So we like to cover mods here on DIYGamer as well as indie game. I’m sure many of you ave noticed that, in fact, as we’ve actually covered quite a few really good mods that can expand some of your favorite games in bigger and better ways than ever thought possible. And then we have the mods like what we’re going to talk about today. Not to say it’s bad, just different and altogether… odd.

Team Garry has rolled out another update for their PC/Mac sandbox creation game Garry’s Mod, available now for owners of the title on Steam.

The patch brings a relatively modest list of additions, fixes and changes; focusing heavily on “Toybox Save.” From the change log:

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• Toybox Save now uploads a screenshot
• Added cleanup and save buttons to Toybox Save
• Changed Toybox auth system to be less error prone
• Changed how scriptenforcer works internally to be more secure
• Fixed crash in physics_npc_solver when loading a Toybox Save
• [Lua] Player:GetPunchAngle() is now shared
• [Lua] Fixed bitshifting not working on variables
• [Lua] Added Entity:FindTransitionSequence()

Garry has also informed us that the game won’t see any updates for the next couple of weeks as the developer is on holiday. Expect to see the updates return sometime in December.

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Team Garry continues to methodically churn out the patches for their title Garry’s Mod, releasing a trio of updates over the past couple of weeks for the ever-developing physics sandbox game.

Out of the variety of different bug fixes, improvements and changes brought forth, all pale in comparison to the Prop Hunt mode. In the new game mode, users play as either props or hunters, if you’re a prop you must replicate another prop before you are found out by the hunters. As a hunter your job is simply to seek out the out of place player props and destroy them before time runs out.

The files are available now for automatic download to owners of the game on Steam. From the combined patch notes:

Added Prop Hunt gamemode

Updated Toybox login to use Steam’s ticket system

Fixed dropdowns not being visible in Video Options

Fixed Toybox crashing

Fixed toybox_ console commands

Fixed addons not loading on OSX/Linux

Fixed dropdowns and menus not showing on menu screen

Fixed FOV getting locked

Toybox content downloading retries 3 times before failing

Changed the way toybox authentication works

[TTT] Added Decoy equipment for Traitors.

[TTT] Added credit transferring for Traitors and Detectives.

[TTT] Changed C4 disarming to involve wire cutting rather than codes.

[TTT] Changed Traitor starting credits to 2.

[TTT] Changed balance on most Traitor equipment to make it less noisy and more powerful

Team Garry has released a new update for Garry’s Mod, bringing several new additions and changes to the open-ended physics sandbox title. Some good stuff in there but nothing better than the “Dog” now being able to throw and catch.

From the change log:

Added Toybox ingame map downloading

Added button to toggle toolmenu visibility

Clicking outside of the spawnmenu now closes it

Tweaked spawnmenu sizing

Fixed huge memory leaks under Linux

Combined singleplayer and multiplayer new game dialog

Added web controls to Toybox

‘Clean Up Everything’ now clears decals and ragdolls

Fixed lights being visible through walls

Dog now throws and catches

r_hunkalloclightmaps is now 0 by default

The patch is available for automatic download for owners of the game via the Steam client. Garry’s Mod runs $10 and recently received a release on Mac in addition to the PC version.

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Garry Newman sends good news for OSX users, as his physics sandbox title Garry’s Mod is now available for Mac via Steam.

Garry explains that the title is running “quite smoothly”, with the major issue being that the game crahses when users change resolution, a problem that apparently affects all Steam Engine titles on Mac. Garry states that the issue occurs for him on his test Mac, so he will be able to investigate.

To celebrate the release, both PC and Mac versions of the game have been slashed down to just $5, half-off the game’s standard tag.

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I’m not going to sugarcoat this, there are a lot of indie sales that popped up today resulting in an extended weekend of absolutely excellent discounts. With the amount we have to cover, I can’t really afford to chit-chat. Instead of continuing to write in this overwhelmed state, it’s best I just share all that I can:

Top Picks

Steam is back at it again with another one of its monster weekend deals, this time offering up huge savings on all things Serious Sam HD. The First Episode goes for $3.75 instead of $15, The Second for $5 instead of $20. Get them both in the double pack for $7.50 or get both plus their original episodes released 2001/02 in the recently released Gold Pack for just $10 instead of the $40 tag.

