Garry’s Mod allows users to take advantage of the extensibility of the Source Engine through the spawn menu which enables users to spawn models and maps imported by the user. Since Garry’s Mod version 9, Lua scripting has been a notable feature added to the game which allows players to run their own scripts, which expanded potential user modifications by enabling the creation of scripted weapons, entities, vehicles, tools, game modes and NPCs that weren’t possible in the game before.[3] Multiplayer game servers will automatically attempt to send any custom content to the client when they connect.[4] Most users prefer to download the Server Data from the Steam Workshop. Examples include game modes such as Trouble in Terrorist Town, DarkRP, Deathrun, Jailbreak, Prop Hunt, and Murder.[5]
Addons
Wiremod
Wiremod is a user-created mod that significantly expands the sandbox capabilities of the game by adding a large number of pseudo-electronic components such as microcontrollers, logic gates, buttons, radios, gyroscopes, screens, GPS modules, sensors, laser rangefinders, speed sensors and much more. Wiring these components together allows the player to create a very large variety of…
Fretta contest
In winter 2009–2010, a contest was held for Garry’s Mod by the game’s developers to create the best new game mode using a programming framework called « Fretta ».[6] Fretta, Italian for « hurry », allows developers to quickly and easily create new game modes for Garry’s Mod with commonly required functionality already implemented so the developers can focus…
GMod Tower
In July 2009, a small team of developers, working under the names MacDGuy, Mr Sunabouzu, Nican and AzuiSleet, released a server designed for Garry’s Mod called GMod Tower.[11] GMod Tower was a server designed as a social media platform for users to get together and play minigames. Within hours of release, the website for GMod…
Toybox and Steam Workshop
Garry’s Mod 10 added a function called Toybox into the spawn menu (in Sandbox) that allowed players to share and download user-created content. After 2012’s release of the Steam Workshop feature, Garry’s Mod 13 replaced the Toybox feature with Steam Workshop. With the Steam Workshop feature came more add-ons for game modes other than Sandbox,…
