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How to Install Custom Addons on your Garry's Mod server

How to Install Custom Addons on your Garry's Mod server

Garry's Mod
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Nov 9, 2024
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Sometimes, you may encounter add-ons that are not published on the Steam Workshop, which means they cannot be installed through a server collection. These add-ons are often distributed as .zip files through platforms such as GitHub or GmodStore and must be installed manually on your server.

#Installing Zipped Addons

Important

Anyone can write and publish a Garry's Mod add-on on the internet. Be careful to only install add-ons from trusted authors because it is easy to program a backdoor and insert other malicious code into GMOD add-ons. Curated sites like GmodStore and the Steam Workshop are usually the safest place to download add-ons.

  1. Download the add-on you wish to install to your computer.

  2. Extract the add-on by right-clicking the ZIP file and select Extract All from the menu that appears.

  3. Identify that add-on folder. This is the folder that you will want to upload to your server. It can be identified by the presence of folders like lua, materials, resource, data, models, models and sound.

  4. Connect to your server's FTP (We recommend FileZilla) and navigate to /garrysmod/addons/.

  5. Drag the addon folder from your local computer and drop it into the addons folder on your server.

  6. Restart your server to load newly installed add-ons.

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