Originally posted by ZeqMacaw:

Oops, I forgot about that issue. The Half-Life SDK model compiler does not like uppercase letters in QC commands (e.g $ModelName instead of $modelname). (I am working on fixing that issue.)

You could try decompiling via an older Crowbar, but you'll have to look through the archived/changelog list to see which version added in the mixed-case QC commands.

Or, you could change all the QC commands to lowercase yourself.

Which older version should I get? And is there a way to make all words lower-case in notepad++?

Originally posted by ZeqMacaw:

Install "Half-Life SDK" in Steam Library Tools.
Optionally, install Jed's Half-Life Model Viewer 1.3.6.
In Crowbar Compile tab, Set Up Games, Add:

Name of Game: Half-Life SDK Location of game: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life\valve\liblist.gam Location of game's model compiler: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life SDK\Model Tools\studiomdl.exe Location of game's model viewer: C:\Program Files (x86)\Jed's Half-Life Model Viewer 1.3.6\hlmv.exe

But what do I put in the game packer/unpacker catagory?

And also this happens when I compile it:

Compiling with Crowbar 0.38.0.0: "C:\*cencored*\steamapps\common\Half-Life\valve\models\decompiled 0.38\zombie.qc" ...

Compiling ".\zombie.qc" ...
entering zombie.qc

************ ERROR ************
bad command $ModelName

... Compiling ".\zombie.qc" finished. Check above for any errors.

... Compiling with Crowbar 0.38.0.0: "C:\*cencored*\steamapps\common\Half-Life\valve\models\decompiled 0.38\zombie.qc" finished.

I was testing if this could compile Goldsource models by decompiling and then recompiling the zombie model from Half-Life. Any help?

Originally posted by code_gs:

Same as WinRAR -- just extract the file with it.

Oh, I forgot that I had said that. I've figured out how to use it and Crowbar is awsome now that it works!

How do I use 7-zip?

Originally posted by ZeqMacaw:

It looks like the 7th image is showing that WinRAR failed to extract the files. Download and install 7-Zip. Then, extract the files.

Hmmmm, thats strange because I've used WinRAR for years.

Originally posted by ZeqMacaw:

I do not know why you would get the "not a valid Win32 application" error. Post a screenshot in explorer or your desktop showing where Crowbar.exe is. Also, post a screenshot of the error after trying to run Crowbar.exe.

Some things to try to fix the issue:
1. Download Crowbar again.
2. Download Crowbar from a different site.
3. Reinstall .NET Framework 4 or later
4. Check for viruses on your computer.
5. Check your hard drive with something like scandisk.

I have made a collection of screenshots showing what happens when I try to use it: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/53uoaxn9zy112qg/AACR9C-lmSfdM-iNDP7qNGY0a?dl=0 . The images have been cencored for privacy reasons.

Fig 1: The normal link doesn't work for me so I downloaded Crowbar 0.38 through the Dropbox link.
Fig 2: The download was suprisingly fast and took less than 10 seconds.
Fig 3: I open the .7z file with WinRAR which I have always used.
Fig 3.5: I open the .XML file and I get an error message when opening it, the file seems empty.
Fig 4: I try to open Crowbar.exe and I get some error messages.
Fig 5 and 6: I made a file on my desktop simply called "crowbar" and extracted the contents to there.
Fig 7: The extraction is completed but I get these error messages.
Fig 8: The .XML file is now completely empty but I don't get an error message when opening it.
Fig 9: Opening Crowbar.exe in the folder gives me the infamous message.

I hope you can find out what's going on in these images! :(

I'm unable to get this thing working, if I double click on Crowbar.exe, I get an error message saying:
! C:\cencored\cencored\Downloads\Crowbar_2017-01-29_0.38.7z: Unknown method in Data\Crowbar Settings.xml
! C:\cencored\cencored\Downloads\Crowbar_2017-01-29_0.38.7z: Unknown method in Crowbar.exe
! C:\cencored\cencored\Downloads\Crowbar_2017-01-29_0.38.7z: Error - operation failed
! Cannot execute "C:\cencored\cencored\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$EX18.577\Crowbar.exe"
I then extracted the files to a filde on my desktop but I still get an error message:
C:\cencored\cencored\Desktop\crowbar\Crowbar.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

Keep in mind that I'm using Windows 7, why can't I get it to work?

I have also posted this problem to Reddit: https://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1553906&p=51864942#post51864942