Garry's Mod 10 Server Installation

[AMT]

I've looked everywhere and I can't seem to find a straight answer for my problem. I run Source games off of the Linux server down the hall (Ubuntu 6.10). I have HL2DM and CSS installed and running fine. It took forever to download the content, but it works.

I recently bought Garry's Mod 10 so I thought it would be cool to run a Garry's Mod 10 server. I noticed "garrysmod" was listed when I ran the steam update command so I gave it shot. At first, it didn't work. It wanted a different installation directory than I had used for all the other games (the dir where all the current server files are is srcds_l). So used the following command.

Code:

./steam -command update -game garrysmod -dir gmod

This would install the Garry's Mod 10 server in '/srcds_l/gmod'.

While watching the downloaded files list grow bigger, I went to my Windows machine to look at the Garry's Mod 10 GCF file. Everything the steam update program was downloading wasn't in there, it was HL2 content. Or so it seemed to me, but I'm pretty sure it was downloading all the content over again.

How do I install a Garry's Mod 10 server WITHOUT it re-downloading all the HL2 content? The server doesn't have a big hard-drive (30 gig) so I don't want to waste space if I don't have to.

- Andrew

[Hollanda]

You need certain HL2 files to run steam servers, even if the game is not HL2DM.

Also you need to login with your steam account to download a gmod 10 server. Check the garrysmod wiki for the exact commands.

[AMT]

Hollanda Wrote:You need certain HL2 files to run steam servers, even if the game is not HL2DM.

I know that...I have already installed a CSS, DODS, and HL2DM server. But when I started installing GMod10, it began re-downloading all the HL2 content into another folder instead of using the content I already dl.

- Andrew

[Hollanda]

You allways download new content...

[Drocona]

AMT Wrote:

Hollanda Wrote:You need certain HL2 files to run steam servers, even if the game is not HL2DM.

I know that...I have already installed a CSS, DODS, and HL2DM server. But when I started installing GMod10, it began re-downloading all the HL2 content into another folder instead of using the content I already dl.

- Andrew

If you install in a different directory ofcourse it downloads everything again. If you would install it in the same directory it would use the old files.

[AMT]

Its not letting me use the same directory! It says "this game comes in conflict with currently installed files" or something like that.

Read my first post! Gah!

- Andrew

[Hollanda]

Read my first reply

[BrettLefty]

I don't usually reply to forums, but did you ever think of copying the files from the old folder over to the new one, so you wouldn't have to download them again?

[aVoN]

You need to add the -dir switch to the installation command.
But be warned - garrys mod 10 doesn't support linux right now!
Garry started a vote a few weeks ago and afaik the second most vote gone to linux bins. So, stay tuned and wait for him releasing the bins.

[ak_47_boy]

I don't think Garry will or should release Linux files until the updates start to slow down. There is no lack of servers on GarrysMod10 thats for sure. They will come eventually, no more than a month or two.

[M_Double_O]

I want to setup a garry's mod dedicated server for Zombie Survival on linux Ubuntu server 7.04 but i'm not sure how to do it any help would be much apreciated.
Thanks.

[James999]

M_Double_O Wrote:I want to setup a garry's mod dedicated server for Zombie Survival on linux Ubuntu server 7.04 but i'm not sure how to do it any help would be much apreciated.
Thanks.

Try this tutorial.
http://www.garrysmod.com/wiki/?title=Dedicated_Server_Setup