Hello everyone,

First of all, we would like to thank everyone who participated in the Garry's Mod main menu background competition. Together all of you have submitted over 2000 backgrounds, which exceeded out wildest expectations.

It is now time to pick the best backgrounds to be included into the game. We have looked through every single submission and picked over 150 finalists to be voted on by the community. Top voted entries will be included into the game in the next Garry's Mod update later this month.

The voting takes place on our official Discord server:
https://discord.gg/gmod

You will find all the relevant information in the #competition-rules Discord channel.

Hey everyone,

We are releasing a small patch today.

The entire change log is as follows:

• Servers without a Game Server Login Token now get ranking penalty and do not count towards gamemode player counts
  
• Right or mouse wheel clicking a server will now copy its IP address and other info
  
• Fixed more issues with util.Base64Decode
  
• Fixed a script error with the constraint library when spawning duplications
  
• Improved error handling for built-in Duplicator when pasting constraints and they produce errors, so the duplication doesn't just stop and become un-undo-able

The update is optional for servers but they are recommended to update, especially if they were affected by one or more issues mentioned above.

Please make sure your server is running a Game Server Login Token (GSLT), you can find out more information on our wiki:
https://wiki.facepunch.com/gmod/Steam_Game_Server_Accounts

This news post is primarily addressed to server owners.

Please start using Steam Game Server Login Tokens (GSLT).

At the latest, on Friday all anonymous game servers (servers not using GSLTs) will receive a massive ranking penalty in the server browser meaning they will not appear at the top of the server list, ever. However they will still appear in the server browser and can be searched for with the search feature.

This change is aimed to combat the rampant server faking issues that have recently spiked.

You need to set up a GSLT token for your server.

You can register GSLT tokens here:
https://steamcommunity.com/dev/managegameservers
(You must log into your Steam account before doing so)

After you have your GSLT token, all you have to do is to add the following to your server start up procedure:
This has to be done on server startup!

Two servers cannot share the same GSLT, so you will need a token for each server if you run multiple.
Do not share your tokens with anyone!

Update: For more information please visit this article on our wiki:
https://wiki.facepunch.com/gmod/Steam_Game_Server_Accounts

As a player you do not need to do anything.

You may notice for a short while after the update releases that certain servers may only be found if you search for them in the search box, meaning the server owner has not set a GSLT yet. This issue should be minimal if not non existent.

Most major servers already use GSLTs so they will not be impacted.

We have released an small hotfix update that addresses a few issues from previous update.

The entire change log is as follows:

• Fixed a crash issue with util.Base64Decode()
  
• Fixed a crash issue with ents.CreateClientProp()
  
• Fixed a longstanding crash issue with No-Collide constraint
  
• "poster" console command now tells you where it saved the poster

Servers are recommended to update if they are running Sandbox or Sandbox derived gamemodes that allow usage of the Toolgun.

Hey everyone,

We are launching a new Garry's Mod competition.

The main menu backgrounds are seen every time the game starts up. As the game updates and evolves, so should the visuals users see.

It's time to choose new backgrounds for the Main Menu that will be seen by all Garry's Mod players for years to come!

The competition takes place on our official Discord server:
https://discord.gg/gmod

You will find all the relevant information in the #competition-rules Discord channel, including rules and the submission process.

Artwork by Piggo

This update brings 2 new mountable games to Garry's Mod: The Stanley Parable and Fistful of Frags. You can now mount them into your game directly from the main menu, provided you own them on Steam and have them installed.

This update also addresses a long standing issue of voice chat quality. With the changes in this update hopefully voice chat in Garry's Mod will sound much better than it used to. The new changes may cause the voice chat to be quieter than it used to be, but this is something that people will need to adjust in either the updated Voice options tab or in their PC microphone settings. It is necessary to be this way to improve audio quality.

As usual this update also brings a whole host of new features and improvements for modders and players alike.

The update is optional for server owners, however it is always a good idea to keep your server updated to receive all the latest fixes and features.

You will find the full change list for this update in our blog post:
https://gmod.facepunch.com/blog/april-2020-update

Hello everyone,

The next Garry's Mod update is coming soon!

The current plan is to release the next Garry's Mod update on 29th of April at the usual 4PM GMT.
The update will be optional for server owners, however it is always a good idea to keep your server updated to receive all the latest fixes and features.

