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22 ArticlesGetting Started with your Garry's Mod Server
Dive into the sandbox world of Garry's Mod, where creativity and community-driven gameplay take center stage. From building and experimenting to playing custom gamemodes, the possibilities are nearly endless. A Garry’s Mod dedicated server allows you to host a persistent world for you and your players, with full control over gamemodes, addons, and server settings. --- Getting Started The following articles cover the most common questions you may have when first starting with your new Garry's Mod server. - How to Generate a GSLT Key for your Garry's Mod Server - How to Join your Garry's Mod Server - How to Make your Garry's Mod Server Private - How to Change the Name of your Garry's Mod Server - How to Ban a Player from your Garry's Mod Server - How to Install Any Gamemode on your Garry's Mod Server --- Server Configuration The following articles cover the most common questions you may have when configuring your Garry's Mod Server. - How to Adjust your Garry's Mod Server Settings - How to Enable RCON on your Garry's Mod Server - How to Add a Custom Startup Parameter on your Garry's Mod Server - How to Give Players Cheats on your Garry's Mod Server - How to Disable VAC on your Garry's Mod Server - How to Setup Player Permissions in Garry's Mod - How to Enable the In-Game Console on your Garry's Mod Client - How to Create a Workshop Collection - How to Add a Steam Workshop Collection to your Garry's Mod Server - How to Upload and Use Garry's Mod Workshop Maps on your Server - How to Automatically have Players Download Workshop Addons - How to Install Custom Addons on your Garry's Mod Server - How to Install DarkRP to your Garry's Mod Server - Installing ULX & ULIB Admin Systems to your Garry's Mod Server - How to Mount CStrike and TF Files to your Garry's Mod Server --- If you require any further assistance, please contact our support at: https://shockbyte.com/billing/submitticket.php
Installing ULX & ULIB Admin System to your Garry's Mod Server
ULX is a mod that offers an administration system to your server. This is used for the ban, kick and mute up to voting, freeze and blind commands. --- Installing ULX You can install ULX via the Steam Workshop or manually. To use the Steam Workshop, you will also need to have a Steam Web API Key. If you don't have this, you will need to manually install ULX. --- Steam Workshop Install Simply install the mods ULX () and ULib () by adding their Workshop IDs to the server config using our guide on How to Add a Steam Workshop Collection to Your Garry's Mod Server. --- Manually Installing to the Server 1. Head over to Downloads - Ulysses - Striving for Simplicity and download and . 2. Access your Control Panel and Stop your server. 3. Navigate to the Files tab. Open the folder. 4. Create the folders: and . 5. Extract and upload to the folder. Do same the same with in the folder. 6. Save and restart your server to ensure the changes apply. 7. Enter into your panel's console. This will give you the necessary permissions. --- If you require any further assistance, please contact our support at: https://shockbyte.com/billing/submitticket.php
How to Upload & Use Garry's Mod Workshop Maps on your Server
Using custom maps on your Garry's Mod server allows you to create a wonderful gaming experience. With the vast amount of maps available in the workshop, the possibilities are endless! 1. Find a map you would like on the Steam Workshop. 2. Create a Steam Workshop Collection with your desired map. 3. Access your Control Panel and Stop your server. 4. Navigate to the Config tab and select the Garry's Mod Server Settings file. 4. Add the Steam Workshop collection to the setting and the name of your map to the setting. 5. Save and restart your server to ensure the changes apply. --- If you require any further assistance, please contact our support at: https://shockbyte.com/billing/submitticket.php
How to Install DarkRP to your Garry's Mod Server
DarkRP is a widely popular gamemode within the Garry's Mod community because of the crazy antics and mischief it allows for players. --- Downloading DarkRP Firstly you'll want to download the official DarkRP files from GitHub which will be placed on your server. You can do this by following these steps: 1. Navigate to DarkRP's GitHub page. 2. Click the green Code button, then Download ZIP. 3. Extract the files into a directory called to a familiar location like your Desktop. 4. Access your Control Panel and Stop your server. 5. Navigate to the Files tab and locate the directory. 6. Upload the folder from your Desktop from earlier to the directory. 7. Save and restart your server to ensure the changes apply. --- Setting the Game Mode in Configs 1. Access your Control Panel and Stop your server. 2. Navigate to the Config tab and select the Garry's Mod Server Settings file. 3. Locate the setting and set the game mode to . 4. Save and restart your server to ensure the new changes apply. --- If you require any further assistance, please contact our support at: https://shockbyte.com/billing/submitticket.php
How to Give Players Cheats on your Garry's Mod Server
Garry's Mod allows you to enable cheats on your server to modify the way certain parts of the game function. This can include commands like , which allows you to fly through the ground as well as many physical objects in the world. These commands can all be enabled easily right from your server console. ::ProseNote{title="Important" description="Enabling cheats with enables them for everyone. To have specific permissions set up, please see How to Setup Player Permissions in Garry's Mod." appearance="default"} :: --- Enabling Cheats via the Config 1. Access your Control Panel and Stop your server. 2. Navigate to the Config tab and select the Garry's Mod Game Settings file. 3. Locate the setting and set the value to . 4. Save and restart your server to ensure the new changes apply. --- Enabling Cheats via the Console 1. Access your Control Panel and Stop your server. 2. Navigate to your server's console (can be found either in the Overview page or on the Console tab). 3. Type the following command: . Submit the command by pressing Enter. --- If you require any further assistance, please contact our support at: https://shockbyte.com/billing/submitticket.php
How to Enable RCON on your Garry's Mod Server
RCON is an important protocol that allows you to execute commands without joining your server. Garry's Mod natively supports RCON, so setting it up is easy and straightforward. --- Enabling RCON in the Config 1. Access your Control Panel and Stop your server. 2. Navigate to the Config tab and select the Garry's Mod Game Settings. 3. Locate the setting and set your desired RCON Password. 4. Save and restart your server to ensure the new changes apply. --- Setting Up RCON RCON will be automatically enabled with a randomised password. You can find this password under the RCON Password value of the Garry's Mod Server Settings in the Config tab. Please see our guide that explains how to enable the in-game console on your Garry's Mod client before proceeding with the following steps: 1. Enable and open the in-game development console. 2. Join your server and open the console using the set keybind. 3. Type , where [PASSWORD] is the password you set in the config earlier. You can now execute a command with RCON by typing rcon followed by the command you wish to execute. As an example, you can run to see if everything is functional. --- If you require any further assistance, please contact our support at: https://shockbyte.com/billing/submitticket.php
How to Change the Name of your Garry's Mod Server
All servers inside Garry's Mod and Steam's server list have a custom name to uniquely identify them. You can modify the server name for your Shockbyte Garry's Mod server via our server's control panel. --- Changing the Server's Name 1. Access your Control Panel and Stop your server. 2. Navigate to the Config tab and select the Garry's Mod Game Settings file. 3. Locate the option and set your desired Server Name. 4. Save and restart your server to ensure the changes apply. Your new server name should now appear next time someone searches for your tags in the community server listings! --- If you require any further assistance, please contact our support at: https://shockbyte.com/billing/submitticket.php