TF2 Sound Files?

[Wingbeat]

I have a few sound files on the TF2 sounds folder I use a bit, so I went to look where it was. Usually, the sound files would be located at C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\[Namehere]\Team Fortress 2\tf\sound, however now it's located in the common section of steamapps, and all the sounds are within a cache. Is there a reason it's there, and how can I reach the sound files?

Thanks!

[Orange Bitflip]

Having the stock sound files in the filesystem directory isn't/wasn't normal.
You should/have had three GCF files to open, with two of them containing sounds.
You open/would open these with GCFscape.

Meanwhile, in the modern age...
You should have a bunch of VPK files now in your tf folder. If Portal 2 taught me anything, it's that you need to open the game_thingy_dir.vpk, not the numerous game_thingy_###.vpk files.
Again, GCFscape.

If you want to make mods or change the sounds around, you have to make a folder in the custom folder, then make folders inside of that one, then add your files, etc.
Bah.
https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=7388-QPFN-2491
Read it. All of it.

[Becquerel]

:(

[rat no more]

If you want the sounds, go to C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Team Fortress 2\tf to find the vpk sound files. use the program GCFscape. The user Orange BitFlip has more information on this.

[Russian Empire]

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[OLED SteemDeck Gamer]

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