

Open the text document and enter the following offĬls echo Protecting srcds from crashes.Įcho If you want to close srcds and this script, close the srcds window and type Y depending on your language followed by Enter. Open your server folder and create a new 'Text Document'. Login anonymous |> Logs into the Steam serversĪpp_update 4020 -validate |> Downloads Garry's Mod server filesĪfter SteamCMD has finished downloading/validating the files you can close it.

Launch SteamCMD.exe and enter the following commands:įorce_install_dir |> The path to your new folder

You can find a few videos on Youtube on how to set up your own with SteamCMD, but I've found they're all very long winded, so here's a quick guide: However if you and a few friends just want a private space to play around with addons and have fun, setting up a Dedicated Garry's Mod server on the home computer can take as little as 5 minutes only requiring you to download SteamCMD and port-forwarding '27015' on both TCP & UDP. If you want a brand and product you need to outsource game hosting, even if you have all the networking hardware at home like servers and firewalls, with todays competition the prices for a server are so low you'd almost certainly be spending more by doing it yourself. What're we trying to achieve? A server to host, admin, maintain and possibly earn from or a server that you can load up with silly addons and play with friend with?
