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Welcome to Garry's Mod!
Welcome! So you've bought Gmod, but you need help to get the most out of every feature. Well, you've come to the right place! This page, and this wiki will hopefully help you get a better understanding of Gmod so that you can fully enjoy this amazing game!
Enabling Console
- Main page: Console
Enabling the console opens up all the options to you and allows you to do certain commands. It should be enabled before starting a game.
- When on the main menu, click on Options and go to the Keyboard tab.
- Click on Advanced.
- Check the Enable Console checkbox..
You can open this console by pressing the ~ key found in the top left of the keyboard. Useful commands include kill which slays you, getting you out of glitchy or dangerous places and net_graph which provides information about networking.
The Main Menu
When you start up Gmod, the first thing you'll see is the main menu. I'll go over what each option does.
- Play Singleplayer-Starts a Singleplayer game, where you can save and load your work.
- Load Game-Loads a game that you saved in Singleplayer.
- Play Multiplayer-Opens a browser where you can join internet Gmod servers. Play online with your friends!
- Create Multiplayer-Hosts a non-dedicated internet or LAN multiplayer game. Make sure you have a decent internet connection and computer speed if you want to do this.
- Options-Change your video, audio, keyboard, and online settings.
- Gmod Settings-Choose what derma skin you want and what game content you want in your Gmod.
- Achievements-Over time you can earn achievements to show off to your friends.
- Tutorials-Has some short tutorials on basic Gmod functions.
- Exit Game-Closes Gmod.
Addons
- Main page: Addons
In your Gmod career you'll most likely use addons. Addons add further features to your copy of the game, such as useful tools, NPCs, weapons, vehicles, or construction models. The best place to get addons is Garrysmod.org
Garry's Mod Folder
The location of the garrysmod folder is as follows: C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\<username>\garrysmod\garrysmod\ There is a folder in this folder called addons. You will extract your addons here. If you have no addons folder just make one in C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\(STEAMUSERNAME)\garrysmod\garrysmod
SVNs
SVNs are very useful. Basically they are programs that download the latest version of a certain addon, and you can update it regularly from your desktop without checking online for updates all the time. Here are two SVN addons that are very important and how to install them. Also be aware that some SVN's are not in the Gmod Svn links if you do not find it in there look on www.garrysmod.org for a link to the svn or wait for someone to post it. For example if you look for Ha3's sharp eye mod you wont find it in the SVN links but if you look at gmod.org and search for Sharpeye it will say it has a SVN. Basically look at the links for a SVN but if it doesnt have it check GMOD.org
Wiremod SVN
This addon is extremely important. People who have this have hundreds if not thousands more building potentials than those who don't. It is so useful, it has it's own website which actually nets revenue for a 'free' project. Now there is a very, very easy way to get this.
Tortoise SVN client
Go to the Tortoise SVN Downloads page. Scroll down and download the appropriate one for you. (If in doubt, choose 32-bit.) Go to this page: Wiremod SVN Download Guide Read Step 4. It tells you the username anonsvn and the password anonsvn as well as an autolink to make the Wiremod SVN automatically download/update to your PC. Make sure the target folder is your garrysmod/addons/ folder, NOT a garrysmod/addons/wiremod/ folder. Hit OK and wait for the download.
PHX3 SVN
- Note: This addon is now included with vanilla Gmod. The SVN is no longer necessary.*
This addon is ALSO extremely important. These are props of all kinds which follow a standard building unit not followed by most other building props such as XQM (other than Tiled, which comes with the SVN).
Tortoise SVN client
- Go to your addons folder.
- Right click in empty space in that folder and hit SVN Checkout.
- In the SVN location, paste this address: https://phoenix-storms.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/phoenix-storms.
- Make sure the target location is garrysmod/addons/phx3 and click okay.
Other SVN's
There are more svn's than just Wiremod and PHX3, like spacebuild 3, wire extras, GCX (Garry's Combat), and Stargate. You can find the links to them at the SVN Links page. Some popular ones are available at Glua. Just click the .tar button or .zip to download, and extract to your addons folder. Make sure to look inside all of the readme's for specific directions.
The SBMP is also called "spacebuildmodelpackalpha2" which works for spacebuild 2.
Other Important Addons
Other addons that help out a lot include:
- Smartsnap - Smartsnap is huge. It allows you to look at a prop and a grid will show up (if you're close enough) and you can hold E to snap to a point on the grid. This is great when you want to be precise as it helps keep accuracy and making your contraptions look neat, organized, and professional.
- Easy Precision - Basically, put a Superman cape on all the Easy Tools and you have this thing. Not only is it extremely useful, but it has additional constraints and angle snapping (so no more frustration from failure to actually get right angles).
- Smart Constraint - This is beautiful. Really great. It's not like Multi NoCollide, which sometimes forgets to take the color off of selected props. It's not like Smart Weld which can sometimes be abused and select other people's props. This has no flaws, but it does a lot of thinking. It's slow, but it's extremely accurate, not buggy, and has amazing results. (Actually, there is a flaw; if you use it on a prop that's constrained to the world, it never actually finishes constraining.)
Tips & Tricks
- Don't be a mingebag. Other people like to play the game as much as you should; if you're randomly killing people or abusing/exploiting, chances are people are going to get you banned or get revenge.
- Be productive, not laggy. It's pretty easy to think about what is laggy and what isn't. An airboat floating in mid-air through hoverballs isn't productive. An airbase which is not Smart Constrained or No-Collided is laggy. Explosive spam is laggy. It all fits the same description: Stupid, useless, and completely NOT productive or useful.
- Do not microphone spam. Microphone spam is defined as but not limited to: Playing music over the microphone, an unwillingness to shut up when you're talking 24-7 and your voice/laughing/personality resembles that of a camel who had burning acid poured all over the inside of it's throat, an unwillingness to shut up when a lot of people want you to, and abusing microphone glitches. DON'T DO IT.
- If you are stuck on a contraption you are trying to make. Just ask another person for help.
