Folder Layout..?

[V-Wing]

Okay below I have pictures.
and they're in order. The highlighted folder is the one we're entering which goes into the next picture.

I can not locate at all where the NPC's that came with GMOD 10 and DoD are at. Folder wise. the vmt's and vtf's etc..
I can only add NPC's/Vehicles/Props/etc when they come as 'add-ons' where i just throw them in that folder and boom.
But as far as some I get that are not 'add-ons' I presumably am missing some folders. Because when I add the missing folders. Such as a "Sound", "Models", etc folder. It doesn't seem to work.

So I don't really know how to go about fixing this... and from what I've seen on tutorials and the like on YouTube, everyone seems to have a different folder layout than mine does.
So Am I missing something..? They also appear to get to their 'garrysmod' folder a different way o.O

Pleaseeee help this stupid fool? :]

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just incase haha..

System hardware specs
- Processor = AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Processor 5600+, MMX, 3DNow (2 CPUs)
- RAM = 3582MB
- Graphics Card = NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT... Integrated RAMDAC
- Operating System = Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition (5.1)

okay the pics..

[img]http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a94/V-Wing/Steam1.jpg[/img]

[img]http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a94/V-Wing/Steam2.jpg[/img]

[img]http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a94/V-Wing/Steam3.jpg[/img]

[img]http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a94/V-Wing/Steam4.jpg[/img]

[img]http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a94/V-Wing/Steam5.jpg[/img]

Thank you so much for any help!

[Divran]

Just turn them into addon format.
It's very easy. Just copy the info.txt from another addon and put it in the downloaded folder. Open it, and change stuff around.

[| FlapJack |]

Things that came with GMod are normally kept in the GCF file. Open it using GCFScape - it's in your steamapps folder.

[V-Wing]

Okay nice. Thank you very much! I have that program now, along with .NET so it works haha..

but before I jack things up, what exactly am I able to do with GCFScape?

All I've heard people say is I can extract. but I don't know what good that would do exactly.. would you mind explaining please? :)

Like 'Shell Execute' and Extracting something..?

And thank you Divran! I didn't think that would work, so thank you much for the tip! :)

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While, on the page.. one last question..

Can Crafty3D or VTFLib edit downloaded maps and exchange sayy.. floor textures? If the person who made the map didn't PakRat the material/textures and some floors are the dreaded pink n black checkered. Am I able to put in a flooring texture in place that I have?