How To Download Skin Addons For Half Life 2

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How To: Install Skins/Models Etc.

Hello! And welcome to my guide! I am Whiteowl, and I will teach you how to install skins/models/sounds and more!

v SUPER EASY STEPS!!

Intro

E'er gotten cool skins or models that you want to supervene upon someone or something in Half-Life 2? Y'all installed it past placing it in HL2'south files creating a folder path just similar whats in the former directory, loaded upward the game only to find it didn't work? This is because Valve has changed the file construction of Half-Life two and their other games, before they did, nosotros could so easily alter skins by replacing the files in the onetime directory: steam/steamapps/[yourusername]/half-life 2/hl2 and nosotros know trying to replicate the 'onetime' file directory (aka adding models/materials) volition never piece of work, nor placing your downloaded files in every file y'all can find!

So behold! I bring you lot this guide with uncomplicated piece of cake-to-follow steps to get downloaded content to work in-game! Let'southward begin!

How to Install Skins/Models Ect!

Alright, now, download the files you desire, example, skins.

Identify the downloaded files somewhere, we'll go desktop

Open Half-Life 2'southward directory: Program Files (x86)/Steam/SteamApps/mutual/Half-Life 2/hl2 or if you have steam on your desktop, right click and open file location, then go from in that location.

In one case your in at that place, create a new folder called "custom" no quotes, no symbols, no capital letters, simply "custom"

Open the folder you lot just created, and create a new folder again, this time, you may call it whatever you please, but don't use symbols. Example, barneymodel

Finally place your downloaded files inside that, launch Half-Life 2 and enjoy!

Information technology all should look like this in your directory:
common/Half-Life two/hl2/

custom/barneymodel/[downloadedfileshere]

If the files you downloaded are already packed in a folder name, not raw like "materials" or something, and so skip making the extra folder and just place it simpley in "custom." Yes, you'd pretty much place everything that replaces something from Half-Life ii in this folder, except maps, as they will work if you placed them within the already existing map folder, but information technology doesn't really thing, just to proceed everything clean, everything that modifies the game will go in custom. But non sourcemods made past people, mods go inside the "sourcemods" binder exterior "common."

Hither's the final result!

Note that since HL2'due south episodes are connected with Half-Life 2 (also as being office of the same folder, and do not stand lone) what you change in HL2, via "custom" will take effect in information technology's episodes, it might do similar if yous were just adding skins or something to HL2 EP2, but I'm not entirely sure near that.

Installing skins for CM13/Using gmod reskins

This section is nether construction and will exist up as soon every bit I get my estimator fixed. This section will exist defended to CM13 and skins from the one and simply Gmod workshop (likewise from the official garrysmod.org). I shall also link a GMA extractor for the workshop files.

Outro

If this guide helped y'all, please give a rate!

You don't need to have Gmod to relish new skins, models and stuff to replace characters or weapons of Half-Life ii!

Seeing a lot of discussions requesting that Valve make a workshop for the game, if you lot've seen this guide, you can then hands tell why they do not need to, because HL2 is however moddable, you just need to know what changed nigh the file construction, and adding the "custom" folder ensures that HL2 doesn't go messy with all your skins and downloaded stuff, you tin easily take the files in and out without damaging HL2. As of before, y'all'd supercede files, that means you'd have to back up the original files or delete the downloaded then redownload the missing game content.

By the way, make sure to take out whatever conflicting addons, like, say you lot got two alyx skins, and both are in the custom folder at the same time, they will conflict having two skins together. I suggest making a folder on your desktop to place the addons that might conflict, if they were modifying the same things, that is.

Half-Life 2 just got a whole lot amend! Give a rate and comment! ;D