-first release 18.8.06 by l2ebel-

there might be further releases if i find out new stuff (manually scaleing thickness of lines would be neat for example...)

what is included in this pack:

pink thin crosshair
orange thin crosshair
white thin crosshair
black thin crosshair
white thick crosshair
black thick crosshair

for more colors, ask me or make your own (see below how to).

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HOW TO INSTALL
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first of all, theres a .vmt and a .vtf (see the difference?) so read carefully before you do anything stupid.

if you want to install the files to allow you to have any color then open the "any color" folder within this .zip, copy the white_additive.vmt and the white_additive.vtf of which color you want (e.g: white_additive-pink.vtf if you want a pink one).

next browse to your Steam\SteamApps\<your account name>\counter-strike source\cstrike\materials\VGUI folder (create these folders if you dont have them) and insert the files, then simply rename the white_additive-pink.vtf to white_additive.vtf and youre done :)

if you want to use the white thick crosshair you need a different file but this time only the .vmt; simply open the "white and thick" folder within this .zip, copy the white_additive.vmt and put it into the same folder as above (Steam\SteamApps\<your account name>\counter-strike source\cstrike\materials\VGUI).

same goes for the black thick crosshair, you find it in the "black and thick" folder in this .zip


incase youre the visual type of person, look at this and you know which folder to choose:

    pink thin crosshair\
orange thin crosshair-use folder: "any color"
  white thin crosshair//
  black thin crosshair/

white thick crosshair-use folder: white and thick
		   
black thick crosshair-use folder: black and thick

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MAKING YOUR OWN COLOR
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you can of course also create your own color, for that you need to open any white_additive.vtf file from the "any color" folder, for that i used photoshop together with Nem's .vtf plugin which you can download here: http://nemesis.thewavelength.net/index.php?c=154#p154

after you opened the file just replace its color with the one you want and save it (when saving: in the VTF options under Template choose "Compressed Texture" and click ok).

done.


frequently asked questions:

-->it doesnt work! whats the problem?

make sure you untick the translucent box under the crosshair in your ingame options (yes it will display the default crosshair but ingame its correct, its switched).

you can also add "cl_crosshairusealpha 0" to your .cfg instead of unticking the box every time.

or you simply add a bind to your .cfg like this: bindtoggle "h" "cl_crosshairusealpha".
now each time you hit "h" ingame it will switch between your custom crosshair and the default one, (which can still be anything you want: red, green, yellow, blue or light blue)

if it still doesnt work, read the installation briefing again or try a different directx level, although ive successfully tested it on 70,80,81,90 and 95 it might not work on every level for you.

to change your dx level: right click on steam-->games-->click on css-->click properties-->click "set launch options" and enter: -dxlevel 70 (or -dxlevel 80, or 90, 95 etc..)



-->can i get VAC banned for using custom crosshairs? 

no, its completely save to use them.



-->do leagues allow these crosshairs?

ask them, if not then who cares... they cant know as you could simply switch to an original color for the ss round and then back to your custom colored one, dont get caught! :)


-->the thick crosshairs have 2 pixel wide lines, which line is the initial "more accurate" one?

the longer of both lines is the initial crosshair line, the shorter lines have been put beside them and are therefore not as accurate.


-->could you make it so we can have thick lines AND all colors?

im trying to find a way to do that, no promises though..



-->can you make a crosshair that is always the opposite color than its background?

gotta test all different shaders, might take some time, hope it can be done.




