How to add models to the addon folder

[qwer]

Hello!

I have been having fun creating some models for garry's mod, i have exported one of them, and it works in gmod if i put the stuff in the main folder, but when i try to add them to the addon folder, it wont work :/

in the folder itself, i have the following:

[-]combatmodels
 ├ [-]materials
 │  └ [-]kitsunekaze93
 │      ├ light.vmf
 │      ├ light.vmt
 │      ├ metal.vmf
 │      ├ metal.vmt
 │      ├ metal_n.vmt
 │      ├ metal2.vmf
 │      └ metal2.vmt
 ├ [-]models
 │  └ [-]kitsunekaze93
 │      ├ cannon.dx80
 │      ├ cannon.dx90
 │      ├ cannon.mdl
 │      ├ cannon.phy
 │      ├ cannon.sw
 │      └ cannon.wd
 ├ [-]settings
 │  └ [-]spawnlist
 │      └ combatmodels.txt
 ├ icon.tga
 └ info.txt

here is the info file:

"AddonInfo"
{
    "name"                    "Combatmodels"
    "version"                  "1.0"
    "up_date"                "2011-08-07"
    "author_name"          "Kitsunekaze93"
    "author_email"          "[e-mail]"
    "author_url"             "none"
    "info"                      "Adds custom models to the game"
    "override"                "0"
}

when i add the models and materials directly into the main folder, it works flawlessly, but it cant seem to find the model when i add it to the addons folder :/
im sure im just making some stupid simple mistake, but it just wont work :/
here is the qc file in case thats the problem:

$cd "C:/Documents and Settings/kitsunekaze/Desktop/3dmodel"
$modelname "kitsunekaze93\cannon.mdl"
$model "body" "prop.smd"
$cdmaterials "kitsunekaze93/"
$surfaceprop "metal"
$scale 1.0
$keyvalues  {
     prop_data  { 
        "base" "metal.Small"
    }
}
$sequence idle "propseq.smd" fps 1
$sequence up   "propseq2.smd" fps 10
$sequence down "propseq3.smd" fps 10
$collisionmodel "propco.smd" {
    $concave
    $mass 100
    $inertia 1.00
    $damping 0.00
    $rotdamping 0.00
}

please help me...

[ottr]

It have always been that way, that if you are adding big models it's best to put them into the main directory. Just make a fast-unzip version of the addon and tell them to extract it to garrysmod\garrysmod.

About the models thing, I'm not really sure :/

[qwer]

guess i will have to do that :/ but would be neat to have everything in addon format :/

[ottr]

It's not difficult to extract. Most of the best addons often are garrysmod\garrysmod extracted.

[qwer]

no, i guess :/
but it is easier to remove/update when you have it all in addon format :/
i wanna make it into an svn, like cap, wiremod, sbep, life support and some others, and then its much easier to have it in addon format :/

[qwer]

okay, so i made a couple of other models, cleaned up gmod by deleting and reinstalling, did exactly as before with the addon, and it worked -_-'