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Friends System and Group Play — Garry's Mod Guide
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Friends System and Group Play — Garry's Mod Guide

Discover how to use the Friends System and engage in Group Play in Garry's Mod. This guide covers essential features for playing with friends and enhancing your multiplayer experience.

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Discover how to use the Friends System and engage in Group Play in Garry's Mod. This guide covers essential features for playing with friends and enhancing your multiplayer experience.

This guide provides an overview of various gamemodes available in Garry's Mod, focusing on those that facilitate group play and interaction with friends. It categorizes these modes and offers brief descriptions to help players find suitable multiplayer experiences.

Gamemode Tags:

  • PVP - Player versus Player
  • PVE - Players vs. AI
  • TEAMS - In the mode there is a division into teams
  • COMPETITION - In the mode, there is some kind of goal for victory (capture the flag, survive a certain time, etc.)
  • COOP - The mode implies a joint passage
  • SINGLEPLAYER - In the mode, a single passage is implied
  • ZOMBIE - The mode is based on a zombie theme
  • SPORTS - The mode is based on sports games
  • MINIGAMES - Mode is a collection of minigames
  • OTHER - The mode does not fall under any of the categories
  • TOOL - The mode itself is not a separate product, being the basis for something (most often horror cards)

Featured Gamemodes:

  1. Prop Hunt - A hide-and-seek game where players disguised as props must hide from seekers. [pvp other]
  2. TTT (Trouble in Terrorist Town) - Players must identify and eliminate traitors within their ranks. [pvp teams]
  3. Murder - One player is a murderer with a knife, and the others must identify and kill them before being eliminated. [pvp teams]
  4. Doctor Who (Guess Who) - A blend of Spy Party, Hide & Seek, and PropHunt where one team hides among NPCs while the other hunts them. [pvp team competition]
  5. You Touched it Last - A collection of ball games with various effects like explosions or infections. [pvp teams other]
  6. The Hidden - A SWAT team hunts down an invisible assassin with enhanced abilities. [pvp teams competition]
  7. Cops and Runners - Cops must tag all prisoners, who in turn can free their jailed teammates. [pvp teams competition]
  8. Stop it, Slender! - A Slenderman-themed game with coop/versus modes. [teams other]
  9. Dropzone - Players are pushed out of an arena using fists and spells; the last one remaining wins. [pvp]
  10. Melonbomber - A Bomberman-style game where players eliminate others with explosive melons and collect upgrades. [pvp other]
  11. Flood - Players build boats from scavenged materials to battle other players. [pvp teams]
  12. Battle Royale - A survival game where players fight to be the last one standing. [pvp]
  13. BaseBuild - Teams extract resources, build bases, and destroy the enemy's tower. [pvp teams]
  14. Garry's Mod Stranded - Players gather resources, craft tools, and form tribes in a long-term survival mode. [pvp teams]
  15. The Stalker - Similar to TTT, but the traitor has the ability to turn invisible. [pvp teams]
  16. Fort Fights - Two teams, rebels and the Alliance, must power and protect their generators while destroying the enemy's. [pvp teams competition]
  17. Freeze Tag - A tag game where players are frozen when caught. [pvp teams]

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