Installing addons and mods for Garry's Mod can be confusing so below are some tips to make things a little easier. On each download page you'll find a tab with details on how to install that particular download.
Install Gmod Addons With Folders
To install lua files, you usually need to extract the .lua file(s) from the zip file to the lua/autorun folder in your Garry's Mod folder. You should end up with a directory structure similar to below:
Sometimes the zip you download will contain folders such as materials, models, lua, data, etc. This is an unpackaged addon. You can either make a new folder in your addons folder and then put the materials/models/etc folders inside your new addon folder, or alternatively merge those folders with the equivalent ones in your Garry's Mod folder.
I'm not familiar with DarkRP, but for all non-Workshop addons I've ever used, you put them in steamapps/common/GarrysMod/garrysmod/addons. If it is on the Workshop, just subscribe to it and it will be installed automatically.
(If the info.txt were located like: "..\tacoa.zip\win\burrito\info.txt"; you would extract the burrito folder to your "\addons\" so it created "..\garrysmod\garrysmod\addons\burrito\info.txt".If the info.txt were located such as "..tacoa.zip\addons\burrito\info.txt", you would extract all the folders in taco.zip to your "\garrysmod\garrysmod\" folder, so it created "\garrysmod\garrysmod\addons\burrito\info.txt" and whatever else.)
If you're going to make your addon public, please make sure it's unique and will add something new to Garry's Mod. Don't upload addons you didn't make, even fixed versions, without the author's consent.
Go to FragBoss.com Go the the GMOD Textures Page Download the CSS Textures Download the CSS Maps (optional) Extract the folder contained within the Zip File Go to Steam Right Click Garrys Mod, click PropertiesLocal FilesBrowse Local Files Open the garrysmod Folder, then open the addons folder Drag and drop the CSS Game Content folder In the Addons folder The process for the maps Is the same.
After the Steam workshop collection ID is entered into the control panel for your Garry's Mod server, the addons will be automatically downloaded and installed the next time your Garry's Mod server is started.
VPK (Valve Pak) files are uncompressed archives used to package game content. Valve's post GCF games store materials, models, particles, choreography scenes and many other file types in VPK files.VPKs are also used to distribute mods via the the addoninstaller tool that ships with some games, such as Left 4 Dead 2.
Note: The vpk binary makes VPK files of version 2.0, which are not compatible with games like Left 4 Dead 2 that use an older version of the VPK format (in fact Left 4 Dead 2 will not even start if it detects an unsupported vpk). There is a Python package that can be installed with
Open the folder on your desktop via Filezilla to which you installed the ULX/ULib software. Drag the folders titled 'ulx' and 'ulib' to your server 'addons' folder. Your admin software will now be installed when we turn on the server.
Now navigate to gmodds > garrysmod > cfg and drag the file titled 'autoexec.cfg' over to your desktop.In addition, drag the 'server.cfg' file to your desktop. Minimize Your FTP window and open the 'autoexec.cfg'file. Paste in this code, replacing the sample image URL with your own: 2ff7e9595c
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