Garry's Mod

[Bigfoot3814]

Has anyone tried it out?

I've always liked games (or parts of a game) with no predetermined goals or objectives, so I figure I'll like this a lot.

Friends of mine have mixed feelings though. Some say it gets old real quick, or that it takes too much time to do anything cool with it. Others think it's fantastic.

Anyway, I'd rathter not spend the ten bucks until I hear from someone else. Whadaya think?

Edit: I have the orange box

 

[Maniacal]

It's pretty awesome, but i have been a bit too lazy to really learn how to use it. As well I havn't had a printer for a long time so I can't print out guides (I'm NOT alt tabbing in game).

 

[Bigfoot3814]

It's pretty awesome, but i have been a bit too lazy to really learn how to use it. As well I havn't had a printer for a long time so I can't print out guides (I'm NOT alt tabbing in game).

The only guides there are come from the official site's wiki, which is pretty extensive. alt tabbing in a game is never a good idea.

 

[Maniacal]

Yeah. Oblivion crashes when you try to alt tab, or won't alt-tab again. Tried it once with GMOD and it crashed.

Some games though have no problems with Alt-Tabbing, like X3 Reunion.

 

[Harbringer]

I don't have any trouble alt tabbing oblivion, but what is Garrys mod?

 

[Synobun]

Garry's Mod is a mod for Half Life 2 (or any other game with Steam content, for that matter).

By the way, I made a thread about this game a while ago, but meh.

I got my Gmod-10 for free from a friend, but I'd say it's worth 10 bucks if you are sure you're going to use it for a long time.

Check out the downloads site for it if you do get it, awesome things there.

 

[Darth_Pugwash]

Pretty cool comic made with Garry's Mod: http://www.hlcomic.com/view.php?date=2005-05-01

Helps if you've played Half Life 2.

 

[Kan' Sharuminar]

I loved Concerned. Dunno why I didn't think of it myself with this thread.

 

[GenMarshall]

Dont have Half Life II.

Plus, I dont like mods that are Payware (I heard Garry's Mod 10 is payware where older versions are freeware, though they may have gotten rid of the older versions)

 

[Synobun]

Dont have Half Life II.

Plus, I dont like mods that are Payware (I heard Garry's Mod 10 is payware where older versions are freeware, though they may have gotten rid of the older versions)

It's payware because of all the possibilities and the work put into the actual mod.

 

[Captain2]

yeah concerned is great, its the reason I ended up getting the Orange Box

http://livinginoblivion.wordpress.com/2007/02/28/to-sum-it-up/

The guy who wrote concerned is also currently working on a story of life as an NPC in Oblivion, I found it incredibly funny

 

[Maniacal]

Dont have Half Life II.

Plus, I dont like mods that are Payware (I heard Garry's Mod 10 is payware where older versions are freeware, though they may have gotten rid of the older versions)

You don't need Half-Life 2 (although you need to own the games to use content from that game in Garry's Mod). AFAIK any of the Source games are sufficient for Garry's Mod (just need one).

Half the measly $10 goes to VALVe I believe, because they gave Gary greater access to the Source Engine.

 

[Shylock]

It's payware because of all the possibilities and the work put into the actual mod.

10 dollars (not counting Half Life 2 which is requires for base functions, but you can get that for free from someone with the Orange Box legally) is a bargain when you consider how fun it can be.

I paid it, and I never buy things online.

 

[Synobun]

10 dollars (not counting Half Life 2 which is requires for base functions, but you can get that for free from someone with the Orange Box legally) is a bargain when you consider how fun it can be.

I paid it, and I never buy things online.

The sad thing is that nothing really worth downloading has been put up on garrysmod.org for the past couple months besides the Engine mod

 

[ironclad]

^^^^^^^ Very true. I wish garry would release some good gamemodes...

I really want to make a Civ mod in Garrys mod. There already is a RTS prototype here: http://forums.facepunchstudios.com/showthread.php?t=348242

I figure that the new rules in Civ Revolutions could be a good base for it. I am pretty backed up now and haven't learned the hooks in LUA but hopefully someday soon.

 

[Shylock]

The sad thing is that nothing really worth downloading has been put up on garrysmod.org for the past couple months besides the Engine mod

Yeah, it's mostly been construct maps.

^^^^^^^ Very true. I wish garry would release some good gamemodes...

He implemented LUA in the engine so he wouldn't have to.

 

[Maniacal]

I wish there were more TF2 SWEPS.

 

[Synobun]

Yeah, it's mostly been construct maps.

And even those seem to be failing. Quality of maps and other stuff = downhill for Gmod...

 

[Captain2]

I'm thinking of getting Garry's mod as I've heard good things about it

Since I like to get opinions before I buy things, would any of you recomend or see a problem with it?

 

[GenMarshall]

I actually got it not to long ago and serves as a basis for my comics that I do in the DYOS. As well as my avatars and recently made a wallpaper.