Addon Menu

The Addons Menu is located in the Main Menu, and it is used for manipulating addons, allowing the user to enable, disable, subscribe and unsubscribe from addons.

Addons Menu

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1.Subscribed addons

View the addons you are subscribed to, quickly enable or disable all subscriptions. In the list of subscriptions which appears on the right, you can disable/enable and unsubscribe specific addons.

When an addon is disabled, it means it is not loaded in the game, but will still be updated when the author makes any changes. When the addon is unsubscribed, it will be removed from the game and will not be available for use, unless you decide to subscribe to the addon again.

2. Viewing addons

Using the set of buttons, you can quickly view addons by categories: Gamemodes, Maps, Weapons, Tools, NPCs and Vehicles.

3. Friends Uploads

Using the buttons you can view the addons which your friends have uploaded.

4. My Uploads

View the addons which yourself has uploaded.

5. Open Workshop

Selecting this option will allow you to open up the Garry's Mod Workshop in the steam browser, the advantage of this is that it offers you with a few search options.

This page will help you understand how to install, uninstall, enable, and disable addons.

Installing Addons

To install addons

Open the Addons Menu.

Open one of the catagory tabs (tools, weapons).

Find the addon you want.

Hover your mouse over the addon and click the install box.

Uninstalling Addons

Removes addons from your Addons folder & subscriptions.

To uninstall addons

Open the Addons Menu.

Open the Subscriptions tab.

Find the addon you want to delete.

Hover your mouse over the addon and click the uninstall box.

Enabling Addons

Enables addons so Garry's Mod will load them into the current game.

To enable addons

Open the Addons Menu.

Open the Subscriptions tab.

Find the addon you want to enable.

Hover your mouse over the addon and click the enable box.

Disabling Addons

Disables addons so Garry's Mod will not load them into the current game.

To disable addons

Open the Addons Menu.

Open the Subscriptions tab.

Find the addon you want to disable.

Hover your mouse over the addon and click the disable box.

There's a few thing that aren't immediately obvious in the new version of Garry's Mod. These may lead some veterans to think there are missing features.

The Context Menu

To open the context menu hold down C and right click on an entity. You will see a bunch of options, such as keep upright, make statue, edit bones.

Change Player Model

To change your player model hold down C and click on the Player Model icon on the top left.

NPCs

You can disable NPCs, make NPCs ignore the player and change an NPCs weapon by opening the spawnmenu, or holding down C - and selecting NPC from the top menu.

Drawing Options

In the top menu you'll also find options to hide certain props and disable certain effects.

The Gamemode

All gamemodes require a gamemode_name.txt file now instead of an info.txt. For example, the DarkRp gamemode would need a darkrp.txt file.

sv_gamemode no longer exists. You can now set the gamemode with the gamemode command. The command is case sensitive. Type in the name of the "info.txt" file which should now be changed to the gamemode name.

gamemode my_gamemode_name

Downloading stuff from the Workshop

Toybox is gone. In it's place is now the Workshop, which can be reached from the main menu by clicking on either "Addons", "Demos" or "Saves". A list will load, which represent the files in the Steam™ Workshop. Hover over a file to see buttons which allow you to rate and (de-)install the plugin, demo or save.

Note that installing plugins requires a rejoin / reload of the map and in rare cases a reboot of the game.