Modify swep addons and put them in server

[Wattygonadou]

Hello i have a problem that i can't resolve, i want to add a swep addon to my server but the swep is too unbalanced and one shot everything, i want to download it modify the damage and then put the swep on my server but i don't know how to do it.

i tried downloading the addon with a workshopdownloader, open up the zip extract the content to a new file "SWEP" changed the dmg of the swep and put the SWEP file in my server addon folder but nothing appeared in my spawn menu so i'm a little lost, can someone help me ?

[Potatosayno]

To fix this:
You download the addon with a Workshop Downloader or just drag it from your "Steam\steamapps\[username]\GarrysMod\garrysmod\addons" to a new folder.
You extract the addon .gma with a GmadExtractor (I myself use Freenex's Gmad Extractor but you can use anything you want).
Now when you have a Folder of the addon (for example I used the Vape Swep),
you go inside the lua-weapons folder or whatever folders you have in there to try and find a config/settings or basically anything that's .lua and you feel like you can modify the files there.
When you make it inside of the swep you would see scripts and from there you can start guessing:
EXAMPLE:
net.WriteFloat(CurTime() + (0.9*100/pitch))

In this case you we would edit values such for the pitch.

It would be easier if you told me what Swep you were using so I could've done a tutorial for you, but you really just need to know a tiny bit of a scripting, not even alot
and change the right line.

I suggest:
Test if the Swep works at all in the first place