Garry's Mod - INFRA Content

Mounting INFRA content on a Garry's Mod server

1. Log in using SteamCMD with your credentials (you need to own INFRA on your account)
   • Start steamcmd via command line.
   • Type: login YOUR_USERNAME_HERE
   • Type in password and 2FA code.
2. Set install directory using force_install_dir
   • Example on Linux: force_install_dir /home/alex/my_gmod_server/infrafiles
   • Example on Windows: force_install_dir C:/my_gmod_server/infrafiles
3. Make sure to set the correct platform type for SteamCMD: @sSteamCmdForcePlatformType windows
   • This is only necessary for Linux, but doesn't affect anything on Windows.
4. Download INFRA files: app_update 251110 validate
   • validate at the end is optional, but I recommend using it to validate your downloaded files.
5. Open up your mount.cfg file (using a text editor like Notepad++ or similar) inside your garrysmod/cfg directory
   • In my case (Linux), the full directory would be /home/alex/my_gmod_server/garrysmod/cfg/mount.cfg
   • Or on Windows: C:/my_gmod_server/garrysmod/cfg/mount.cfg
6. Add a line inside the "squiggly brackets" (they look like this: {}) and put:
   • Linux: "infr" "/home/alex/my_gmod_server/infrafiles"
   • Windows: "infr" "C:\my_gmod_server\infrafiles"
   • I added an example mount.cfg down below.
7. Restart the server.

mount.cfg (example)

//
// Use this file to mount additional paths to the filesystem
// DO NOT add a slash to the end of the filename
//

"mountcfg"
{
	// "cstrike"	"C:\steamcmd\steamapps\common\Counter-Strike Source Dedicated Server\cstrike"
	// "tf"			"C:\mytf2server\tf"
	"infr"          "/home/alex/my_gmod_server/infrafiles"
}

steamcmd_example_script.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Example bash script for downloading INFRA content on a Linux server.
USERNAME="decicus"
INSTALL_DIRECTORY="/home/alex/my_gmod_server/infrafiles"

./steamcmd +login $USERNAME +force_install_dir $INSTALL_DIRECTORY +app_update 251110 validate +quit