdit again
Ctrl + I
Open .png file
Ctrl + Shift + S
Overwrite "hostage_sheet.vtf" in the materials/models/hostage/
Repeat for all .vtf files in materials/models/hostage/

Step 8: The Usage

Take your extracted "materials" folder and place it in Steam/steamapps/-insert username-/counter-strike source/cstrike/ and overwrite the original "materials" folder
Go ingame and search for servers where this modification will be accepted and work
Have fun!

The Shortcut

You can skip Step 1 - Step 3 and only do Step 4 - 7 by downloading an already made Material Hack and change the colours of everything to your liking.

Project Transperacy v0.3 can be found at [Material Wall Hack] Project Transparency v0.3. I did not make it nor did Juicy but if you use it give him some and a thanks if you are too lazy to go onto the original post on Cheat Project and thank Bl1zzard.

The Credits

Me for making this guide.
D3Scene for housing this guide.
Shubham for getting me my hacked Steam account (mad creds to him, 18 games for free FTW).
Juicy for posting Project Transperacy v0.3 on D3Scene.
Bl1zzard for making Project Transperacy v0.3.
You for reading this guide.

The Notes

Please me and thank me if you found this tutorial helpful. Post with some feedback/adivce/help if you want.

If you want to post this on another site other than D3Scene with or without my permission give me credit and a link back to this post and it'll be all gravy, baby.

[dog_keeper]

Looks professional 0o

thanks!
will read when i get back from dinner

[CampStaff]

Originally Posted by dog_keeper

Looks professional 0o

thanks!
will read when i get back from dinner

Better, it is the proper way to do a Mat hack.

[Pan]

Good tut, I made my own de_dust re-map A while ago. It took me a while because I couldn't find a decent tutorial.

[Lordilson]

Thanks for the feedback, will try to make some more guides/hacks!

EDIT

Whoops, how silly of me to forget to write about the hostages. I did this really late at night so I did make a lot of mistakes. Have updated it with Step 7: The Hostages and Step 8: The Usage.

[olistone]

i cant get mine to work.. i used the shortcut download, on assault my player colours hav changed to bright red ( T) and bright blue for (CT).. where have i gone wrong, can some please send me a detailed guide to this email ston3yjnr@hotmail.co.uk

ty

[Lordilson]

Originally Posted by olistone

i cant get mine to work.. i used the shortcut download, on assault my player colours hav changed to bright red ( T) and bright blue for (CT).. where have i gone wrong, can some please send me a detailed guide to this email ston3yjnr@hotmail.co.uk

ty

LOL. olistone, this is what a material hack is suppost to do. It changes the colours of the materials in the game to make it easier to play. You don't need any help. just play and have fun with an undetectable cheat.

[Trooper]

Hi there!
I would like to know if there are anyone in this "postroom" who know if i can install material hacks for css on my MAC. I can download the material hack and that, but i just can't find the counter strike folders. (fx steam/steamapps/*myusername*/cstrike/materials)
Regards Alex

[Lordilson]

Originally Posted by Trooper

Hi there!
I would like to know if there are anyone in this "postroom" who know if i can install material hacks for css on my MAC. I can download the material hack and that, but i just can't find the counter strike folders. (fx steam/steamapps/*myusername*/cstrike/materials)
Regards Alex

Sorry for the late reply but I didn't get an e-mail notification for this message. Anyways, here is how I THINK you can find it.

I do not have a clue about Mac but i've looked around and found a conclusion that might work. Use the Spotlight tool and search for the folders that I mentioned ie. steam then steamapps then -insert username- then cstrike and finally materials.

Originally Posted by sn4fu

Thankyou very much! Been looking foir this.

Anytime, man. Hope this helps you.

[AlexanderTheGreat]

Nice Guide