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Does a CS2 skin changer touch my actual inventory or is it visual only

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u/skinQ·6 days ago

probably a dumb question but does it actually give me the skin or is it just rendering locally. and if it is local, does anyone else in the lobby see it

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u/kolt·6 days ago

visual only. your inventory is untouched, the skins are rendered on your end

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u/skinQ·6 days ago

so nobody else sees them

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u/kolt·5 days ago

no. and no trading them either, they arent real items

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u/marlow_42·5 days ago

worth being clear because people do assume it fills the inventory. it does not

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u/grvnce·4 days ago

does it survive updates though, that is my question

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u/hexed·4 days ago

patch dependent like anything else. it gets updated, but dont expect it to work the hour after a cs2 update

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u/skinQ·3 days ago

does it matter for trading or is it purely cosmetic bragging rights

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u/marlow_42·3 days ago

purely cosmetic. zero effect on anything real. feature list is on the skin changer page if you want specifics

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u/kolt·2 days ago

which is the appeal for people who dont want to spend 400 on a knife to look at it

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u/grvnce·2 days ago

fair. is it detectable

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u/hexed·yesterday

separate question really. it is visual only so nothing to gain from it in game, but it is still software running. treat it like any other cheat, not like a free cosmetic

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u/skinQ·23 hours ago

thats the bit i wanted, thanks. not planning to use it in ranked anyway

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u/kolt·12 hours ago

you can, it does nothing to your aim. just looks nicer while you whiff