Table of Contents Extracting game content Downloading Crowbar Using Crowbar Common File Locations Old addon files New addon files Default game files Textures of Half Life 2 characters / props used in Garry's Mod tutorial, extracting, files, crowbar 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. Crowbar - Source Engine Modding Tool crowbar_extract.webm 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 Addons Garry's Mod 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 Default game files Navigate to GarrysMod/garrysmod Open garrysmod_dir.vpk Textures of Half Life 2 characters / props used in Garry's Mod Navigate to GarrysMod/sourceengine Open hl2_textures_dir.vpk Last modified: 16 months agoby yagira Log In