CSGO SDK: [ROOT]\models\weapons\w_models File cannot be opened

[VRChat Cat Girl]

I was just poking around in CSGO SDK model viewer and I found that the file "[ROOT]\models\weapons\w_models" cannot be opened. The error message is "File models\weapons\w_models doesn't exist". So my question is how do I open this folder?

[ZeqMacaw]

This sounds like the known problem with HLMV (for any Source game) where if the model is in a VPK rather than a loose file, the folders that it is in must be made outside of the VPK.

As a workaround for just that model, you can create the "weapons" subfolder within the game's "models" folder (creating the "models" folder if it does not already exist, as well).

A convenient workaround that will allow HLMV to open any of the models found within the VPKs, Crowbar (in its Set Up Games tool) has a Create "models" folder tree from this game's VPKs button that can create all of the subfolders of "models" folder found in a game's VPKs. Be sure to select the game "Counter-Strike: Global Offensive" and make sure the fields actually point to your CSGO SDK.