Snazzy Maps How to Upload a Map

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This guide only covers uploading a map, with no custom content shipped with it.
For that you lot demand pakrat, and that'south easy plenty to use, but do note it has the trend to break maps occasionally, then don't trust information technology fully.

Creating addon folders

[1]Go to your desktop, create a folder. I will be referring to it as 'the addon folder'. From here on out, most folders and files names aren't customizable.

[ii]Inside of the addon folder, create a new folder, name it 'maps'. Paste your bsp in the maps folder.

[three]Along side the new folder, not in information technology, right click>new>text document. Telephone call the text document 'addon'. do non change this either.

[iv]If you desire a thumbnail that appears in the singleplayer menu, create a new folder in the maps folder named 'pollex', create a .png file with the aforementioned proper name as the .bsp file and place it in this binder.

[5]Create a new text file in the addon folder by right clicking the inside of the folder, new, text certificate.

[6]Inside of the text file, write {LINK REMOVED}this, changing the title and tags as they utilize. (Alt link {LINK REMOVED}here )

[7]Click on file, Salve Equally, modify the relieve as type under where you type the name of the file to 'all files', and type addon.json

• List of map tags: ordered from near common to least common
  
• Fun
  
• Roleplay
  
• Scenic
  
• Motion picture
  
• Realism
  
• Cartoon
  
• Water
  
• Comic
  
• Build

[8]Make a 512x512 JPEG paradigm to be the thumbnail for your map, naming it anything you'd like. So move the JPEG to the desktop, not into the upload folder. Also information technology can be whatever size you want as long as its even (I think, id do 128,256,512 to exist prophylactic.)

Gmad

[1]At this bespeak, your binder should await similar this (roughly):

[2]Open the garrysmod directory at "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\GarrysMod\bin"

[3]Whorl down to gmad.exe, drag the addon folder on acme of gmad.

If it appears and closes immediately, with red text and no gma appears on the desktop, retry this guide from hither up & refer to the errors section first entry.

Gmpublish/command prompt

[1]Move the JPEG film to the inside of upload, along side the gma.
(i rename the gma file cause information technology looks nicer, I seriously doubt its impact on anything.)

[]Now your binder should have:

[ane] Maps>testmap.bsp
[2] testmappicture.jpg
[3] testmap.gma
[iv] addon.json

[2]Click beginning>type cmd>correct click>run every bit administrator. Its not absolutely necessary to run as ambassador, but there'southward a good chance if you tin can't do that, you deceit write to the garrysmod directory.

[3]If your game directory and your OS directory is on a dissimilar drive (E: & C:, for instance), then earlier yous access each drive with each CD command below, yous must type the offset letter of the drive followed by a colon, ex "E:" before cd E:\.. or "C:" before cd C:\..
cd C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\mutual\garrysmod\bin

• Modify the (Proper name) to your login name.

  gmpublish create -addon "C:\Users\(NAME)\Desktop\upload\testmap.gma" -icon "C:\Users\(Name)\desktop\upload\testmappicture.jpeg"

  
  
• If your file is named testmappicture.jpg, modify this file extension to .jpg.
• If successful, this volition accept a few minutes depending on the size of your addon.

[iv]If there is red text on the command prompt says your addon is private and then it is uploaded, then it is not visible to the public, but is visible to steam mods, apparently.

[5]Go to steam, hover over your proper name at the tiptop, click 'content', click workshop items, click your addon, gyre down until you lot run across visibility on the correct, click the drop down arrow and click public.

Ensure you lot have agreed to the steam workshop rule thing, information technology should be an orange bar at the summit of the addon page. When its public and you accustomed the rules, anyone can download your map to play.

Updating the already uploaded map

[1]Very similar to how to publish it, open up Control Prompt and type cd C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\garrysmod\bin

[2]You need to get the ID of your workshop item to update it, open up steam and hover on your proper noun at the top, get into content in the drop down, click workshop items, and click on your map. when yous're on the workshop folio for your map, it should say in greenish text at the top of the folio that should say something like https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1111111111. Where it supersede the (ID) in the command with this number. It must likewise be public to be updated.

[three]And so type gmpublish update -id (ID) -addon "C:\Users\(Name)\Desktop\upload\testmap.gma"

Common errors:

Gmad appears for a split second and closes

You have to hitting impress screen right when it comes up to read it, or record information technology and suspension the video when it appears. Read the error and become from there. Welcome to the source engine.

Could non open the map icon/gma file something like that, in gmpublish.

This is a tricky fault, often you don't know what you did to ready information technology, why it fixed information technology, or how you'll fix it next time.
[1]Yous tin can endeavor to resave the file in paint, overwriting the old file.

• Open your epitome in an prototype editing software, such as paint.
  
• Click File>Salvage
  
• Pray

[2]You can also attempt saving it equally a .jpg instead of .jpeg, sometimes that works. Ensure y'all modify the -icon directory for control prompt to say .jpg if yous practice.
[3]That, or the directory to the image is incorrect that you typed into control prompt.
[4]This happens for the gma as well, except for the gma the directory is wrong, and is relatively straight forward.

(file) does not pass whitelist

Ensure you only take the files i said to put in upload, any others will whitelist everything. There is a few other things you can include in your addon, such equally lua, and custom textures, models, and sounds. Wouldn't it be lovely if this was how you included custom content in your map? Doesn't piece of work, for whatsoever reason.

Error (finding) json file

For gmad, the directory y'all told the command prompt is wrong.

Couldn't parse icon/json

In that location'due south something wrong with your json file. Ensure its correct, I suppose?
If you lot cant parse the icon, I honestly forgot why it happens simply like you lot ♥♥♥♥♥ up the picture make sure its 512x512 pixels and similar its not png or something

Don't have permission to update your addon or some ♥♥♥♥♥.

Incorrect ID number in the command, or non logged into steam.

Error opening addon (does this file be?)

Wrong file path in the control line to the .gma file.

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Source: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=680588189

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