• Auto-detect game setup paths.

• Change textboxes into "most-recently used" comboboxes for all "input" (such as Compile > QC File or Folder) options.
  
• Change textboxes into "most-recently used" comboboxes for all Output Folder > Full path options.
  
• Change textboxes into "most-recently used" comboboxes for all Output Folder > Subfolder options.
  
  
• Command-line options for decompiling.

I downloaded your single delorean_prop.mdl file and the full SCars Basic addon from the workshop link you gave.

Your single file is corrupt and is not the same file I extracted from the addon, which decompiled just fine with Crowbar 0.19. Your single file is missing the first byte, which should show as a capital letter 'i' for the standard MDL header ID of "IDST" (without quotes) when the file is opened in Notepad++. Also, there is an extra byte at the end of the file making the total size of the file correct with the uncorrupted file.

To solve your problem, you need to stop using the particular tool you used to extract from the gma file and find one that works correctly. I used the gmad.exe in the Garry's Mod bin folder indirectly via a simple batch file I made. To use my batch file, unzip the bat file from the linked 7z file[drive.google.com] and open it via Notepad++ for further instructions.

EDIT: I have changed the wording of some of Crowbar's decompiler error messages, including the one you encountered, to make them more descriptive of the problem.

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Cool, thanks. I'll check out the models in the mod when I can and report back here.

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Thank you for alerting me to the problem, but it would be very hard to fix this without having at least a link to one of the models you tried to decompile. Would you link me to the addon with the delorean_prop you tried, or any other one that I can easily download? You don't have to upload it; just find one that is already publicly available.

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Added to "Planned Features" list.

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The model link needs permission for me to access it, and I have requested the permission.

Methinks the error is due to some weird characters in the name of the model stored inside the MDL file. I can't help further without having the MDL and its associated files to check.

If I get access to the files, then I can probably quickly fix the problem and give you (via the chat room) an updated Crowbar version that will decompile the model.

:)

On my system, I have Dota 2 installed at default location, so in Crowbar I set these paths via the Set Up Games button:
Location of game: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\dota 2 beta\dota\gameinfo.txt
Location of game's model compiler: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\dota 2 beta\bin\studiomdl.exe

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The problem is likely the use of absolute file paths for $modelname and $cdmaterials. Look up those two commands on the Valve Developer Community wiki to find out how to set those paths correctly.

:)

[Reported by Shawn Olson.]

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###### 2014-08-08 15:55:47 Crowbar 0.19.0.0
=== Steps to reproduce the error ===
[Describe the last few tasks you did in Crowbar before the error occurred.]
=== What you expected to see ===
[Explain what you expected Crowbar to do.]
=== Context info ===

=== Exception error description ===
Unable to read beyond the end of the stream.
=== Call stack ===
at System.IO.__Error.EndOfFile()
at System.IO.BinaryReader.FillBuffer(Int32 numBytes)
at System.IO.BinaryReader.ReadUInt16()
at Crowbar.SourcePhyFile.ReadSourceCollisionData()
at Crowbar.SourcePhyFile.ReadFile(String inputPathFileName, SourceModel aSourceEngineModel)
at Crowbar.Decompiler.ReadCompiledFiles(String mdlPathFileName, SourceModel TheSourceEngineModel)
at Crowbar.Decompiler.DecompileOneModel(String mdlPathFileName)
at Crowbar.Decompiler.DecompileModelsInFolder(String modelsPathName)
at Crowbar.Decompiler.DecompileModelsInFolderRecursively(String modelsPathName)
at Crowbar.Decompiler.DecompileModelsInFolderRecursively(String modelsPathName)
at Crowbar.Decompiler.DecompileModelsInFolderRecursively(String modelsPathName)
at Crowbar.Decompiler.DecompileModelsInFolderRecursively(String modelsPathName)
at Crowbar.Decompiler.Decompile(String mdlPathFileName, DecompileType decompileType)
at Crowbar.Decompiler.Decompiler_DoWork(Object sender, DoWorkEventArgs e)
at System.ComponentModel.BackgroundWorker.OnDoWork(DoWorkEventArgs e)
at System.ComponentModel.BackgroundWorker.WorkerThreadStart(Object argument)