How do people upload normal npcs?

[YourFriendJoe]

Well anybody can go and use model manipulator for anything that uses the HL2 skeleton, but is there some way where people do that and then upload the files? I mean I see it all the time where some guy decides to go and model manipulate a stormtrooper into a combine.

[ZombieSandvich]

They put work in it. It 's not a 1 min thing
You need to "hex" the model and make a lua file for it to be an npc

[YourFriendJoe]

How so? I can only seem to be able to hex weapons and ragdolls, and I'm new to coding lua.

[BananaFoam]

I think I know what you mean. You're talking about a NPC that uses in-built bases like npc_citizen and combine_s.

Here's how you do it.

1. Find a model that works with the Valve skeleton. To figure this out, use the model manipulator.

2. Go into the directory C:\Program Files\Steam\SteamApps\*yoursteamname*\garrysmod\garrysmod\addons

3.Create a new folder and name it whatever you want.

4. Place the "models" and "materials" folders from the model you want to use.

5. Make a new folder in the main folder entitled "lua" (without quotes)

6. In that put a folder called autorun

7. In that make a new file name npc_*whatever the npc name is*

8. Open it in Notepad or Notepad++.

9. Now, the next step is simple. Copy the code pasted below and replace the variables as needed:

local Category = "Shit"                                                //This is the category it will appear in in the menu. Name it what you want

local NPC = {	Name = "Citizen",                                       //The name of the npc goes here. name it what you want
				Class = "npc_citizen",                    //This decides whether it is friendly or not. If it is an npc_citizen, it is friendly and uses citizen sounds. Make it npc_combine_s for a hostile npc
				Model = "models/citizen01.mdl",      //Put the directory and name of the model it will use here
				Health = "80",                               //This is its health. I'm pretty sure it doesn't work
				KeyValues = { citizentype = 4 },      //Don't fuck with this
				Category = Category }                   //Don't fuck with this

list.Set( "NPC", "npc_citizen", NPC )                              //Name this "npc_whatever" and replace the "whatever" with anything you want, but make spaces underscores

10. Now save it as a .lua exstension

11.Now go to the main directory of your mod and create a new text file called "Info" without the quotes.

12. Place this is in it:

"AddonInfo"
{
	"name"			"Shitty Npc"       //The name of the mod
	"version"		"1"                            //It's version
	"up_date"		"7-17-10"                    //When it was released
	"author_name"		"Sgt. Dickassbuttfuck"     //Your name
	"author_email"		""                                //Your email
	"author_url"		""                                       //Your shitty blog
	"info"			"My assy npc!"                     //A description
        "override"	        "0"
}

13. PROFIT!!! Okay, I'm not going out with that. Now you're done and it should work!

14. And remove those "//*description whatevers*" from the final script.