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PostPosted: Wed Sep 18, 2024 6:50 pm 
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What you need to play on our :gmod: Garry's Mod servers
To play on :gmod: Garry's Mod events of this server, you are required to own the game on :steam: Steam.
If you dont, here is the quick way you can buy the game:

Before I Continue...
Please know that you're installing a different instance of Garry's Mod on your computer, we are NOT using Garry's Mod 13(The version available on Steam) and we use a version that is the older version! None of the content from Steam is compatible with this version of the game and you must install them seperately! Please don't forget to see the amount of storage you have before you start installing
Downloadables
Main Games Server Binaries
Ever wanted to run a Garry's Mod 12 server? Then you have the option to do so! How to install Garry's Mod 12 and make a shortcut to it on the desktop
1. Have either 7-zip, Win-RAR, or any other 7z-compatible archive extractor
2. Download Garry's Mod 12
3. Extract gmod12-"OS".7z anywhere(yes, anywhere), please know that it does NOT go in sourcemods.
4. Ensure Steam is running and is in online mode
5. Create a shortcut to hl2.exe, add the following in the end of the Target field, BUT DO NOT REMOVE ANYTHING BEFORE IT:
Code:
-game garrysmod -steam
If you want to, set the icon to the GMod icon by Changing the icon to the one in "garrysmod/resources"

OPTIONAL STEP
If you care about Toybox, do this step, if you don't, don't. Toybox does not work in Multiplayer, so if you care about playing singleplayer and wanna have toybox, do this step.
I haven't patched my installation since I don't really care about it, so it's up to your personal preference :mrgreen:
Again, you are not forced to use this service, this service is fully optional and it's your choice to have it or not. It's all up to you
Download this version, then run the "Patch Hosts (Run as Administrator).bat" as Administrator to get Toybox functionality. The CMD window will close immediately after you run it, there's nothing harmful in the script as it's just running some host patches and you only need to do this once on the machine you want to have it on. This is basically Toybox using a rework of the service under the original Cl0udb0x branding.

How to install Game Content
You must own each game on :steam: Steam to be able to mount them. Extract in root folder of GarrysMod(the 12, not the steam one).
The most important ones are highlighted, but its still prefered to get every single content installed with your gm12 install.
A complete install of Garry's Mod 12 weighs around 40.9 GB.

Game Content Download Links
For the sake of making it easier I have added the original names of the game content folders. Bolded content is the minimum content you need to join our servers
!!VERY IMPORTANT!!!
Make sure the main Garry's Mod folder structure looks something like this and has the same naming:
Hidden text.
Code:
┌GarrysMod
├─bin
├─config
├─cstrike
├─dod
├─ep2
├─episodic
├─garrysmod
├─hl1
├─hl1mp
├─hl2
├─left4dead
├─left4dead_danish
├─left4dead_dlc3
├─left4dead_dutch
├─left4dead_finnish
├─left4dead_italian
├─left4dead_japanese
├─left4dead_korean
├─left4dead_norwegian
├─left4dead_polish
├─left4dead_schinese
├─left4dead_swedish
├─left4dead_tchinese
├─left4dead2
├─left4dead2_dlc1
├─left4dead2_dlc2
├─left4dead2_dlc3
├─lostcoast
├─platform
├─portal
├─reslist
├─tf
├─hl2.exe 
└─steam_appid.txt
Explanation of thing in the above snippet:
Hidden text.
Code:
Garry's Mod Binaries
Not sure what this "config" folder is, has HTML stuff in there, don't remove or modify it.
Counter-Strike: Source
Day of Defeat: Source
Half-Life 2: Episode Two
Half-Life 2: Episode One
Garry's Mod
Half-Life: Source
Half-Life Deathmatch: Source
Half-Life 2, already included with Garry's Mod
Left 4 Dead
Left 4 Dead Danish Localization
Left 4 Dead Content Piece
Left 4 Dead Dutch Localization
Left 4 Dead Finnish Localization
Left 4 Dead Italian Localization
Left 4 Dead Japanese Localization
Left 4 Dead Korean Localization
Left 4 Dead Norwegian Localization
Left 4 Dead Polish Localization
Left 4 Dead Standard Chinese Localization
Left 4 Dead Swedish Localization
Left 4 Dead Traditional Chinese Localization
Left 4 Dead 2
Left 4 Dead 2 Content Piece
Left 4 Dead 2 Content Piece
Left 4 Dead 2 Content Piece
Half-Life 2: Lost Coast
Platform Files
Portal
Resource Lists, don't touch this.
Team Fortress 2
Game Executable
Game Steam AppID, don't touch this.
And the extract game content has the following structure shown below
Hidden text.
Code:
┌GarrysMod
├┬dod - Day of Defeat: Source
│├─materials - Materials Folder
│├─maps - Maps Folder, usually, you have to bring over the files from there to "garrysmod"
│├─models - Models Folder
│├─scenes - Scenes Folder
│└─sounds - Sounds Folder
├┬ep2
│├─materials - Materials Folder
│├─maps - Maps Folder, usually, you have to bring over the files from there to "garrysmod"
│├─models - Models Folder
│├─scenes - Scenes Folder
│└─sounds - Sounds Folder
├┬episodic
│├─materials - Materials Folder
│├─maps - Maps Folder, usually, you have to bring over the files from there to "garrysmod"
│├─models - Models Folder
│├─scenes - Scenes Folder
│└─sounds - Sounds Folder
├─hl2.exe - Game Executable
└─steam_appid.txt - Game Steam AppID
And NOT
Hidden text.
Code:
┌GarrysMod
├┬Day of Defeat: Source - This is wrong because the name is suppose to be "dod", Garry's Mod will not see the game content at all since it checks or specific names in the root folder.
│├─materials
│├─maps
│├─models
│├─scenes
│└─sounds
├┬episode2 - This is wrong, "ep2" is suppose to be outside "episode2", all games are detected in the root folder, basically in the folder where "hl2.exe" is present
│└┬ep2
│ ├─materials
│ ├─maps
│ ├─models
│ ├─scenes
│ └─sounds
├┬garrysmod
│└┬episodic - This is wrong, gamecontent cannot be inside "garrysmod", each content is a game of its own and such have to stay outside other game content. Same reason as to why you should not nest game content into other folders like in the example above
│ ├─materials
│ ├─maps
│ ├─models
│ ├─scenes
│ └─sounds
├─materials
├─maps
├─models
├─scenes
├─sounds
├───These are wrong because the game contents have been extracted outside, the game will not detect these since theres no game folder containing them.
├─hl2.exe
├─left4dead2.exe - If you have this in your folder, then that means you have probably extracted left4dead2.7z in its entirety, this means you broke your install.
└─steam_appid.txt
After doing that, you can start up the game and open Extensions and select Game Content, after that, mount and restart.
Thanks and have fun!

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Last edited by Bonkerous on Sun Sep 21, 2025 4:46 pm, edited 7 times in total.
Fix broken link to DOD:S content


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