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<cat>Play</cat>⤶ ⤶ # Intro⤶ ⤶ This article will explain how to fairly easily determine where a piece of content is coming from, i.e where precisely it is stored on your computer.⤶ ⤶ This can be useful to identify misbehaving addons and get rid of them.⤶ ⤶ # whereis⤶ ⤶ This is the magic console command that can find where any game file is on your computer, including which addon exactly it comes from.⤶ ⤶ The developer console can be opened via <key>Shift</key>+<key>Escape</key> or the tilde key <key>`</key>.⤶ ⤶ The usage format is as follows:⤶ ```⤶ wheres local/path/to/file.extension⤶ ```⤶ ⤶ Here's an example:⤶ ```⤶ whereis sound\garrysmod\ui_hover.wav⤶ ```⤶ ⤶ This will display where the default main menu button hover sound is located on your PC, for example:⤶ ```⤶ C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\GarrysMod\garrysmod\garrysmod.vpk\sound\garrysmod\ui_hover.wav⤶ ```⤶ ⤶ If an addon overwrites this sound, it will tell you what addon overwrites the file, like so:⤶ ```⤶ 'Modern Menu Sounds' - C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\workshop\content\4000\2086293752/menu_sounds.gma⤶ ```⤶ ⤶ The tricky part is to find the file path to give it. Below are some methods to find out the file paths for different content types.⤶ ⤶ <note>_**Do not**_ include quotation marks in the file path given to `whereis`.⤶ ⤶ Which slashes (`/` or `\`) are used is not important, they can be mixed.</note>⤶ ⤶ # Models⤶ ⤶ Models usually start with `models/` folder. There are many different places a model path can be acquired, but the easier is to simply find the model in your spawnmenu in Sandbox (<key>Q</key> by default) and right click on the spawnicon and press `Copy to clipboard`:⤶ <upload src="70c/8dce499980c1330.png" size="133065" name="image.png" />⤶ This will copy the full path of the model to your clipboard, so the next step would just be to paste it to the `whereis` command:⤶ ```⤶ whereis models/props_c17/lampShade001a.mdl⤶ ```⤶ ⤶ And voila, you now know where the model is located.⤶ ⤶ ## Other options⤶ ⤶ You can dump the entire list of loaded models using `listmodels` console command.⤶ ⤶ # Materials and Textures⤶ ⤶ Textures and materials usually start with `materials/` folder. For these two, there's an easy way: `mat_texture_list 1`. Entering this command will open a panel listing all currently visible **textures**.⤶ ⤶ Clicking on any of the textures will bring up a new panel with details about the texture, and the list of materials that use the texture.⤶ ⤶ The important part is the **"Where Is"** button in the top right corner of a texture sub-panel:⤶ <upload src="70c/8dce49922bb71fc.png" size="8486" name="image.png" />⤶ ⤶ Simply click this button and then open your console, it should already contain the output of `whereis` for the texture itself, as well as every material that uses it, like so:⤶ ```⤶ C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\GarrysMod\sourceengine\hl2_textures.vpk\materials\building_template\building_template007b.vtf⤶ C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\garrysmod\garrysmod\maps\gm_construct.bsp\materials\maps\gm_construct\building_template\building_template007b_-2304_-2702_1408.vmt⤶ C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\garrysmod\garrysmod\maps\gm_construct.bsp\materials\maps\gm_construct\building_template\building_template007b_1280_-1600_-64.vmt⤶ C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\garrysmod\garrysmod\maps\gm_construct.bsp\materials\maps\gm_construct\building_template\building_template007b_832_-448_-96.vmt⤶ ```⤶ ⤶ ## Other options⤶ ⤶ You can dump the entire list of currently loaded textures via `mat_dumptextures` console command, and the list of currently loaded materials via `mat_dumpmaterials`. The lists will be huge and may not be entirely useful, but they are there.⤶ ⤶ ⤶ # Sounds⤶ ⤶ For sounds there are 2 options. Sound paths usually start with `sound/`. Notice that it's "sound", not "sound**s**".⤶ ⤶ ## snd_showstart⤶ ⤶ Enter `developer 1; sv_cheats 1` into the console for `snd_showstart` to display anything.⤶ ⤶ After that enter `snd_showstart 1`, and it will display every sound once, when it is starting to play, like so:⤶ ⤶ ```⤶ (CGMOD_Player:common/wpn_moveselect.wav) ⤶ DynamicSound common\wpn_moveselect.wav : src 1 : channel 3 : 0 dB : vol 0.32 : time 380.488⤶ (CGMOD_Player:common/wpn_select.wav) ⤶ DynamicSound common\wpn_select.wav : src 1 : channel 3 : 0 dB : vol 0.32 : time 380.635⤶ (CGMOD_Player:common/wpn_hudoff.wav) ⤶ DynamicSound common\wpn_hudoff.wav : src 1 : channel 3 : 0 dB : vol 0.32 : time 380.635⤶ (CGMOD_Player:)weapons/smg1/smg1_fire1.wav) ⤶ DynamicSound )weapons\smg1\smg1_fire1.wav : src 1 : channel 1 : 140 dB : vol 0.54 : time 380.850⤶ (CWorld:physics/surfaces/sand_impact_bullet3.wav) ⤶ DynamicSound physics\surfaces\sand_impact_bullet3.wav : src 0 : channel 0 : 75 dB : vol 0.70 : time 380.850⤶ (CGMOD_Player:)weapons/smg1/smg1_fire1.wav) ⤶ DynamicSound )weapons\smg1\smg1_fire1.wav : src 1 : channel 1 : 140 dB : vol 0.54 : time 380.923⤶ (CWorld:physics/surfaces/sand_impact_bullet2.wav) ⤶ DynamicSound physics\surfaces\sand_impact_bullet2.wav : src 0 : channel 0 : 75 dB : vol 0.70 : time 380.923⤶ (CGMOD_Player:)weapons/smg1/smg1_fire1.wav) ⤶ DynamicSound )weapons\smg1\smg1_fire1.wav : src 1 : channel 1 : 140 dB : vol 0.54 : time 380.997⤶ (CWorld:physics/surfaces/sand_impact_bullet1.wav) ⤶ DynamicSound physics\surfaces\sand_impact_bullet1.wav : src 0 : channel 0 : 75 dB : vol 0.70 : time 380.997⤶ ```⤶ ⤶ Once you see a sound path that looks relevant to your issue, copy it and add `sound/` to the beginning, and paste the path into the `whereis` command, for example for the sound `)weapons\smg1\smg1_fire1.wav`, you'd enter the following:⤶ ```⤶ whereis sound/weapons\smg1\smg1_fire1.wav⤶ ```⤶ Notice that we do not include the first symbol `)` - that is one of several special symbols that change how the sound is played, and are not relevant to this article, so we simply skip them.⤶ ⤶ ⤶ ## snd_show⤶ ⤶ The other option is `snd_show 1`. This will display all currently played sounds in the top right corner of the screen, when playing on a map, like so:⤶ <upload src="70c/8dce497790c56c1.png" size="93460" name="image.png" />⤶ ⤶ This method also requires `sv_cheats`, and the downside to this method is that you cannot easily copy the sound file path.⤶ ⤶ Otherwise the following steps are similar to the previous method, you'd just have to retype the path manually.⤶

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