Questions tagged [garrys-mod]
Garry's Mod (also known as GMod) is a sandbox physics game using the Source engine.
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If I buy Garry's Mod, will I need other games to play it?
I've never bought anything on Steam, but I wanted to buy Garry's Mod.
So, after buying it on Steam, do I have to buy any other game? If yes, then which ones?
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Is it possible to play Prop Hunt in GMod without CS:S?
I've got GMod and just about every mainstream Valve game excepting CS:S. I'd like to play Prop Hunt, a GMod game mode. Is it possible to play Prop Hunt without CS:S, possibly by obtaining the files?
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How can I prevent a new computer from downloading my "subscribed" add ons in Garry's Mod?
I am going to be installing Garry's Mod on a new laptop. Given that I only have a limited amount of space, I don't want to install all of the current Garry's Mod add ons that are already installed on ...
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In Garry's Mod, is there any way to stand on a moving object?
I've been struggling to create contraptions in Garry's Mod lately simply because I have tendency to want to be moving around on a flying vehicle that is also moving around. Try as I may I can never ...
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Cannot connect to my own dedicated Gmod server
I can open the console in Gmod and use the command connect to try to join "localhost", "127.0.0.1", and "{my_ip_address}". However, these all show me a dialog box that says "Connection failed after 4 ...
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What addon is this that adds an overlay showing number of admins online?
What is this addon that basically shows the number of Admins online on the Trouble in Terrorist Town server?
Click to view larger image
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Why is Steam trying to load up games with optional parameters?
I am trying to join my friend's Garry's Mod server and Steam is telling me that Garry's Mod is trying to launch with optional parameters. I don't know why, and he is telling me that he does not know.
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How to show invisible terrain in source engine?
I want to see all items that can impede or expedite movement on a map. Invisible walls, invisible pathways, is there any way to do this ingame, and not in hammer? I want to know this for Garry's Mod ...
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What addons are common in Garry's mod? [closed]
I have been playing Garry's mod for a while now, I wonder which addons are used for on a large number of servers or if the community expects more people to have certain mods.
If anyone knows any ...
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Unable to connect locally to GMOD SRCDS, Others can connect though
I made a dedicated server for gmod, (You can actually join it to test, its "FinnWorld")
Others can connect to it, its forwarded, np with the firewall, the ip is correct, but what is wrong?
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How far do you have to be from a C4 to survive the blast?
As a traitor in TTT, you can see a timer and a distance number (probably hammer units, but I'm not actually sure what the number represents) for any armed C4 explosives. How far away do you need to be ...
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Garry's Mod Singleplayer won't load
When I load singleplayer on Garry's Mod, the game just crashes as it finishes loading, regardless the map or the gamemode. I don't know what to do; any ideas? Thanks!
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Why Won't Garry's Mod Load my Addons?
I opened Garry's Mod earlier, and noticed that all of my addons (installed from the Steam Workshop) were missing. Not disabled, but missing: it says "None Found!" when I open the addons menu. The ...
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Garry's Mod - Missing Map map/<mapname>
Trying to play Trouble in Terrorist Town. Every time I join a server, the progress bar goes real quick through all the files, and I get "Missing map map/<mapname>". I tried downloading the map ...
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Garry's Mod Gamemode Without Weapons
I have a kid who loves Minecraft and I think he would enjoy Garry's Mod in terms of building maps, contraptions and so on. However, I don't particularly want him being able to use weapons and 'mobs' ...
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Is there a special way to set up Garry's Mod for Mac?
I just downloaded Garry's Mod from Steam and every time I try to play Single Player on the first map, it crashes on the Loading Resources section of the progress bar.
Here is some of the exception ...
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Source Engine: How to find certain animations, textures, etc?
As I'm making maps on the Hammer editor, I'm looking for certain animations that I have seen in Half-Life 2. However, to find the exact animation in Hammer is sometimes extremely difficult.
In either ...
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Why can't I find the server I just previously played on in gmod?
I recently played on a server on gmod that I really enjoyed, and I cant find it in my history. Can anybody explain why? I dont think the server shut down because I couldn't find it in the legacy ...
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Garry's Bombs mod - Liquid Tiberium Bomb leaves irremovable green crystals everywhere
So, uh... this just happened.
I set off a Liquid Tiberium Bomb from Garry's Bombs and I have all these tiberium crystals on my map now. I don't know how to get rid of them, they make weird retching ...
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Garry's Mod Steam Server?
I followed the following instructions for setting up a Garry's Mod server in Linux via the command line;
http://wiki.garrysmod.com/page/Hosting_A_Dedicated_Server
mkdir ~/Steam
cd ~/Steam
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How do I download mods on Garry's Mod for Mac?
I have Garry's Mod for Macintosh. I can download maps with ease, but I'm unsure how to download general mods and SWEPs.
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Tools not working on Garry's Mod multiplayer
I'm playing Garrys Mod, Multiplayer on LAN and for whatever reason, tools aren't working. I can't find any setting to turn them on, either. And, when I say "not working," I mean that their groups are ...
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Where do I put mods for Garry's Mod?
I want to install the DarkRP addon for Garry's Mod but I can't find my Profile folder in the steamapps folder. Where should I be looking?
