Counter Strike Source Spray Help please

[Eidrog]

Oh dear am I ever in need of help.

I've been trying to get my sprays to work for just under a month now with absolutely no luck.

The trouble is, I can see my sprays, the one computer attached to my network can see my sprays, but no one else on the internet can.

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I make my sprays 256 x 256
Uncompressed TGA, 32 bit for transparency (256kb)

Then I convert it into a VTF.(I've used both tga2vtf.bat as well as the normal vtex.exe that comes with the SDK kit.)

Then I move the newly created vmt and vtf file to the appropriate folder:
Valve\Steam\SteamApps\username\counter-strike source\cstrike\materials\VGUI\logos

Then I open my game, go to options > spraypaint image and I can see the spray right there.

Sure enough if I join a game and spray a wall I can see it, the guy on my network can see it - but no one else can.

I know the guy on my network has Zone Alarm on it. Would that be wrecking anything and making it impossible for people to see the sprays? I also have a router and I'm not sure if that would be blocking it.

Or is it my TGA compression? Right now they're uncompressed so a 256 x 256 TGA is 256k. I think I read somewhere that it has to be under either 120k or 130k. But then I read somewhere else it has to be an uncompressed TGA to work.

I've also tried just mundanely importing JPG's and TGA's in the game's option menu (keeping everything under 120k) and still nobody can see anything.

I'm really at my ropes end. I'm somewhat heart broken over all the sprays I've made and just now I'm realizing that no one can actually see them.

Another weird thing is. . . I've tried making sprays for Half Life 2 Multiplayer doing the exact same thing I do for Counter Strike Source. And they work on Half Life 2 Multiplayer! But yet. . . I cannot get them working for Counter Strike Source.

Has anyone ever heard of this happening? Can anyone think of a step I might be missing? I've been through just about every tutorial on the net (Craig built a very nice one) but so far nothing has helped.

Thank you very kindly for your time.

- Eidrog

 

[Vourdex]

Dude, that is messed up! It works for HL2: DM but not CSS. OK, the only thing I can think of is if you have cl_allowupload set to 0 then you will not upload your spray to the server, so make sure that it is cl_allowupload 1. Also, if the people you are playing with have cl_allowdownload 0 and cl_download_ingame 0 all set to 0 then they will not be able to see your spray. Also, if you have a router and a firewall, they might be preventing you from sending the spray to the server. Check to see if you have all the ports open on the router and the firewall. Here are the ports that need opened: http://support.steampowered.com/cgi...mNoX3RleHQ9c3RlYW0gcG9ydHM*&p_li=&p_topview=1

Have you tried directly connecting to your modem without a router and without a firewall? If you haven't you should try that and see if it works.

I hope this helps.

 

[Eidrog]

Oh my goodness, that is exactly what was wrong.

My cl_allowupload was set to 0 (by default, which seems to be a strange default to me, or is this normal?) Wow. . . I knew it had to be something simple like that. But I didn't even know such a setting even existed to check.

Thank you very much Vourdex! This really makes my day!!

Well, makes my month actually.

- Eidrog

 

[Vourdex]

Glad I could help.