Have you purchased your Garry’s Mod server at GGServers? Here’s how to get started!
GGServers offers full access to your game server control panel, where users can manage everything that happens on the server.
This article will show the first steps for joining your server and using the game server panel to manage it.
✔️ How Do I Find My Game Server Panel, Server Name, and Game Mode✔️
To access your game server panel, you need to follow the next steps:
- Log in to your billing account here.
- Click on your customer’s profile button, then on
Email History
.
- Click on the first option,
Your Game Server Details
, and you’ll see your server information and the game server panel credentials as well.
- Note your credentials and server connection details, then go here to log in. You can find the game server panel link in the welcome email as well.
- Use the credentials from the last step and log in.
Now, you’ve just logged in to your game server panel, where you can see and manage your server.
- After logging in, you will be able to find all your instances (game servers). Click on the
Garry's Mod
instance to see the connection details or to start or stop it. You can also click onManage
to customize and make changes to your server.
- Before you start playing, you will have to click on the
Manage
button mentioned in the last step, then on theUpdate
button.
- To find your server name and game mode, click on
Configuration
on the left-side menu, then click onSource Server Settings
. Find the sections titledServer Name
andGame Mode
, change them to what you want, and then note them. The changes will be automatically saved once you type a different name in the server name or game mode text boxes.
- If you click on the Garry’s Mod instance, then on the
Manage
button, a new page will open where you can fully manage your server. Also, a new menu will pop up where you can select between multiple options, such asConsole
to see the server logs orFile Manager
to access your server files.
How Do I Join My Garry’s Mod Server
You can connect to your server via your game server panel, using the official server list, or by adding the server to Steam.
Game Server Panel
To join your server, you will have to:
- Log in to your game server panel here.
- Click on the
Garry's Mod
instance, then click on theManage
button.
- Click on the icon located after the
View Connection Details
button, then click onOpen Link
.
- Click on
Join Game
.
Community Server List
You will have to use the server name and game mode that you noted in step eight to connect to your server, as shown below:
- Start Garry’s Mod, then click on
Find Multiplayer Game
.
- Select the appropriate game mode according to the one your server is running.
- Fill in your server name in the search bar.
- Find your server, click on it, and then click on
Join Server
.
Now, you’ve just connected to your Garry’s Mod server!
Steam
To manually add your server to Steam, you will have to use the server connection details (IP and port) that you noted in step four, as shown below:
- Open your Steam client and click on
View
, then onServers
.
- Click on
FAVORITES
.
- Click on
Add A Server
and put your server connection details (IP:port
) there in the address box. Then click onADD THIS ADDRESS TO FAVORITES
.
- Now click on
REFRESH
, select the server you added, and click onConnect
.
If you find any issues, contact us on live chat or via the ticket system.