Garry's Mod
Garry's Mod

First Steps in Sandbox Mode

Start your Garry's Mod Sandbox journey with community addons. Spawn unique characters and utilize game-changing items like the REMASTERED ALIEN.

First Steps in Sandbox Mode

Sandbox mode in Garry's Mod offers immense creative freedom. You can spawn various entities, manipulate objects, and experiment with physics. Many community-created addons enhance this experience, introducing new characters, tools, and environments. These addons can range from simple model reuploads to complex AI cores and custom weapons.

When starting in Sandbox, consider exploring some popular community creations to expand your possibilities:

  • Unique Delirium Boss Door: Created by OceanMan, this mod helps locate the Delirium fight, preventing accidental early entry and saving travel time across the map.
  • Better Doors [Reupload]: Originally by Nioffe and reuploaded by OpenSauce, this mod provides cartoonier doors with improved backdrops and visuals.
  • REMASTERED ALIEN: ISOLATION - ALIEN NPC: This addon features a completely new AI core for the Alien from Alien: Isolation, with new animations, a new vent model, and lockers. You can find it in the NPCs tab of your spawn menu.
  • Character Playermodels/NPCs: Many community members create models from other games and series. Examples include:
    • Amatsukaze from Kancolle (by PixelPlz) - Features playermodel, NPC (enemy/friendly), ragdoll, first-person view arms, bodygroups, jigglebones, and accurate hitboxes.
    • Miku (Default) from Vocaloid - Includes playermodel, NPC (enemy/friendly), ragdoll, first-person view arms, bodygroups, jigglebones, and accurate hitboxes.
    • Black Gold Saw and Black Rock Shooter from the Black Rock Shooter Series - Both offer NPC and playermodel options, jigglebones, first-person arms, and face/eye posing. Black Rock Shooter also has optional bodygroups for her coat, hood, eyeflame, and shorts/bikini.
    • Yang Xiao Long from RWBY - Provides playermodel, NPC, faceposing, fingerposing, jiggle bones for hair, cape, and cat ears, and first-person arms. It also includes a bodygroup for cat ears/bow.
    • Camilla from Fire Emblem Warriors - Features playermodel, one prop, two NPCs (enemy and friendly), ragdoll, first-person view arms, bodygroups (hair accessories, skirt armor), and face/eye/fingerposing.
    • Gaige the Mechromancer from Borderlands 2 - Available as a playermodel, NPC, and ragdoll with two skins and 12 interchangeable heads.
    • Mirage from Ultrakill - Playermodel with posable fingers and a fully rigged body.
    • Gordon Ramsay - A playermodel with posable fingers and a fully rigged body, suitable for Sandbox, TTT, and DarkRP.
  • Custom Weapons: The SWAT-556 from Black Ops 2 is available as a CW2.0 Gun SWEP, requiring Customizable Weaponry by Spy.
  • Custom SNPCs: An SNPC based on a model from the Exterminatus Half Life 2 mod is available, requiring VJ Base.

Remember to restart Garry's Mod after installing new addons, especially those that modify backdrops, to ensure they function correctly. Some mods may not work with others that change backdrops.