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Uploading & Updating Skins

This guide assumes you know what the

Your osu!folder MUST be an

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. Relative paths will NOT work.
(If you never deliberately entered a relative path then everything should be good.)

0) If you already have an existing workshop item you want to update, skip to 3)

1) Create a thumbnail for your skin, with this exact filename and format

steamworkshopthumbnail.jpg

Here is an example:

Use Photoshop / GIMP / Paint / whatever your favorite image editing software is.
Filesize must be less than 1 MB
Format must be JPEG
Filename must be steamworkshopthumbnail.jpg

2) Copy the thumbnail into the folder of the skin you want to upload

Here is an example folder/file structure:

3) Select the skin you want to upload/update in-game

Go to Options > Skin:

Click on “Local Skin …” and select the local skin you want to upload/update:

Notice how the skin name changed from blue to white once a local skin was selected.
Only continue if the game successfully loaded your local skin as usual.

4) Open the in-game console via [SHIFT] + [F1] and enter this command

osu_workshop_upload_skin

By submitting an item, you agree to the workshop terms of service.

5) Press [ENTER] to execute the command

(Look for error messages either on the top left of the window (console log), or as notifications.)

If you did everything correctly, a loading spinner will appear in the middle of the screen.
After the upload is finished, the newly created workshop page for your item will be opened:
There you can change the name, description, add screenshots, etc.

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After a successful upload, a new text file containing the item ID will be added to your local skin.
This text file uniquely identifies your workshop item, and allows you to update it later on:
steamworkshopitemid.txt

6) Make your workshop item public

By default, all uploaded items have their visibility set to private (to allow editing name/description/screenshots/etc. before going public):

Navigate to the

This guide assumes you know what the folder structure looks like.Your osu!folder MUST be an absolute path . Relative paths will NOT work.(If you never deliberately entered a relative path then everything should be good.)Here is an example:Here is an example folder/file structure:Go to Options > Skin:Click onand select the local skin you want to upload/update:osu_workshop_upload_skin—By default, all uploaded items have their visibility set to private (to allow editing name/description/screenshots/etc. before going public):Navigate to the Steam Workshop for McOsu , select your item, and change its visibility via the owner controls: