Garry's Mod

Garry's Mod

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Redundant File Finder
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Content Type: Addon
Addon Type: Tool
Addon Tags: Build
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5 Jul @ 9:39am
9 Jul @ 9:22am
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Redundant File Finder

Description
As of 02/Jul/2025, gmod natively includes the content from Counter-Strike: Source and HL2's episodes (at least the x86-64 and indev branches do), so packing it in your map is now unnecessary. If you did that, you should remove it. Too lazy? This will help.
The video is a tutorial.

This thing will scan your addons and report any files that are also present in the base game or mounted games (and save the report to disk, in data/redundancies.txt). You'll have to use the console commands listed below. Some files may be stored inside the BSP file and can only be detected by playing the map in-game and using the right command. Because gmod doesn't let addons delete files for safety reasons, you'll have to delete them yourself. Also, if you modified the mounted games, results will be inaccurate.

NOTE: This addon only checks if files have the same path and name. I tried to add the ability to check if the files are different, but the jank defeated me.

People's storage devices don't have infinite capacity, and loading times to get into servers are already infamously long.

Console commands:
Command
Description
redundants_CheckAddonAgainstGame
Usage: "redundants_CheckAddonAgainstGame addonname gamename". Checks if the addon has files from the game.
redundants_CheckMapAgainstGame
Usage: "redundants_CheckMapAgainstGame gamename". Checks if the map you're playing on right now has files from the specified game.
redundants_GetAddons
Gives you the names of all enabled addons, for use in the aforementioned commands.
redundants_GetGames
Gives you the names of all mounted games, for the same reason.
Popular Discussions View All (1)
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16 Jul @ 6:00am
[Feature Request] Save result to text file in 'data'
WillowTree
206 Comments
#novagang tugsuntu 11 hours ago 
my names richard and im sitting in a corner (sitting in a corner playing my recorder)
SorcernSolλr 21 hours ago 
maker addons :facepunch:
Elgreta 16 Jul @ 3:22pm 
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John Oakman 16 Jul @ 10:38am 
WARNING! DO not read!!
DatGamerYolo 16 Jul @ 6:09am 
WARNING! Keep on reading, I need people to make fake spam comments to annoy people for no reason. good luck!!
DemoFlower 16 Jul @ 5:58am 
WARNING! Keep on reading, nah jk bro i am not making a spam comment lol
BoX_lold 15 Jul @ 9:24am 
addon makers
Employed Cat 15 Jul @ 7:40am 
gng im dumb, what this does is basically load textures from the games you dont have installed?
Binty 14 Jul @ 9:20pm 
mario makers 2
eli 14 Jul @ 4:33pm 
addon makers