How do you animate gmod characters?

[Escapegoat]

Every time I download something like a character, I try spawning it in gmod. But every time, it does absolutely nothing when I spawn it despite that there's plenty of videos with that addon showing it walking and moving around. What am I missing?

[Escapegoat]

Originally posted by carrotonpotato:

It is either he is animating them with stopmotion or you are spawning ragdolls rather then NPCs

I am spawning ragdolls, but when I look in the NPC section there's nothing new that's been installed, is there some setting I need to turn on for NPCs?

[Escapegoat]

Originally posted by carrotonpotato:

Originally posted by Adobe Potatoshop:

I am spawning ragdolls, but when I look in the NPC section there's nothing new that's been installed, is there some setting I need to turn on for NPCs?

Link me to that video and i will tell you if whats in it is an npc.

It's not a video it's a steam workshop addon that says "NPC" in the title.

[Cynia]

HAT (Henry's Animation Tool) is a good start.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=111364507

Ragmorph also works.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=104509899