You can find the list of changes that will be coming here:
http://wiki.garrysmod.com/changelist/prerelease/

We kindly ask anyone willing to help us test this update before it releases (especially modders and server owners), to minimize any potential problems with the update.

You will find instructions on how to use the upcoming update below.

You can report any found issues in the comments below, or on our official bug tracking repository on GitHub: ( be sure to search before posting )
https://github.com/Facepunch/garrysmod-issues

The Pre-Release Steam branch for Garry's Mod has been updated and contains all the changes that will be included in the next update.

If you want to set up an Dedicated Server instance using the Pre-Release branch, see this article: https://wiki.facepunch.com/gmod/Downloading_a_Dedicated_Server

How to switch game branches:

1. Exit the game
   
2. Right click on Garry's Mod in Steam and select Properties
   
3. Go to the Betas tab and select your desired branch

None - This is the normal version of the game
Pre-Release - This is the next update
Dev - This is a bleeding edge version of the game, expect it to contain more bugs than usual

We have released an small hotfix update that addresses a few issues from previous update.

The entire change log is as follows:

• Fixed Closed Captions appearing when holding Sandbox's Camera weapon
  
• Sandbox hints no longer display when holding Sandbox's Camera weapon
  
• Fixed issues with flex weights on clientside entities
  
• Fixed Lua errors appearing when placing new Headers into a spawnlist
  
• Fixed certain NPCs floating above ground in very specific circumstances
  
• Fixed a clientside exploit allowing servers to force reconnect to the server on disconnect

Servers are recommended to update if they are running Sandbox or Sandbox derived gamemodes that use the default Spawnmenu.

Artwork "Red Letter Day" by jq ue ar y

This update brings many new features for addon creators as well as adds general polish to other parts of the game, such as the Spawnmenu.

Resizing the spawnmenu now saves the changes after you exit the game, so you do not have to resize it every time you join a Sandbox server or start a singleplayer Sandbox game. There are also numerous improvements to spawnlist customization, including more intuitive drag'n'drop controls that mimic drag'n'drop controls of your Operating System and inability to delete NPCs, Weapons, Vehicles, Entities and Post Processing effects from their own tabs so players no longer have to rejoin server/restart their singleplayer game if they accidentally deleted something in their spawnmenu. There's also an option to revert any currently unsaved spawnlist changes.

A number of Steam Workshop related issues introduced with the previous update were also resolved.

You will find the full change list for this update in our blog post:
https://gmod.facepunch.com/blog/march-2020-update

The x64/chromium embedded framework (CEF) update will likely release sometime after this update, some unexpected issues were found and since fixed, as well as an upgrade to a newer CEF version (80) was performed which is why it was delayed.

This update requires servers to update before you can join them.

This means that for a certain amount of time after the update releases you may be unable to join servers and get a message saying "The server is running an older version of the game" instead. You will have to wait for servers to update before you can join them again.

You cannot downgrade to a previous version of the game. Please be patient and let server owners update their servers.

Hello everyone,

The next Garry's Mod update is coming soon!

The current plan is to release the next Garry's Mod update on 17th of March around the usual 4PM GMT.
The update will require server owners to update their servers before players will be able to join them.

You can find the list of changes that will be coming here:
http://wiki.garrysmod.com/changelist/prerelease/

We kindly ask anyone willing to help us test this update before it releases (especially modders and server owners), to minimize any potential problems with the update.

You will find instructions on how to use the upcoming update below.

You can report any found issues in the comments below, or on our official bug tracking repository on GitHub: ( be sure to search before posting )
https://github.com/Facepunch/garrysmod-issues

The Pre-Release Steam branch for Garry's Mod has been updated and contains all the changes that will be included in the next update.

If you want to set up an Dedicated Server instance using the Pre-Release branch, see this article: https://wiki.facepunch.com/gmod/Downloading_a_Dedicated_Server

How to switch game branches:

1. Exit the game
   
2. Right click on Garry's Mod in Steam and select Properties
   
3. Go to the Betas tab and select your desired branch

None - This is the normal version of the game
Pre-Release - This is the next update
Dev - This is a bleeding edge version of the game, expect it to contain more bugs than usual

This update will require servers to update before you can join them. We try to keep such updates to a minimum, but it was necessary for this update.

This means that for a certain amount of time after the update releases you may be unable to join servers and get a message saying "The server is running an older version of the game" instead. You will have to wait for servers to update before you can join them again.

You CANNOT downgrade to a previous version of the game.