Failed load of .VVD data for models

[BarneyRooster18]

I've ported this model from Gmod and it appears invisible.
I have all the vvd, vtx and mld files in the same folder.

Here is a screenshot of what the concsole says.
https://imgur.com/hjQsBD3

Does anyone have any solution for this?

[Marco Skoll]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1226526147

[BarneyRooster18]

Wow that's dumb. I only had to put it in the "models" folder.

Cheers, m8!

[Marco Skoll]

Originally posted by BOT BarneyRooster:

Wow that's dumb. I only had to put it in the "models" folder.

Yeah, that's pretty normal. Unfortunately, a lot of GMod creators take the very lazy approach of just compiling models with just a name and no folder path.

This theoretically works in GMod* (as the engine has been modified to also check for the VVD and VTX files in the same folder as the MDL file, rather than just at the compiled file path), SFM does not have the same feature and therefore the models don't work when they're anywhere but the root model folder if the author does this.

* I say theoretically, because the engine does still check the file path compiled into the model; as such, you get a somewhat increased risk of file conflicts.