thorgot 2420 Posted April 19, 2014 (edited) Thanks to ctark and myself, customizable sprays are now available on ZE, JB, MG, Surf and War3! CSGO uses .vtf files for sprays. VTF files are basically TGA files, but different enough that they aren't interchangeable. All sprays must have width and height that are 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, or 512. They don't have to be square, but most sprays tend to be. They must also be less than 100kB. DXT1 will have a smaller file size and be lower quality, DXT5 will have a larger file size and be higher quality. If your spray has curves or transparency, I recommend DXT5. DXT3 is in between, supporting transparency but without interpolation. The easiest way to make a VTF is to upload your image to TFSprays (http://tfsprays.com/Create/Static) and use the VTF it gives you. Make sure the vtf it produces is under 100kB! Don't put an animated gif in as we don't (yet) support animated custom sprays, so you'll just end up with the first frame of your gif. I highly recommend you use TFSprays, but if you really want to create the vtf yourself, here are four other ways to make a VTF: Spoiler Use the Paint.NET plugin to save any image as a VTF. Use the Photoshop plugin to save an image as a VTF. Use the GIMP plugin to save an image as a VTF. Use VTFEdit to save an image as a VTF. Once you are happy with your image and have saved it as a vtf, and have linked your STEAMID to your forum account, go here, upload your file and click submit. Bingo, your spray will be on ZE, JB, MG, Surf and War3 when the map changes. Select it by choosing My Custom Spray, which should now be the first choice in the /sprays list. Edited May 30, 2016 by thorgot updating link for upload 24 Necrophenia, DarkPredator, Arrkham and 21 others reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Astrro 372 Posted April 19, 2014 inb4 all dick sprays all day 10 Dylan, KiLLeR, DogsGoMeow and 7 others reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Piero 2272 Posted April 19, 2014 (edited) Use128x128. 256x256 can be too big Edited January 5, 2015 by Piero Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thorgot 2420 Posted April 19, 2014 inb4 all dick sprays all dayFrom the MOTD:If you feel the need to spray a pornographic logo, it must be soft-core pornography - no genitalia allowed.This is not up for discussion in the server. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Astrro 372 Posted April 19, 2014 From the MOTD:If you feel the need to spray a pornographic logo, it must be soft-core pornography - no genitalia allowed.This is not up for discussion in the server.Can you find out who sprayed what? I'm sure you can. But great work thorgot. Thanks again! 1 AntyCrix reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thorgot 2420 Posted April 19, 2014 If you look at a spray, it will say who sprayed it. Also, admins have an sm_spraytrace command to also see their SteamID if they've disconnected. Note: there's a minor bug with new sprays at the moment, they may take two maps to show up instead of one in some cases. This will only occur if you join a server before the map has changed right after uploading a new spray. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ctark 1983 Posted April 19, 2014 Please let thorgot or myself (ctark) know if there are any issues. A lot of time has been put into these, I hope you all enjoy the custom sprays! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Necrophenia 435 Posted April 19, 2014 Cheers guys, Its good to have sprays back Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lv. 100 Garchomp 362 Posted April 19, 2014 (edited) Man, that 100kb upload limit sucks. Cropped, deleted every 2nd frame... 64x64. It took a while. It's still good, however! I'd much rather go through what I went through than not having custom sprays in the first place. Oh derp, animated sprays not yet supported Edited April 19, 2014 by Lv. 100 Garchomp Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BLiNDBoi 930 Posted April 19, 2014 I recall hearing about something like this but it was only a local spray only to you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thorgot 2420 Posted April 19, 2014 I recall hearing about something like this but it was only a local spray only to you.Right when CSGO came out people discovered you could reenable sprays with fairly minimal effort, but Valve patched it out. This is a different approach. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Arrkham 291 Posted April 20, 2014 For images under 100kb, export as a jpg and use 256x256 sizing, then convert to VTF. Ive made a few sprays and it works everytime. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ctark 1983 Posted April 21, 2014 Man, that 100kb upload limit sucks. Cropped, deleted every 2nd frame... 64x64. It took a while. It's still good, however! I'd much rather go through what I went through than not having custom sprays in the first place. Oh derp, animated sprays not yet supported They will be in the future, but may not be completly free..... Stay tuned! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thorgot 2420 Posted June 10, 2014 Custom spray uploading isn't working at the moment, we'll investigate and fix it. Ctark fixed it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thorgot 2420 Posted April 25, 2015 The !sprays menu now lists how many people online have chosen each spray, sorting by that value. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Neko sepai 0 Posted June 30, 2015 so happy custom sprays r free Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
trav 6834 Posted July 22, 2015 Is there a How To Guide on animated sprays yet? Trying to make this my spray:http://puu.sh/j7W9p/9318c046d2.gif Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
david 49 Posted May 25, 2016 trying to upload a .VTF, it is 256x256 and 46KB. Keeps saying failed to upload. I'm going to try again tomorrow to see if the issue persists. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ctark 1983 Posted May 25, 2016 16 hours ago, 20pizzas said: trying to upload a .VTF, it is 256x256 and 46KB. Keeps saying failed to upload. I'm going to try again tomorrow to see if the issue persists. Try now, sorry about that 2 thorgot and david reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thorgot 2420 Posted May 31, 2016 TFSprays is shutting down in a month. Hopefully someone will take the source code, which he's planning on release as open source, and put up a clone. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nav 98 Posted June 1, 2016 @thorgot Whnver i try to make a spray i download the VTF and it takes me to CSGO what do i do? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thorgot 2420 Posted June 1, 2016 19 minutes ago, Lucknoskill said: @thorgot Whnver i try to make a spray i download the VTF and it takes me to CSGO what do i do? As it says in the instructions, download the VTF and upload it here. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KiLLeR 588 Posted June 1, 2016 On May 30, 2016 at 10:08 PM, thorgot said: TFSprays is shutting down in a month. Hopefully someone will take the source code, which he's planning on release as open source, and put up a clone. I use VTFEdit and it works great, easy program to use too, also helps to convert files for mapping texture purposes Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TrinityCrush 367 Posted June 1, 2016 i can't upload my spray. Sorry, there is a problem Something went wrong. Please try again. Error code: EX2 That comes up as the next page when i try to upload my spray. is like 42.8kb 256x300something Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shaymin 129 Posted June 1, 2016 The problem is that custom sprays right now wont work when submitted if they are more than 200x200 in size, I dont know why this occurs, but I was testing out my own spray and it didnt seem to work with a 250X250 dimension size. Also I recommend everyone to use JPEG before converting it into a VTF as it saves more space, I believe about 5% more space than a PNG. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites