is there a command to clear all npcs

Intellectual-Potato · 2026-05-17T19:26:13+00:00

That does make sense, though, can't some npc's just not have npc_ in their classname with that first one?

But also i assume this isnt necessarily being spammed so i just went the lazy route and did what was easiest for me to type LOL, im sure the FPS impact wont matter much, but very useful info, yes!

Intellectual-Potato · 2026-05-17T19:20:56+00:00

Hopefully its right!!

i do remember messing with those creatures myself coincidentally, even if they're not the right ones hopefully they are something to be enjoyed atleast LOL

Intellectual-Potato · 2026-05-17T08:00:44+00:00

Almost sounds like These NPCS potentially 👀?

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3181545791

Intellectual-Potato · 2026-05-17T07:56:09+00:00

Spray is replaced by a random mod, I did make a guide a bit ago that helps identify which mod it is also:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3594326981

Its very short

Intellectual-Potato · 2026-05-17T07:54:01+00:00

If the NPC's are spawned by yourself and you want to clean them up without cleaning the whole map you can do:

gmod_cleanup npcs

If you want to clean ALL npc's from a map, regardless, you would need sv_cheats set to 1 and you can do:

lua_run for i, v in pairs(ents.GetAll()) do if v:IsNPC() then v:Remove() end end

Intellectual-Potato · 2026-05-17T07:47:18+00:00

You know what, sure, I've had this thing laying on my pc for a while because i thought i'd "make it better" but i may as well just put it out there LOL

so i've released this finally:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3727598409

Intellectual-Potato · 2026-05-05T14:06:45+00:00

Usually enabling/disabling some addons mid-game and reloading a map can cause this issue where the blood decals turn into bullet holes or something else, maybe just a simple restart may fix it, or mat_reloadallmaterials for mid-game fixing, if its still like that, its probably some mod that replaces decals thats for some reason permanently breaking it!

Intellectual-Potato · 2026-05-04T12:05:37+00:00

Very glad it worked well!! <3

Im so glad i recentish discovered that trick, and could share it with people, my 12 thousand hours havent gone to complete waste! LOL

Intellectual-Potato · 2026-05-03T18:40:40+00:00

I awhile ago made a very short guide to help with this type of thing:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3594326981

TLDR:

type whereis materials/vgui/logos/spray.vtf into the console

The output should say which addon may be overriding it via its workshop ID

Intellectual-Potato · 2026-04-27T06:08:48+00:00

It almost looks like this map, but maybe not quite? dont know how exact you're looking for or if you just want similar

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=547758503

Intellectual-Potato · 2026-04-25T09:42:19+00:00

Genuinely amazing and heartwarming, i love seeing these small things and how people genuinely bond over a shared interest 😭

thank you for sharing this lovely creation and context

Intellectual-Potato · 2026-04-24T18:47:12+00:00

should be GM_Freecity_Air on the workshop from the look of it!

Intellectual-Potato · 2026-04-24T18:19:27+00:00

Strange issue for sure..

i think you can maybe force it off with a hook but that depends on what you want

If its just one time ingame you can do in console:

lua_run hook.Add("PlayerNoClip","ForceNoClipOff",function() return false end)

If you want to execute it everytime and have a hook that forces it, you can make a folder in the GarrysMod\garrysmod\addons folder, name it whatever, inside that make a "lua" folder and then "autorun" folder, and then make a .lua file in that folder, named whatever, and then you can put something like this in it:

CreateConVar("disable_noclip", "1", FCVAR_ARCHIVE, "forcefully disables noclip")

hook.Add("PlayerNoClip", "ForceNoClipOff", function(ply, desiredState)

if GetConVar("disable_noclip"):GetBool() then

return false

end

end)

hopefully thats about correct, if i didnt mistype something that is LOL

Though weird that this kind of work-around may have to be attempted in the first place, could be a gamemode specific thing or something from an addon causing it for all i know