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How to disable text chat in Gmod? [duplicate]
My younger brother (10) likes to play Garry's Mod, but when he plays online, he sees lots of bad words in the text chat. Is there a way he can play online, but with the text chat disabled? Or if that'...
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How do I do that '------- is a traitor' in GMOD?
Ive seen many people be like '---- is a traitor' 'I'm with -----'
I can't for the life of me figure out how too do this? Do you look at somebody and press a key? Im new to GMOD so....
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How do I pin bodies using the Magneto-stick in TTT?
How do I hang a body using the Magneto-stick in Trouble in terrorist town?
I have yet to find instruction on how to.
I have checked the lua file for the stick, as well as Steam's forums and guides.
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How can I play the Stop it Slender workshop?
I've just made an account on steam, and subscribed to Garry's Mod, which said once I subscribed, the game would download immediately. Nothing happened. Do I need to buy Garry's mod or something? I ...
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How to play multiplayer game modes in single-player?
For testing purposes, I would like to run Deathrun maps in single-player, with the event triggering, etc. working. How does one do this? I changed the game mode and map, but events aren't triggering, ...
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List of all default Garry's Mod models
Is there a list of all Garrys' Mod models that don't require any extra games like CS:S installed? I want to use them in an addon. Is there either an online list or a directory where they are all ...
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Reset map in Garry's mod without leaving?
I saw in a video someone typed something into the console which put the map back in its original state but it happened without them having to restart the map/the game. So they stayed in the game and ...
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Re-obtain deleted weapons in Garry's Mod?
So, I deleted my Sticky Bomb from Half Life 2 in the spawn menu of Garry's Mod, and I can't find a way to get it back.
How would I go about doing this?
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How many traitors and detectives are there?
So I know how much traitors and detectives are there is decided by the number of players on the server. But how big is the share of players that are traitors or detectives?
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Expression2 Help Request: Rotating an entity on one axis
I've been looking and trying to learn for about the last 3 hours and I cant get my head round how to achieve this.
I'm trying to use an entity marker attached to a prop, then use E2 to spin the prop ...
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Why do my Gmod mods not load?
I subscribed to all of these addons, but they don't load when I start the game. How do I fix this? I really need help! I just want to keep my mods loaded because I have to reload them every time.
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Getting all necessary props
When playing custom Garry's mod maps, I find it quite annoying to have 3/4 of the items being the big bright red error prop, meaning that I don't have that thing in any of my owned games.
I do own ...
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Make enemies attack each other
Gmod noob here trying to have some fun with the game. What I thought might be fun would be to load up koth_harvest_final and simulate a battle between rebels and combine from HL2, dropping in the ...
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Gamemode addon implementing in server
I've installed some gamemodes from the workshop but I have no idea how to get this in my server.
For example I get the gamemode Hide and Seek which gets put in the directory: C:\Program Files (x86)\...
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Can you select specific mods/addons to download or prioritize one over another?
In Garry's Mod, I've subscribed to a whole bunch of addons from the Steam Workshop.
Naturally, if it was a few addons - I would just leave it running (since it would take only a minute or two to ...
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How do I fix this red-blue color split problem?
So each time I launch Gmod, my colours are like this, the image in front of me is split into red and blue. How do I fix this problem?
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Can I appear offline on steam but still be online?
I have a friend that won't stop pestering me to play tf2, I don't want to be mean to him but when I want to play another game like gmod with another friend I would be in offline mode. Because I would ...
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Change what "ttt_radio traitor" says in GMod
I want ttt_radio traitor to say something else than [name] is a traitor!
I've seen people do it with ttt_radio imwith where they changed it to I see [name]. How do I do it?
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The server list from source engine games only show very few servers
Both Gmod and TF2 only show me like 10 servers, yet games like tabletop simulator shows all server available, so i know there is a problem with source games.
I tried lowering max ping and clear ...
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Are game modes in Garry's Mod free?
Do you have to pay for the gamemodes in Garry's Mod or are they free? I've looked up and not found anything and watched videos to try and find out but I did find a Steam page that some people say its ...
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GMod - What can the bots do, and can I 'teach' them?
Recently I found a strange console command in GMod:
bot
After reading the help menu for it, I tried it out, and it indeed did create a bot. The bot mostly runs around, doing nothing.
I found some ...
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Make sv_cheats 1 exclusive to me on gmod?
So I want to put sv_cheats 1 on my server on gmod but when I do everyone can use it. Is there anyway only the creator of the server can be the only one to use the cheats?
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How do I make people admin?
I am hosting a gmod server via SteamCMD and I want to know how to make people . Are there any other commands / things I should know about? I know the srcd.exe has all kind of commands but they aren't ...
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How do I fix the error "Connection Failed After 4 Retries"?
I am trying to make a Gmod server, and believe I have everything set up correctly. I am using SteamCMD. I port forwarded all TDP/UDP between 27000 and 27050. I also port forwarded these ports in my ...
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No Tool Gun In Garry's Mod
I do not have the tool gun in Garry's Mod, I did the impulse 101 cheat and got the physics gun (and all the others), but still no tool gun.
Does anyone know know a quick fix for this?
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Switch tool and change context menu?
In Garry's Mod, using the gmod_tool command (as in gmod_tool faceposer) changes the active toolgun, but not the associated context menu. Is there a command I can use to change the active context menu?
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