Can't find the .gma file

[Mystic Monkey]

Usually when I want a particular prop for maps, SFM and such I usually subscribe to the workshop item, run GMod and test to see what the item looks like, then go to the addon folder, move the .gma file to gmad in the bin which will extract the files for me, which I then relocate to other folders for Hammer, SFM etc.

Now I can't seem to find the .gma files of recent subscriptions. I done the usual steps and the subscribed item appears in GMod spawn menu, but when I look into the actual addon files I can't seem to find the recently subscribed .gma. All my other .gma seem to be present I just can't find the character pack .gma I recently downloaded.

How do I fix? The character pack I downloaded had a model I've been waiting years for.

[꧁Jay꧂]

This doesn't answer your question directly, I haven't actually played GMod or done anything addon related in a couple years and I remember they moving .gma locations before for servers so I don't know where they're at now- but this is a website I have used frequently to accomplish what you want to do.

{LINK REMOVED}https://www.steamworkshopdownloader.io/

It is basically GMad on a website

[Mystic Monkey]

I know how to extract .gma files, it's just finding them thats the problem.
Usually they show up in E:\Program files\Steam\steamapps\common\GarrysMod\garrysmod\addons, that is after you run GMod after subscribing.

1. I've subscribed to the model I want.
2. I ran GMod, going as far as spawning the model I want in GMod to see what it looks like.
3. I go to the addon folder to extract the .gma file with gmad.exe to get the model I want.

For some reason I cannot do step 3 because the .gma file isn't present even though I done the firts two steps. This usually worked for me in the past and I don't know why I can't do it now.

[꧁Jay꧂]

I installed an addon and it went to my addons folder so I'm really not sure why it doesn't work for you, but that website I sent will extract the files for you and you can download the extracted files as a .zip if you can't find the .gma files themselves.

[Mystic Monkey]

The site has been helpful, thanks. It doesn't quite solve the problem but does get the files I need.

[Klen_list 🎀]

some addons now storage in steamapps>workshop>content>4000>[addonid]>*. gma

[Mystic Monkey]

All I can find in those content folders are ##################_legacy.bin files.
But with numbers instead of #.

[Klen_list 🎀]

if file in workshop>content is #_legacy.bin then addon in garrysmod>addons, search he by id using searchbar ur OS
if u cant find addon, he probably is not installed because broken (using old api or some other)

[LightCer -(stab)-]

So I actually figured it out :D You guys were really close. So yeah if it works in gmod and you can't find it in your addons folder then make sure to uninstall and reinstall your addon (so it is the latest change to the folder hierarchy) then go to the steamapps>workshop>content> folder as suggested before by Klen_List and filter the folder list by "Date modified." Then the top folders should be the ones containing the addon you are looking for. Mine ended up being a temp.gma file in steamapps>workshop>content>4000>2269440712 but when I filtered it through gmad.exe it came out to the addon I was looking for.

[Klen_list 🎀]

folder name "2269440712" is the addon's id.
for example addon needed LightCer is `https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2269440712`
end of url - addon id aka folder name in steamapps>workshop>content>4000

[Raven]

@LightCer -(stab)- didnt work im still clueless

[Exoskeleton]

Do you still have the .gma file in your Gmod Addon folder? If not, look in common\GarrysMod\bin. NO. NOT common\GarrysMod\garrysmod\bin. I had this exact problem a while ago, I accidentally moved the .gma instead of pasting it into the bin folder. You just have to move the .gma back to the addons folder.

[GlazedCroissant]

Originally posted by LightCer -(stab)-:

So I actually figured it out :D You guys were really close. So yeah if it works in gmod and you can't find it in your addons folder then make sure to uninstall and reinstall your addon (so it is the latest change to the folder hierarchy) then go to the steamapps>workshop>content> folder as suggested before by Klen_List and filter the folder list by "Date modified." Then the top folders should be the ones containing the addon you are looking for. Mine ended up being a temp.gma file in steamapps>workshop>content>4000>2269440712 but when I filtered it through gmad.exe it came out to the addon I was looking for.

Before I screw anything up, are you able to rename the files for easier finding later or should I start notating these random IDs?

[патриот унитаза]

Originally posted by Klen_list 🎀:

some addons now storage in steamapps>workshop>content>4000>[addonid]>*. gma

THANKS BRO

[wpykdg]

Type in "gmpublisher + gmod" on Google. There is your hint. Best of luck.