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July 2024 Update is live

[h2]Update Highlights[/h2]

The Faceposer tool got some upgrades with this update, the model flexes can now be grouped into convenient, collapsible groups, making it easier to find what you are looking for at a glance.

These groups are loaded from the models themselves, so the support for this feature is up to model makers.



This update also comes with reworked default spawnlists, finally exposing every single model that comes with the base game, as well as pre-generated spawnicons for every single one.

Please note that these new spawnlists may not appear for you until you delete existing spawnlists (garrysmod/settings/spawnlists/ folder) if you played Sandbox prior to this update.

Be aware that this folder also includes your custom and modified spawnlists.



In addition to the new default spawnlists, you can now more easily create custom spawnlists for your addons. Simply right click on an addon in your Spawnmenu's browse section and select "Create a spawnlist from this folder". It will generate a spawnlist and group addon props by folder they are in. This also works for mountable games in the same section of the spawnmenu. Don't forget to save your changes when you add new spawnlists or modify them!



Other spawnmenu improvements include more information about weapons and entities straight from the spawnmenu, as well as a visual indicator when a tool is disabled by the server. (toolmode_allow_ console variables)



Finally, there are many, many smaller changes, a lot of crash fixes and many improvements for mod makers, as per usual.



You can find the full change list for this update in our blog post:
https://gmod.facepunch.com/blog/july-2024-update

Michael Bay's Skibidi Toilet movie production company has apparently sent DMCA takedowns to Garry's Mod

Update: Garry Newman has confirmed that the DMCA notice was sent last year, and has since been "all resolved", in an email to IGN.


Original story:


Earlier this month it was reported that Skibidi Toilet, the YouTube phenomenon, may be heading to film and television via director Michael Bay. Now Invisible Narratives, a production company co-owned by Bay, has apparently sent a DMCA takedown notice to Garry Newman, citing the large number of Skibidi Toilet games and assets advertised within Garry's Mod.


Skibidi Toilet uses assets derived from Half-Life 2, however, and owes a lot to the Garry's Mod machinima scene. And the animation's original creator, best known as DaFuqBoom, is claiming innocence over the DMCA.


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July 2024 Update is coming soon

Hello everyone,

The next Garry's Mod update is coming soon.

The current plan is to release the next Garry's Mod update on 31st of July at 2PM GMT.

This update will be backwards compatible with existing servers, so servers do not need immediate updating and players can still join old servers, but it is still highly recommended to update as soon as the update releases to get all the new features and fixes.

You can preview the list of upcoming changes here:
https://wiki.facepunch.com/gmod/Update_Preview_Changelog

(Please note this list is still work in progress and is subject to change.)

Please help us test the update

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

Just run your game or your (development/test) server on one of the beta versions briefly to see if any new issues crop up compared to the current version of the game.

The Pre-Release Steam beta branch for Garry's Mod has been updated and contains all the changes that will be included in the next update. The "dev" and "x86-64" betas also contain all the upcoming changes.

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

Or at the very least in the comments below, or on our official Discord server or:
https://discord.com/invite/gmod

If you want to set up a Dedicated Server instance using any of the beta branches, 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

Facepunch Studios is celebrating its 15th birthday and throwing a huge half-off sale to celebrate it




s a Birmingham lassie myself, I do have a patriotic soft spot for Facepunch Studios. The British developer has produced some mainstay PC gaming bangers: Garry's Mod changed the face of my YouTube recommended for several years, and players continue to run around as naked blokes smacking trees with rocks in Rust...
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Garry Newman of Facepunch comments on the Nintendo takedown of Garry's Mod content

Recently it was pretty big news that Nintendo issued takedowns to Facepunch for Garry's Mod content, and now Garry Newman of Facepunch (developer of Garry's Mod and Rust) has written up a blog post with some comments on it.

Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/05/garry-newman-of-facepunch-comments-on-the-nintendo-takedown-of-garrys-mod-content