Garry's Mod

Garry's Mod

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How to Mount a Game
By Husky
This guide is to help players mount their existing games such as Counter-Strike: Source to Garry's Mod so they can use that content in game.
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Mounting a Game
Ensure you have the Source Engine game(s) you wish to mount fully installed and up to date and have ran the game at least ONCE before continuing.

  • Start Garry's Mod (or press ESC) so you can see the Main Menu.


  • Click the controller icon () down the bottom, next to the language icon.

  • Tick which games you wish to have mounted.


  • You may need to Restart Garry's Mod. (Close and Reopen the Game)

  • That's it! You have now successfully mounted the games!

NOTE: Mounting a lot of games may cause slower start up times and slower connection times to servers. It is recommended you only mount what you need.

NOTE: Only Source Engine games which have been approved and set up by Garry will appear on the list. Example. Warframe is not Source Engine: so it will not be on the list.
Icon Legend
This section provides information on the icons.
Game Not Installed.
Game Not Owned (or Disabled by Garry).
Game Not Mounted, But Able To Mount.
Game Mounted.

This may not be correct as there is no official information on the icons Garry has used.
Standard Gamemode Requirements
This is an additional section to help people who wish to select only what they need.

(Un-modified) DarkRP
  • Counter-Strike: Source
May Vary from Server to Server

Deathrun
  • Counter-Strike: Source

Elevator: Source
  • Half-Life 2: Episode 2

GMod Tower
  • Counter-Strike: Source
  • Half-Life 2: Episode 2
  • Team Fortress 2

Half-Life 2 Roleplay
  • Counter-Strike: Source
  • Half-Life 2: Episode 2
May Vary from Server to Server

Post Nuke RP
  • Counter-Strike: Source
  • Half-Life 2: Episode 1
  • Half-Life 2: Episode 2

Prop Hunt
  • Counter-Strike: Source
May Vary from Server to Server

Trouble in Terrorist Town
  • Counter-Strike: Source
May Vary from Server to Server

Zombie Survival
  • Counter-Strike: Source
May Vary from Server to Server

Most Maps (skyboxes, textures, etc)
  • Counter-Strike: Source

If you wish to have a gamemode added, please add a comment.
Verifying Game Cache Files (GCF)
A game isn't working, or I see purple checkerboards, weapon or world models are missing, or experience crashes while playing a game - how can I verify that my game files are installed correctly?

Try following this Steam Knowledgebase Article:
When All Else Fails (Contact Support)
If you're sure you've read over everything and it's still not working and you have tried verifying your cache or are receiving unexpected errors, your best bet is to Contact Support.
Steam Store Quicklinks
You can purchase the games mentioned above with the links below, bundles are a quick way to get a lot of games and save money. Otherwise, if you just want the individual game, click on it's individual link.

The Orange Box $19.99 USD (Save $15.97 USD)
Bundle Contains
Price
$9.99 USD
$9.99 USD
Save $15.97 USD
Price of individual games: $35.96 USD
Bundle cost: $19.99 USD
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If this guide has helped you, please help this guide back by giving it a thumbs up.

If the guide hasn't helped you, I'd firstly like to apologise and secondly, leave a comment below and I'll attempt to help you; but if you have followed it top to bottom your best bet would be to try and contact the appropriate support as that's what you paid them for.
371 Comments
Xenorvya 8 May @ 6:00pm 
Is there a list somewhere that tells us what certain games add when you mount them, specifically, npcs?
As far as I know, mounting Portal 1 will add Turret enemies, and if you mount Half Life Episode 2, you get the Hunters.
Husky  [author] 18 Mar @ 7:21pm 
Go to the Steam store and buy them.
Naziit 16 Mar @ 12:34pm 
I need a tutorial on how to install or buy mountable addons. when i go to the mount section, most other say "not owned" or "not installed", how do i install or buy them?
𝕯ⓔ𝔰𝖙ⓘ𝖓𝔂 10 Mar @ 8:47am 
same issue as Hello There, i've tried resetting gmod, reinstalling everything. It just doesn't detect it. "Not Installed." but it is
Hello There 14 Feb @ 4:14pm 
ok so how do i get gmod to detect games, i have hl source and its not detecting the game and wont let me mount it
blu 11 Jan @ 2:28pm 
@ChipEater you will need to do it manually for games that have no checkbox: steam://openurl/https://steamproxy.net/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2241369826
the tf2 snake update 23 Nov, 2023 @ 10:34am 
Okay, so i installed the half life source game onto gmod, but there isn't no box in the spawnmenu? :gmod:
blu 14 Oct, 2023 @ 7:23pm 
I have all games of that bundle installed and i still have plenty of space left, so i'd say that's a skill issue (:
C++ 14 Oct, 2023 @ 4:36am 
One downside, you will NOT have any storage left after buying the bundle. just buy the games you want instead of ALL of them
Shayrin 4 Jul, 2023 @ 6:56am 
Hi there! thank you for all of this info. there is also this bundle. https://steamproxy.net/steamstore/bundle/232/Valve_Complete_Pack/

It has *mostly* all the Valve games and you can save a lot of money. :steamthumbsup: