Guides, Tutorials, Articles, Reference, Tools

[ZeqMacaw]

Guides and Tutorials

• Crowbar (Modding Tool) Guide (Learn how to use Crowbar from the developer, ZeqMacaw)
  
  
• A Complete Guide for Using Crowbar (Guide by Pte Jack)
  
  
• Crowbar (моддинг инструмент) Гайд (Гайд о том, как использовать инструмент Crowbar) (By MARK2580)
  
  
• Publish to Workshop via Crowbar (For Garry's Mod, but the principles are the same for any game. By ZeqMacaw)
  
  
• Workaround to Recompile Models that Have Problems Due to Delta Animations (By ZeqMacaw)
  
  
• SFM - Decompile a Valve Model, Edit and Send Back to SFM - Pt3a - Using a Crowbar (the new ver 0.27) (By Pte Jack)
  
  
• Decompiling the Survivor Model Files[sites.google.com] (Part of the Modding a Left 4 Dead 2 Survivor tutorial by ZeqMacaw)
  
  
• Simple Model Blender to SFM - Addendum - Compiling using Crowbar (Video tutorial by Pte Jack)
  
  
• Compiling Using Crowbar[sites.google.com] (Part of the Modding a Left 4 Dead 2 Survivor tutorial by ZeqMacaw)
  
  
• Practically any model to SFM via Blender (The Hard Way) Course - Introducing Blender Source Tools (By Pte Jack)
  
  
• Custom Melee Mod (3DS Max or Blender) (By Splinks)
  
  
• Using Crowbar to compile and decompile models (Video by Igor Lima)
  
  
• Tutorial: Porting GoldSource models to Source Engine using Crowbar for Dummies and Newbies. (By loKkdoKk)
  
  
• Custom Playermodels (Proportiontrick & Face Flex) (By MrFunreal)
  
  
• Ultra Simple custom Garry's Mod Player Model (By g9f605)

Articles

Reference

Tools

Crowbar Command-Line

• Crowbar-Command-Line[github.com] (A fork of the Crowbar source code designed to allow command line de-compiling of source engine models. By Fay)

Crowbar on Linux

• Crowbar X[github.com] (Modified Crowbar that only decompiles models, but works on Linux. Requires .Net Core 3.1.)

3D Modelling Tools and Source-Related Plugins

• Blender[www.blender.org]
  
  • Blender Source Tools
• 3ds Max[www.autodesk.com]
  
  • Wall Worm Model Tools[www.wallworm.com]
• Maya[www.autodesk.com]
  
  • MESA[puppet-master.net]

2D Editing Tools

• VTFEdit[nemesis.thewavelength.net]
  
• GIMP[www.gimp.org]
  
  • VTF Plugin[code.google.com]
• http://www.getpaint.net/
  
  • VTF Plugin[nemesis.thewavelength.net]

Text and Binary/Hex Editing Tools

• Notepad++[notepad-plus-plus.org]
  
  • Source-Related Syntax Highlighter Plugin

Packaging Tools

• 7-Zip[www.7-zip.org]
  
• GCFScape[nemesis.thewavelength.net]

Model Viewers

• Noesis[www.richwhitehouse.com]
  
• Crafty[nemesis.thewavelength.net]

Other (Older) Model Decompiler and Compiler Tools

• StudioCompiler[www.chaosincarnate.net]
  
• MDL Decompiler[www.chaosincarnate.net]
  
• GUI Studio MDL[www.wunderboy.org]