How to Set Up DarkRP Mode

Guide to customizing jobs, weapons, and settings

DarkRP is one of the most popular gameplay modes for Garry’s Mod. Here you'll find everything: from installing the mode to creating your own jobs and weapons. Let’s go.

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🚀 Step 1: Installing and activating DarkRP

1. In the control panel (pyro.mikasa.host) go to Startup Settings -> Workshop ID and make sure your collection includes the DarkRP addon (ID: 596704786).

2. In the Gamemode field, enter darkrp.

3. In the Startup Command, make sure +host_workshop_collection contains your collection with DarkRP.

4. Download DarkRP Modification, upload the archive to the server into garrysmod/addons/, then unzip it there.

Restart the server — it will now load DarkRP as default.

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🗂️ Step 2: DarkRP file structure

garrysmod/
└── addons/
    └── darkrpmodification/
        ├── gamemode/
        │   ├── cfg/
        │   │   ├── darkrp_config.lua
        │   │   └── jobs.lua
        │   └── entities/
        └── lua/
            └── weapons/

• darkrp_config.lua — basic settings (taxes, salaries, global options).
• jobs.lua — job definitions.
• weapons/ — folder for custom weapons.

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⚙️ Step 3: Configuring jobs

Open garrysmod/addons/darkrpmodification/gamemode/cfg/jobs.lua and add or modify job blocks:

-- Example job
TEAM_CHEF = DarkRP.createJob("Chef", {
    color = Color(242, 133, 0, 255),
    model = {"models/player/Group01/Female_01.mdl"},
    description = [[Cooks food for money.]],
    weapons = {},
    command = "cook",
    max = 3,
    salary = 45,
    admin = 0,
    vote = false,
    hasLicense = false
})

• command — chat command (/cook).
• max — max players for this job.
• salary — income per tick.
• vote = true — job requires voting.

Add more jobs, adjust as needed, and save the file.

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🔫 Step 4: Adding your own weapon

1. Create folder garrysmod/addons/darkrpmodification/lua/weapons/my_weapon/.

2. Inside, create shared.lua:

   SWEP.PrintName = "My Pistol"
   SWEP.Author = "YourName"
   SWEP.Spawnable = true
   SWEP.AdminOnly = false
   
   SWEP.Primary.ClipSize = 12
   SWEP.Primary.DefaultClip = 36
   SWEP.Primary.Automatic = false
   SWEP.Primary.Ammo = "Pistol"
   
   SWEP.UseHands = true
   SWEP.ViewModel = "models/weapons/c_pistol.mdl"
   SWEP.WorldModel = "models/weapons/w_pistol.mdl"

3. In darkrp_config.lua, add to allowed weapons list:

   DarkRP.addWeapon("My Pistol", "my_weapon")

4. Save and restart the server.

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🔧 Step 5: Other important settings in darkrp_config.lua

• Taxes and salaries:

  GM.Config.tax = 0.10        -- 10% tax
  GM.Config.pay = 60          -- base salary
  GM.Config.paydelay = 300    -- every 5 minutes

• Limits:

  GM.Config.maximumdoors = 2
  GM.Config.maxvehicles = 10

• Purchaseable items:

  DarkRP.createEntity("Ammo Box", {
      ent = "spawned_ammo",
      model = "models/Items/BoxSRounds.mdl",
      price = 50,
      max = 5,
      cmd = "buyammo"
  })

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🔄 Step 6: Applying changes

1. Save all files.
2. In the control panel, click Restart Server.
3. Test changes in-game.

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