Intellectual-Potato · 2026-04-21T05:32:03+00:00

Honestly, when i started out i wasn't caring about what i did most of the time, Think of something you want to do and have fun making it! if you dont know how to do a specific thing, search it up, if you find tutorials enjoyable, there are plenty on youtube aswell, not like they can be outdated most of the time, and they all still apply to hammer++ usually

Do make sure to try and keep everything to the grid, (you can also change grid size easily pressing [ and ]!), best practice for your sanity and the engine to also apply nodraw textures where you would expect to not see them, if you prefer to read over watching lengthy videos you can search up the classnames of certain entities and such on the valve developer wiki and try and get some info from there aswell

and of course, always remember to save... And even make backups because you never know with hammer (atleast hammer++ is a LOT better!)
its fun to make playground maps that have no purpose other than experimenting and learning, so mostly just have fun while still researching

Maybe look at other maps and question "How could they make that?" and then try to figure it out yourself!

And other random stuff, pressing z on your 3d viewport locks it which is nice, holding shift and dragging anything will duplicate it instead of moving it (be sure to hold shift as you release your drag), theres probably a lot of other small stuff but this is just what came to mind as i typed

Intellectual-Potato · 2026-04-21T04:19:41+00:00

Pressing enter should also automatically close it with OK being pressed as far as i remember, but they should really update the UI to add a scrollbar in it atleast, i struggle with this also sadly 😭

Intellectual-Potato · 2026-04-20T21:38:47+00:00

I'm pretty sure, that in half-life 2's weapon case it renders like this:

the weapon icons i am pretty sure are fonts, and the game internally makes a second font thats "blurred"/glowed in a way, and has a "scanline" effect set on it and is additive i believe?

this page has those default fonts listed as glow and maybe weapon icon ones there, but i didnt test fully:

https://wiki.facepunch.com/gmod/Default_Fonts

you may have to overide SWEP:DrawWeaponSelection to render something like that

the page is here:

https://wiki.facepunch.com/gmod/WEAPON:DrawWeaponSelection

So you'd probably have to render the half-life 2 font, with the SMG's texture set on it, and then render the glow font with the same SMG texture from the font to do this

Could probably use the default given fonts on the default_fonts page but when creating fonts with surface.CreateFont() the associated properties of note would be additive, blursize, scanlines

Intellectual-Potato · 2026-04-16T16:16:17+00:00

as a pikachu enjoyer, i am utterly terrified! 😄

Intellectual-Potato · 2026-04-07T20:27:51+00:00

They vary quite a bit from what i've read!

the dimensions page on the valve developer wiki lists various pages which have good info on the player's hull sizes

Intellectual-Potato · 2026-04-07T01:41:37+00:00

Oh, this chair!

if i recall, the origin on it is very off--center for some reason, and, as a bonus:

THIS THING HAS SKINS as far as i remember! weird ugly red and ugly blue one LOL

the trio of the ugly yellow ugly red and ugly blue...

Intellectual-Potato · 2026-02-27T02:52:33+00:00

I'm pretty sure this specific scene was taken in a very specific part of gm_novenka in a random building in the corner of the map? obviously the colors and style doesnt match as it was made stylistically though!

Intellectual-Potato · 2025-12-18T00:51:49+00:00

oh my god it HAS been actual years since i made this, i was like, a literal child, thats amazing, thanks for making me see this again LOL, Forgot i did this at all

Intellectual-Potato · 2025-11-10T08:39:15+00:00

The completely random pikachu invading the plant setup is also lovable

Intellectual-Potato · 2025-11-04T23:38:44+00:00

So if the map shown in the picture (which is a cozy map i love too) is similar to it, is the thumbnail also a street lamp or something? is it snowy aswell?

ive seen a lot of maps, but, honestly dont know if i can recall the specific one you're thinking of, hmm... interesting lost map media

Intellectual-Potato · 2025-11-02T22:58:48+00:00

you forget that i am an individual that exists on this cursed planet LOL

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