Go to and then right-click on: Steam > Library > Tools > Source SDK Base 2013 Multiplayer
Click on "Install Game..."
Once installed, open it.
Close it.
Try compiling with it via Crowbar again.

Reported in group chat:

00:40 - box: http://puu.sh/fTvwT/28adedc6a4.jpg
00:46 - box: http://puu.sh/fTw5t/7e7c4d8c46.jpg
01:03 - box: i've uh, tried many times to get eyes working when recompiling tf2 classes
always results in some broken mess, when it decompiles it's off a bit
01:19 - ZeqMacaw: it could be from the incomplete face flexes, unless you mean the pupil and iris area
01:20 - box: yeah the pupil
01:20 - box: i haven't so far had an issue with the eyelids, it's just i can't get the pupil to orientate right

From a comment ( https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/groups/CrowbarTool#announcements/detail/213128596511048354 ) by Masterlegodude:

I decompiled Half Life 2's shotgun world model with Crowbar, but the physics mesh was rotated incorrectly, the same seems to happen with other models like the van and the truck from Half Life 2 Episode Two

I don't recall having this issue with physics models from other models, particularly character models such as Team Fortress 2's Pyro

I used the old fixed MDL Decompiler and the physics model for the shotgun was fine aside from the normals being inverted

Is this something that you can replicate and try to fix if possible?

Note that you can still use Crowbar for what you want. Simply use "-definebones" without the quotes and without the "> bones.qci". The $definebone lines will be in the log where they can be copied to a file.

Not as convenient as directly to a QCI file, so I will see if I can get Crowbar to do that.

Already on the planned features list. I'll make sure to get the definebones command to work as intended.

:)

Thank you for reporting. The errors are likely due to Femscout using expressions only usable in DMX format and not in SMD format that Crowbar currently supports.

I downloaded your linked zip file and imported the reference SMD and then each animation SMD into Blender. All animations worked as one would expect for a gun. This probably indicates that the SMD importer for MilkShape does not work as you expect.

There are three likely causes to the problem:
1. There is only one frame for the particular animation file you selected (such as some idle animations).
2. Crowbar might be incorrectly extracting only one frame of animation where there should be more.
3. The SMD importer for Milkshape is incorrectly importing the animation file.

I am not familiar with MilkShape, so I can't help directly with that. I can, however, test for the potential causes if you upload the original model files (The MDL file and the files with same name as the MDL) or if it's from a game I have, you can tell me what game and where to find the model files you are modding. I can then decompile with Crowbar and check the files in Blender. If there is a problem with Crowbar, I can try to fix it so you can continue with your modding. You can link me a zip of those files in this discussion or in the group chat. (By the way, I did see your messages in the group chat earlier, but was not there at the time to respond.)

Note that I might not be able to get Crowbar to correctly decompile some animations. There are still many unknowns about many animations that I have yet to figure out.

:)

This is a flaw with Crowbar. Version 0.19 might get out the data better in this case.

I downloaded from the link you gave and decompiled the model via 0.24. In the QC, there are these two lines:

Those lines indicate that the animations are in those MDL files. Try decompiling those two MDL files for the animation SMD files.

:)