Guide Deadlock skins: how to download and install?

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Despite on the fact that in other games from Valve installation of mods, all kinds of replacements of models or items will lead to ban or to impossibility to enter the server, then in Dead Lok putting skins is allowed. And of course why not use this? You can, for example, make Vindicta in swimsuit, make Infernus Scout from TF2 or wear on Heize armor another color (gold, red, silver). If you have long wanted to put your own model, make your core more beautiful or change its style, then the best time!

Where to download skins Deadlock?

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I found for you a link to the collection of models on the file sharing from Google, the name above is clickable.

• Official server Deadlock

The first place to look — is the Discord server Deadlock. On it they post a lot of interesting skins and mods. On the main screen of Deadlock there will be a button that will lead you to the server itself. There is a fan-art section, where players share their Deadlock skins.

To not waste time on everything, you can choose a filter on the server “Ded Lok Addon”.

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The second source — is the server with mods. Access to it is also given through the official channel, so first you need to be on the main server. This server will be better than the official, because here they post rarer and exclusive Deadlock mods.

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Don’t forget about GameBanana — it is a site where they post mods and skins for many games, including Dead Lock. Although on GameBanana at the time of writing the article not so many additions are uploaded yet, still unique developments appear, which are worthy of attention. Another good plus is that authors always update their works. So, if you want something fresh — go to GameBanana confidently.

How to install skin in Deadlock?

Now let’s move to the most important — how to change all this. Don’t worry, nothing difficult here, we will do everything step by step!

Step 1. Prepare a folder for mods on Deadlock

1. Open Steam, find Dead Lock in your library and click on the gear to the right of the "Play" button.
2. Then choose Manage — Browse local files. A folder with game files will open. Go to the path: game\citadel and create there a folder addons (if it does not exist yet).

Step 2. Configure the file gameinfo.gi

Now you need to tweak one file a bit, so that skins start to work:

1. In the citadel folder find the file gameinfo.gi and open it in Notepad or any other text editor.
2. Find the line SearchPaths and replace it with the following:

SearchPaths
{
Game citadel/addons
Mod citadel
Write citadel
Game citadel
Write core
Mod core
Game core
}

These changes need to be made so that the game correctly sees all our Deadlock Mods.

Step 3. Install skins on characters

Now the most interesting part — installation:

1. Download the file with Deadlock Skins (you can find links to resources with mods a little above). The file will look like pakXX_dir.vpk.
2. Move this file to the addons folder that we created in the previous step. I give advice! If you have several files in the folder with the same names, just change the numbers at the end of each name, add a one. For example, pak01_dir.vpk and pak02_dir.vpk.

And if you need a visual instruction, I suggest watching this video:

Errors you can face and how to solve them

Of course, something might not work the first time. Here are some popular errors and ways to fix them.

Skin did not appear

If the skin does not display in the game, check the following points:

1. Make sure that the file with the skin is actually in the addons folder.
2. If the file is in place, but the skin still does not work, try replacing your gameinfo.gi file with the one that is on Google Disk.

File conflict

If you have several skins with the same names, the game will get confused and give an error. You can just change or add numbers to the name of each file, so that they do not match.

Black screen

This may be due to the gameinfo.gi file, maybe you did something not according to the instructions. Replace it with the file from Google Disk.

Camera stutters

This is due to problems with the skin itself. In most cases, it will not be possible to help with this, but developers can release updates that fix such a problem.


Conclusion

That's all! Installing skins in the game Deadlock can be handled by anyone, even if you don't particularly like fiddling with settings. The main thing is to follow these simple steps, and your character will definitely look cool! Good luck in the matches, and let the skins always be on topic!