Have we had one real topic? Usually we just have a gmod-halp topic or someone saying how they've set up a server. I'll change that.
What is it?
Garry's Mod is a sandbox mod for the Source Engine. Unlike normal games there aren't any predefined aims or goals. Players are given tools and are left to entertain themselves.
The player is in a world where objects can be created and destroyed on demand. Where people can be created and destroyed with the click of a mouse. A world made for him. A world he made.
So what do you do?
There are a lot of things you can do with Garry's Mod, but here's a few of the more common uses.
Construction
Garry's Mod provides tools to constrain objects together in various ways. Using these tools the player can create working contraptions.
The simplest example is a car. The player spawns an object to be used for the car's body then adds wheels by firing the tool gun at the object. Wheels are then controllable using the numpad on your keyboard.
You don't have to make moving contraptions though - want to build a fort out of wooden crates then set it on fire? Go for it! Want to build a house using fridges for the walls and mattresses for the ceiling then drive a jeep into it all? Go for it!
Posing and Comics
One of the universal appeals of Garry's Mod has been the ability to place and pose ragdolls. This allows you to create your own comic books and share them online. One major comic spawned from this is HLComic - the story of Gordon Frohman's journey in City 17.
Garry's Mod gives you the ability to place ragdolls, manipulate their facial expressions and aim their eyes.
Gamemodes
Garry's Mod gives the ability to program your own gamemodes (Don't worry - you don't need to be a programmer to play them). This allows the community to make new, often wacky, gamemodes such as melon racing, build to the top and so on.
It's often worth taking a look in the server list to see if any of the games prick your attention - there's often something weird there to try out.
User Created Content
Garry's Mod benefits greatly from a thriving community which is constantly churning out new ideas, maps, models, gamemodes, weapons, Lua scripts and skins.
I absolutely love this game. I've spent over 300 hours total while playing this game on xfire. Just in the past 7 days, I've racked up 27 hours of play-time.
There are many things you can do.
GM Stranded. Here Wedge and I built our little camp on my server. (Before everyone else joined, when it became hectic)
Zombie Survival. Failcade (Barricade). We, Survivors, held up in a room on Asylum map. We lasted until I think round 5.
Spacebuild. Aphtonites made a huge ship, I was in the hangar while he was piloting it around space.
And who could forget the classic...
Sandbox. My friend, Nekojin, and I were playing chess in this screenshot as you can see. Do whatever you want in sandbox!
To get Garry's Mod, you need $10, Steam, and a source game. (Main Source Games = CSS, HL2, TF2)
Major ModsPHX (SVN Version has much more things, see below)
Wire (SVN Version is the only way to get it, see below)
SmartSnap (Helps building very much)
Smart Constraint (So you can weld/nocollide multiple things easily)
Stacker (To copy things easily)
SVN is an easy way to download your favorite mods and get updates!
All you need to do is
download this.
Then, extract it, and start up "Gmod Auto Updater.exe".
On the lower box, browse for your addons directory.
Then checkmark the things you want and press Update.
If you want to add any more mods, first find the svn and then add it into the mods.ini
Make sure to update the "Total Mods" at the top of it, and to have the correct numbering of the mods inside it.
Let's have a Steam Username list.Reply with your steam username and I will try to add it to the list quickly!Forum | Steam |
Jsk2003 | Jsk2003 |
Wedge | Wedge | Wedge-HL2 |
Kerog | The Kerog Guy |
Fizzles | teter8q3 |
Marcem | Marcem7121 |
Gen. Nick | 0General_Nick0 |
Hunter | ImTheHunter |
Colten | Colten1995 |
Dr. Block | Cooper |
General Omega | GeneralOmega1 |
NickTheSushi | mikepeace |
Sirrus | Vertazontal |
Kakashi11 | kakashio8 |
JimmG | Crazar |
XaMMaX211 | atomic2000 |
Digmaster | Digmaster |
Masterlegodude | DuckDodgers22 |
Toadzard | Toadzard |
BladeOfTheHorizon | Pwnlight |
Antallion | Nomadius |
Froby | henwii |
xXMenenXx | xXMenenXx |
Heph | isaysensei |
Dread | Dread |
Panterra8905 | Mike_BL |
Ronin | That_Man_on_TV |
Shadow86 | tehubercharge |
Chaseyqurt | Chaseyqurt |
Pen | Penthoplayer |
Shinji | Shinji127 |
John0515 | BrofOrange |
Valen | VaLeN |
Feep | Feep25th |
Sord213 | Sord213 |
Flying Ace | FlyingAce1015 |
Jaxx | Jaxx050 |
Mogarf | Mr_Smile007 |
Tokthree | Tokthree |
The God Block | voodooson |
Tapemaster21 | Tapemaster21 |
supertoxic | toxicrox |
Slugger | Slugger |
Orgodemirk | Orgodemirk |
Mr. Snipe | TempoMeasure |
Boomshan | appleofdoom |
koolkody12 | koolkody12 |
Valen | Hsivins |
Stickguy | Modman |
GenaralSkar | GenaralSkar |
rawrman | darkzero225 |
Inv3rted/Rex | wecksyrex |
Spiderobot | Spiderobot |
Useful LinksGarrysmod Official WebsiteGarry's Mod WikiGarrysmod DownloadsFacepunch Studios ForumsGarry's Blog (he talks about what he's doing with Garry's Mod every once in a while)
If you need any help just ask in this topic.