- #How to create addons for gmod how to
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The first to go to a folder, the second to compress (create your GMA), the third to upload.īefore typing the commands to turn your folder into gmodaddon.gma you'll have to put one thing at the root of your addon folder :Ī text file that you will name addon.json, I use : To do this you will have to do it via your command prompt and so doing everything step by step is a piece of cake there are only three commands. In this explanation we're going to call the addon : gmodaddon.gmaīefore you can publish your addon you will have to compress your folder into GMA, because it is this GMA file that you will upload, so our first goal is to get the famous gmodaddon.gma. We assume that your addon is already working, if you are new here is the structure of the folder already explained here : File structure Or include it in a collection I also took the care to explain below. The user can also "Subscribe" on the addon page. There are several methods of sharing, via the Lua file described in this documentation below. To solve this, he will need to have the contents of installed on his computer, for this you can put its contents in an addon to share its elements easily.
When you upload models, materials, maps on your server, the content is only for your server, if a player joins your server and he is missing his resources, he won't get the sounds, textures problems (Pink and Black), red MODEL ERRORS, in short, all that means he is missing something on his hard drive.
#How to create addons for gmod how to
HOW TO CREATE AND PUBLISH AN ADDON ON THE WORKSHOP?
#How to create addons for gmod mod
#How to create addons for gmod update
#How to create addons for gmod download
With this documentation you can create an addon(gma file), upload it, update your addon on the workshop, create a collection, associate a collection to your server, force your users to download the addons you created. This helps you to keep the addons you need constantly and gets rid of the custom server content easily.Hello! I've been asked far too much that I decided to make a documentation of it in order to share the solution as well as possible to avoid repeating myself in my tickets. because you don't play on the server which the collection is for anymore) unsub it but afterwards, go back to your WH-collection and subscribe to it again. Once you want to unsubscribe from the addon collection, (e.g. When you're done, subscribe to the new collection and save it somewhere (e.g. If you subscribe to big collections from time to time, you can also create a "whitelist-collection" for yourself to make cleaning the mess afterwards easier.īefore subscribing to a collection, go through it and add everything you have already subscribed to into the WL-collection. * Start Gmod and stay in the main menu until it finished re-downloading the subscribed ones. gma files or try to remember everything you unsubbed and delete it manually. * Go to the addons folder C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\GarrysMod\garrysmod\addons and either delete all the. Unsub the not-needed ones (It's painful but worth it). * Look at each and every addon and decide wether you need it or not. * Go to your subscription page: /id/YOURIDHERE/myworkshopfiles/?appid=4000&browsefilter=mysubscriptions To clean your addons properly, I suggest you to: