Extracting game content
In order to edit the original game textures/models you'll need to first extract them using Crowbar.
Downloading Crowbar
Open the page below and scroll to the download section. Once downloaded, extract the archive into a folder.
Using Crowbar
- Open Crowbar and head to the Unpack tab.
- Here, click
Browse…
next to the Package field and find your file, see Common File Locations - Click
Browse…
next to the Output and select the output location - Select the files that you want and click
Unpack
Common File Locations
Addon files can be found in two different locations depending on when the addon was created.
Old addon files
- Navigate to
GarrysMod/garrysmod/addons
- Open the GMA file that you want
New addon files
- Navigate to
workshop/content/4000/<addon_id>
— you can get the <addon_id> from the workshop link - Open the GMA file that you want