So I've been trying to use the Gmad extractor so I can make my own skins for Garrys Mod, but it says it can't find the addons and I need to put them in the same folder as it. But I don't know where to find them in the folders. Can anyone help?
Looking for where addons are downloaded in files
garrys-mod
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Best Answer
You can find the GMA (Garry's Mod Addon) located in a few places:
addons
on the Server and are named similar tods_x.gma
garrysmod\cache\srcds
may also have some namedx.gma
You're probably looking for:
garrysmod\downloads\server
on the client side and are namedx.gma
Keep in mind if you're looking for certain addon that x is the steam workshop addon ID found after the ID parameter for example:
steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=123123
is123123.gma
Also, sometimes the files will be compressed and you'll need to extract them using an archive program like 7 Zip.
If you want to you can download the addons from a site, I suggest: http://steamworkshopdownloader.io/
If you already have the files you can try GMoshUI: https://github.com/FPtje/gmosh (this also helps to publish addons to the Steam)