I need some help finding the model files.

[Maragol]

I just downloaded some skins but i dont know where to find the model folder.
Can someone tell me the folder name or something?

[Smashman]

Erm.
Models

[editline]09:35AM[/editline]

If it's not there you can create it.

[Maragol]

Well i go into the models folder but theres only the models that i've been downloading to get into different servers.

[Smashman]

Well put the mod in there.

[editline]09:56AM[/editline]

Likely a better ideas is, if there is a whole bunch of folders in the mod you downloaded just drop the whole lot of folders, materials, models, sounds, whatever into the tf folder.
It'll do the replacing for you.

[Maragol]

nah didn't work :/

[Dr Nick]

What skin?

[Pr0vologne]

The textures you downloaded should be vtf files. These should go into the following file path:
C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\*your steam login*\team fortress 2\tf\materials\models

Then place the skins in the pertaining folder. If it's a player model skin then it goes into player\items\*class*. If it's a weapon skin then you place it into the correlating folder.

Also if there is a folder that the skin should be in but the folder is nonexistent then you can make the folder without any issues.

[Maragol]

[QUOTE=Pr0vologne;22038932]The textures you downloaded should be vtf files. These should go into the following file path:
C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\*your steam login*\team fortress 2\tf\materials\models

Then place the skins in the pertaining folder. If it's a skin for the pyro you put it into the pyro folder.

Also if there is a folder that the skin should be in but the folder is nonexistent then you can make the folder without any issues.[/QUOTE]
Thank you my good sir.
i found it.
EDIT: Dammit. The goddam folder just contains alot of crap that i've downloaded from different servers and not the original skins.

[Pr0vologne]

No problem at all.

[Dr Nick]

[QUOTE=Dr Nick;22038923]What skin?[/QUOTE]

.

[Maragol]

[QUOTE=Dr Nick;22038923]What skin?[/QUOTE]
The latest ubersaw by mister royzo
Now in before all the idiotcalling and boxes, remember i never look in my folders otherwise since im often occupied by playing the game.

[Sakuukuli]

[QUOTE=Maragol;22038948]Dammit. The goddam folder just contains alot of crap that i've downloaded from different servers and not the original skins.[/QUOTE]That's what it is supposed to contain.

Let's get this straight:
Source games use Game Cache Files (.gcf) to store their resources. They are located in Steam/steamapps/
Additionally, they have a separate folder for user settings and mods, Steam/steamapps/<game name>/
If there is a user-creted file in that folder the game uses that one, if not, it will load the default one from the GCF.

Okay, maybe I confused you more. Sorry.

[Smashman]

Just physically drop the materials and models folders into C:/Program Files/Steam/steamapps/<login>/team fortress 2/tf

This'll do it.

You gotta restart TF2 though.

[Dr Nick]

You're probably looking in team fortress 2\tf\downloads. Don't.

Drop the materials and models folder from the .rar archive into the steamapps\<your username>\team fortress 2\tf folder.

If you have TF2 open, you'll have to restart the game. Custom skins will also not work on servers that have sv_pure set to 1 or 2, so to test your newly installed skins, I would suggest using the "Create Server" option in the main menu.

[Maragol]

i got it working now. Thank you guys for all the help.
you can lock the thread now :P