Now you need to find Gmad.exe, the program you want to run the file through. To convert the file right click on it and click on 'Open with'Īnd then click on 'Look for another app on this PC' which will likely be located at the bottom of that section. In its current state the file cannot be used for Importing, so it must be converted. In this case it is a 327th addon, so I did CNTRL + F '327th' and found the file: Once you are in that folder, you can CNTRL + F and search for your addon. To locate the file, navigate to you Gmod addons folder which will be at - //steamapps/common/garrysmod/garrysmod/addons Once the addon has been downloaded, you will need to find the actual file. Pretty self explanatory, you need to download the addon into your Gmod Files so just subscribe to the addon and launch Gmod for the addon to be downloaded. STEP 1 - Find the addon you want to Import fromįor this demonstration, I will be using this Clone Wars Addon. Those are the only 3 programs you will need to have to Import any model/bodygroup.

- CROWBAR (this is what you will use when you want to decompile a model for its bodygroups if that is the model you are after).

- CRAFTY (this is used to observe/look at obj.

- VTF Editor (this is what you use to convert the VTF Textures into PNGs which are used for the material of the model).

The programs you are going to need are the following: This means that you can use models that are not present on the server or its mounted addons.

Today I will be explaining how to Import models into your PAC.įor those that do not know, importing essentially the process of taking a model that is not in the server content but in an external addon and making it so that it downloads onto your model.

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