How exactly do you install mods?

[FentYeen]

I've done things like installing mods on Source games, such as TF2, but I never understood how you're supposed to install skins on to games that use the Gold Source engine. I.E. TFC.
So would somebody tell me exactly how to do so?

[Ragnar]

pizzahut is usually best for this stuff.

[pizzahut]

Thanks Towerbutt.

@Barney: There is a special folder for addons, try this one first. Create it if it doesn't exist yet. I'm going to assume that Steam is installed in "C:\Program Files (x86)".

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Half-Life\tfc_addon

The other option is to install customisations (Valve calls it "custom addon content") into the tfc folder, but only do this if you have problems using the tfc_addon folder.

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Half-Life\tfc

Depending on the type of addon (sound, map, model, sprite etc) you need to put it into the corresponding subfolder.

For example, if you want to add a custom crosshair which are essentially sprites, you put the files into one of these folders:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Half-Life\tfc_addon\sprites
or
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Half-Life\tfc\sprites

Skins are part of the models folder. For weapons you can use "tfc_addon\models" or "tfc\models".

Player models however are stored in subfolders, depending on the player class. E.g. for medic:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Half-Life\tfc_addon\models\player\medic
or
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Half-Life\tfc\models\player\medic

Using the tfc_addon folder requires that you allow custom addon content in the TFC video options.

Detailed instructions how to install a particular addon are usually included in the addon's readme file, so you should read it first before installing. ;)

If it's an archive (zip, rar etc), it has to be extracted first because TFC can't handle archives.

To find skins go to Paft's website and scroll down to the bottom for a link collection.

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/millard1/customs.html

[pizzapig]

Towerbutt rocks!

[ManWithaNewPlan]

not really. im a sad pathetic loser . thanks anyway for trying to cheer me up. im banned at royston and the forums to. i deserved it .

[ManWithaNewPlan]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o46qjwhwRH4

[Gingebread]

Will I get banned for using mods?

[FentYeen]

Originally posted by Gingebread:

Will I get banned for using mods?

dawg idk if u know this but i posted ts back in 2016 😭 look elsewhere