Installing [Dub] Skin Packs

Overview

Saw some sweet skins on the workshop but don’t know how to get it to show up in-game? Here are some instructions that should have come with the packs.

Packs This Guide Applies To

QuickStart

What you should know:

-§- The pack works BOTH Clientside and Serverside
-§- 1st-Person arms re-textured for both Clientside and* Serverside
-§- Reskinned characters has to be unlocked to work Clientside
-§- Characters do not need to be unlocked to use Serverside
-§- Serverperks or similar mutator required for Serverside use

*After 1602 update, clientside retextures of 1st-person arms no longer whitelisted

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Client-side Use

The game only allows one skin for characters, so you have to choose which skin.

NOTE: BE SURE TO HAVE APPROPRIATE CHARACTERS UNLOCKED EITHER VIA ACHIEVEMENTS OR PURCHASING DLC IF YOU PLAN ON CHOOSING THE CHARACTER.

You can still install the pack and see when others use the characters.

Go to your …killingfloorsystem folder

TIP: mine is C:Program Files (x86)SteamSteamAppscommonKillingFloorsystem

and find all the downloaded .upl’s.

You should find it like this:

CHARACTER’S_DEFAULT.upl CHARACTER’S_RESKIN.upl

As the default comes first alphabetically, whenever the character is called, that is the skin it uses.

To have it default to another skin, just rename the files so your desired skin comes first alphabetically. Or just delete the ones you don’t want.

Alphabetic Example:

CHARACTER’S_A_RESKIN.upl CHARACTER’S_DEFAULT.upl

Why it’s done this way:

Most clientside reskins involve replacing the default .upl with a modified version. It’s an unforgiving practice if backups are not made. [Reverifying game cache will bring them back]. Instead of replacing the character’s .upl and be SOL for not making a backup, this method allows the user to switch between skins. Also, as some packs contain retextures of the same character, this allows the user to decide which skin to use.

Edit: It all comes down to preference. If you don’t want to rename files, you can just delete files you don’t want. Or you can keep the files and prioritize by renaming.

Server-side Use

After installing Serverperks, open up Serverperks.ini and add the custom character codes.

Run the mutator within the game and characters should be selectable

Sample Serverperk Code:
CustomCharacters=Dude

Downloads

In case the steam workshop is not working or you want the .zip of the files, an alternative download will be listed.

Files you are downloading:
.utx files

Texture files and typically take up the most space

.u files

Allows 1st-Person arms to be reskinned during clientside use and necessary for serverside use

.upl files

clientside information for what textures to load

FAQ: Client-side vs Server-side

Client-side

Pros:

Cons:

Can be used on almost any server

No one else sees your modified skins

Relatively simple “installation”

Destructive when replacing .upl files

Doesn’t disrupt perk-leveling/achievements

Cannot be done on locked skins

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Doesn’t change 1st-person arms***

***[Dub] retexture packs changes 1st-person arms After the 1602, this feature is no-longer whitelisted.

Server-side

Pros:

Cons:

Everyone on server sees same modified skins

Disables perk-leveling/achievements

Reskined character does not need to be unlocked

Requires Serverperks

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Only available in solo or select servers

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