Accessing and Browsing the Workshop

Learn to access and browse the Steam Workshop for Garry's Mod. Find and subscribe to custom playermodels, NPCs, maps, weapons, and tools.

The Steam Workshop is a central hub for community-created content, offering a vast array of mods, models, and assets for Garry's Mod. Accessing and browsing the Workshop is straightforward through the Steam client, providing an easy way to enhance your gameplay experience with new features and customizations.

To access and browse the Steam Workshop for Garry's Mod:

1. Open the Steam client.
2. Navigate to the "Community" section.
3. Click on "Workshop."
4. Search for "Garry's Mod" or select it from your list of games.

Once in the Garry's Mod Workshop, you can browse various categories of content, including:

• Playermodels: Custom character models that players can use in-game.
• NPCs: Non-player characters, both friendly and enemy, that can be spawned.
• Maps: Custom environments and levels for gameplay.
• Weapons: New firearms or melee tools.
• Tools: Utilities that add new functionalities to the game.
• Vehicles: Custom drivable entities.

Each item in the Workshop typically includes details such as:

• Features: A list of what the mod includes (e.g., playermodel, NPC, ragdoll, faceposing, jigglebones, bodygroups, first-person arms).
• Compatibility: Information on which game versions or DLCs the mod works with (e.g., "Repentance and Repentance+ only").
• Warnings: Notes about potential conflicts with other mods (e.g., "This mod may not be compatible with other mods that edit the players.xml, costumes2.xml or 001.000_player for Tainted Keeper").

Examples of content you might find include:

• Mods that change boss appearances, like a "reskin mod that changes the final boss of the home path to be my friends and I."
• Music replacement mods, such as one that "Replaces the Death Certificate background music with 'Me for You'."
• New character mods, like "Bertran, a one-of-a-kind melee juggernaut."
• Character mods with unique abilities, such as "Hatsune Miku to Isaac! Charm enemies with her singing!"
• Utility mods that improve gameplay information, like one that "Displays the chance of a planetarium being present (on the current floor) in the HUD."
• Costume mods that add and fix costumes, working with Tainted characters.

The Workshop also features various models with detailed characteristics:

• Miku (Default) from Vocaloid: Playermodel, NPC, ragdoll, first-person view arms, bodygroups, hitboxes, jigglebones for hair, tie, skirt, hand pose, face, and eyes.
• Bendy and The Ink Machine fan model: Playermodel, C_arms, skins (B'n'W and faded brown), bodygroups (tail, face, eyes), and NPCs.
• Black Rock Shooter: NPC and playermodel, jigglebones for hair, coat, and bikini string, optional bodygroups (coat, hood, eyeflame, shorts/bikini), first-person arms, and faceposing.
• Ruby Rose from RWBY: Playermodel, NPC, faceposing, fingerposing, jigglebones for hair, cape tail, and cat ears, and first-person arms.
• Cinder Fall from RWBY: Playermodel, friendly NPC, ragdoll, face posing, viewmodel hands, jigglebones, and an alternate texturegroup for her semblance.
• Compa from Hyperdimension Neptunia: Playermodel, NPC, ragdoll, viewmodel hands, bodygroups, eye skingroups, and jigglebones for hair, bangs, and boot pieces.

By subscribing to items in the Workshop, they will automatically be downloaded and integrated into your Garry's Mod game.