Problems with Garry's Mod

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Apr 29, 2010
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I need some help. I've been trying to add new NPCs to the game. Problem is that either the spawn icons show up like normal, but when I spawn them I get a giant red error sign meaning the models are missing(but they say you need so and so addon for the models, which is already in the addons folder). Or, the spawn menu icons show up as those damn black and purple squares, but the npcs spawn normally. Sometimes I even get the red error sign and the black and purple spawn icons. Worst of all, sometimes they don't show up at all. No spawn icons, no models, nothing at all. This happens, despite the fact that everywhere I look it just says "Take everything and put it in the addons folder.", which I do every time. I am confused. But, other times I've added npcs with no problem by just adding them to the addons folder. Am I putting something in the wrong folder, or forgetting to put a file in another folder? I mean, sometimes I see inside the folder for the npcs I've downloaded there are 3 folders titled lua, materials, and models. Am I supposed to put those in their corresponding folders? This would be so much easier if the people who made these actually bothered adding a readme file explaining what goes where, instead of just saying, "Yeah I made these." or "Just toss em in the addons folder."
 

Dr Pussymagnet

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That usually happens if you don't have the right Source game installed in your Steam library, like Counter Strike: Source.

How many Source games do you happen to own?
 
Apr 29, 2010
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Well, I have Counter Strike: Source, Team Fortress 2, Portal, Left 4 Dead, Half Life 2(and all its episodes), and Day of Defeat: Source. But, most of the addons didn't say that other games were needed.