Understand Gmod's main menu

MAIN MENU

The main menu is the menu shown when you start Garry's Mod. It contains ten options to choose from, each with a specific purpose. The background consists of a slide show of various images created using Garry's Mod.

The main menu

Overview

1. Start New Game

Opens a map list to start a single player or local multiplayer game. By switching the gamemode with the Game Mode Selector, you can start the game in different gamemodes.

2. Find Multiplayer Game

Opens the Garry's Mod Server Browser.

3. Addons

Opens the Addons menu, which allows you download, enable, disable and delete Steam Workshop addons from your computer.

4. Demos

Opens the Demos menu, which lets you see all of your saved demos, as well as demos uploaded to steam.

5. Saves

Opens the Saves menu, which lets you see all of your saved saves, as well as saves uploaded to steam.

6. Options

Opens the Options menu.

7. Quit

Closes Garry's Mod.

8. Installed Games List

Opens a list that shows all steam games that are compatible with Garry's Mod, and shows if they are installed, disabled (unmounted), or enabled(mounted).

Red cross means you do not own that game, folder with a small minus sign means the game is not installed.

Any installed games are added by default.

9. Language Selector

Opens a menu containing flags from different countries representing languages. Clicking on a flag changes the current language.

10. Game Mode Selector

Switches the current gamemode. The default gamemode is Sandbox. On installation, the only other gamemode available is Trouble In Terrorist Town. More gamemodes can be added through the use of the addons menu.

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Spawning Props

Purpose

Spawning props is the way to build stuff.

How to spawn a prop

1. Hold Q to open the Spawn Menu

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2. LMB Click on a model

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3. Done, the prop is where you were aiming

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How to remove props

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Hold C,

hover over the prop you want to remove,

RMB Right click on the prop,

Select "Remove"

Done!

Alternatively you might want to use the remover tool.

Spawning other type of props

Aside from regular props you can spawn other stuff. A list of items:

Weapons - This is quite obvious

Entities - These are scripted entities or if you want: props that perform a task. By default Garry's Mod comes with a bouncy ball and a bunch of HL2 entities

NPCs - Computer controlled allies, enemies and neutrals. Including but not limited to Citizens, Birds, Combine Soldiers and Striders

Vehicles - Vehicles that you can drive or sit in.

The spawn menu has 2 other tabs, Post Process and Creations.

Post Process consists of a list of effects, such as Depth of Field (blur), that can be used to either enhance gameplay or make screenshots better. Note that these require extra calculations to be done and might slow down your game.

Creations contains a list of Workshop items which people have created. There are 2 categories, Saves and Dupes

Saves are, as you may have guessed, map saves. These record all locations of all entities and load them when you click on "Load".

Dupes are creations people have made and have put on the Workshop. When you load these the duplicator tool will open and will spawn whatever you loaded from the Workshop when you click the mouse.