Gmod Characters to SFM - Disabling proportion trick

How to properly port Gmod characters to SFM without having them be lanky.

Foreword

Every so often you download a character model that has been ported from Gmod to SFM, but they look lanky as hell.
Some of those people who port it even tell you "no worries, just load the ragdoll animation! :)"
Well, if they would actually know how to work the source engine you wouldn't need to mess with loading animations at all to begin with.

So, i've made a guide that shows how to port Gmod characters (or any character from any source engine game) into SFM without it looking like Lanky Kong. It's actually really easy


In addition, the guide shows how to deal with "Broken GMA files", and briefly mentions how to fix broken face flexes.

The guide

Required things

Slight addendum:
instead of using 7zip to "extract" the gma/lzma, just click the "Convert to expected file or folder" in Crowbar's Download tab.

You'll need:
Crowbar

Optional:
Notepad++[notepad-plus-plus.org]
Notepad ++ VDF Language[github.com] (Syntax highlight for CQ file and more)

If you have the same FaceFlex issue because the names have spaces in them, I made a Notepad++ macro[github.com] to fix this.


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Paypal[paypal.me] for don't-ations.

[Gudsun]

Bless you

[76561198991898106]

alrighty lol

[мяFunreal]

The whole point is that you shouldn't need to fix models every time you load them because the person porting it was an idiot.

[76561198991898106]

if this is too hard, just insert the model and select "import sequence" and find "ragdoll" 🤓

[Spore Cannon]

Your efforts are acknowledged and my gratitude is eternal.

[мяFunreal]

Well, I do know how helpful it is.
I wrote this because I got tired of explaining people how to fix the workshop mods that they had downloaded from SFM, because some people who make SFM workshop submissions don't know what they're doing, and other people are tasked with repairing their nonsense.

[Spore Cannon]

This is so helpful, you have no idea

[DanniDreamer]

thank you!

[мяFunreal]

Just porting the models properly would be nicer than "just doing one extra step every time you spawn the model"

[Дядя Серёжа]

You can just use "Default" slider btw.