From comments by Zetnus at this guide: https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=763456990

Decompiling the riot infected or mudmen and recompiling again causes ragdoll issues. It must be something about how the mesh or bones are being handled because the actual ragdoll file is independent and is shared by all common and uncommon infected.

https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=727523447
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=804443540

Basically, if I shoot one of these uncommons first, then all other uncommons get distorted radolls. If I shoot one of the other uncommons first, then these mods get distorted ragdolls.
Might there be something I can change in Crowbar to adress this issue?

Thanks for the report. I'll fix this as soon as I can.

Oh, right, a workaround. You might be able to use the famous $includemodel trick.

The last paragraph in this tutorial describes the trick: http://gamebanana.com/gamefiles/2239

You are probably seeing the symptoms of the known bug with blended animations.

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

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 do not know why I never replied to this. I very much appreciate(d) the report. I saw a recent post you made on Facepunch claiming I never responded, so I had to check. Sorry for the delayed response.

The issue is the same as all other MDL v49+ models using ANI files. There are some animations that are stored in a format that is not the same as v48 and below. I have been trying to figure out the new format over the past two years when I can, but the format has eluded me each time I tried deciphering it.

Within the last week, I made substantial progress on it and need to do some testing to see how much of it I got right. I'll post again with the results as soon as I can.

What tool did you use to compile the models?
In what program are you testing the models?

Thanks for reporting the bug. I had no idea.

Install a GoldSource game, like Half-Life.
Install Half-Life SDK via Steam Library Tools.
Set Up Games > Add.
Name it something like Half-Life SDK.
For the gameinfo.txt, select the liblist.gam file of the game you want instead.
(For Half-Life game, for example, default would be: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life\valve\liblist.gam)
For model compiler, default would be: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life SDK\Model Tools\studiomdl.exe

For model viewer, you'd have to install and locate Jed's Half-Life Model Viewer.

I'd leave the Packer field blank, as I am not sure VPK is applicable for GoldSource.


The next release of Crowbar will have more obvious fields for GoldSource in the Set Up Games window and probably a set of default games already set up. I was just working on that last night.