Not to be overlooked in the slightest, Gratuitous Space Battles and its DLC are all on sale in some form through a couple of distributors. First and foremost, Direct2Drive is offering the $23 title for just $6, read Geoff’s review if you’d like some persuasion, but I can tell you myself that its a top quality indie and a steal at that price. Impulse is offering a less tempting sale for the full game at $11.50, but also extends the discounts onto the game’s DLC and bundles. All four DLC packs are now $3 each instead of $5, and the GSB Complete bundle offers an even better deal, offering the full version of the game plus the first three expansions (The Order, The Swarm and The Tribes) for just $12.50. If you throw in the newly released ‘The Nomads’ add-on for $3, you can get the entirety of what’s available for the game for just $15.50. That’s $7.50 less than the base game costs standard. Better than if you go with the D2D $6 sale and all expansions for $3 each which puts you at $18. However you end up mixing and matching is up to you in the end, but don’t get yourself so confused that you forget to take part period.

Sales

Impulse is also offering some other great deals on top of the aforementioned sales. Din’s Curse is 50% off at $12.50 instead of $25–Geoff’s review and our coverage of the graphical update. Academagia – The Making of Mages is $10 off, Aztaka is $7.50 instead of $15.

GamersGate has a couple of good deals as well. Max & The Magic Marker is 75% off and goes for just $5 instead of $20 and air racing sim Ikaro is just $7.50 down from $30.

Garry’s Mod (which apparently is now available for Mac as well) is going for half-off on Steam, and is available for just $5 through the weekend.

Pre-Order/Launch Discounts

Star Ruler launched on digital distributors this week at $5 off its $25 tag on Steam, GamersGate and Impulse.

Subsoap’s Faerie Solitaire launched recently on Steam with a 30% off discount and is currently going for $3.50.

Other Offers

Joel Cappelletto, co-designer for ArchRobo: Robotic Annihilation, has informed us of a giveaway for LPS’s freshly released XBLIG title. Just email lps_inc[at]hotmail.com and make sure you enter ‘Contest’ in the subject line for your chance to win one of ten copies of the twin-stick shooter.

[Did we miss something? Comment below or email erik.johnson[at]diygamer.com so we can add to the list.]

Garry Team has released a couple of new updates for their standalone source engine modification Garry’s Mod, now available for download.

The patches bring some new additions, improvements and fixes including a Toybox tab added to the spawnmenu and the cleaning up of some dedicated server issues.

Both updates can be grabbed automatically by owners of the game on Steam. From the patch notes:

Added Toybox tab to spawnmenu

Added protection from spoofed Admin SteamID’s

Toybox entities can now have materials/models/sounds downloads

Dedicated Server spits Warning’s instead of Msg’s for Lua Errors

Fixed stutter when downloading from Toybox

Made Lua do extra checking to make sure arguments are of the right type

Various improvements to Lua’s errors

Fixed dedicated server errors

Fixed Toybox not downloading if language set to non English

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A small and specific update from Team Garry on their titular physics sandbox game Garry’s Mod is now available for download via Steam.

The patch brings a single fix, but a potentially big one for those who run on Linux servers. Apparently, these are now fixed. That is all, short and sweet.

The game is edging near a Mac release via Steam OSX as well, so interested parties stay tuned for more info in the coming weeks.

From the change log:

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• Fixed Linux server

Team Garry’s pursuit of churning out updates for its physics sandbox imagineering title Garry’s Mod continues in relentless fashion with a new patch arriving for the game.

Eight items packed in the latest release, restoring the click delay on the physgun, an increased max Lua Particle Emitter limit and a handful of fixes as well.

The file can be had by owners of the game on Steam by opening the title on the games list.

From the change log:

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• Fixed viewmodel animations lagging
• Fixed weapons sometimes ejecting more than one shell at a time
• Fixed Lua errors caused by bad Voice entity
• Fixed physics crash due to dubious Lua coding
• Fixed cloudscript sometimes spawning the wrong entity type
• Restored click delay on physgun
• Increased max Lua Particle Emitter limit
• Added toybox_entity command to debug cloudscripts offline

Team Garry has yet another Garry’s Mod update release for owners of the game on Steam. This time around the developer brings the new Fretta gamemode ‘Ascension’ and updates to ‘Trouble in Terrorist Town’ and ‘Dogfight Arcade.’

The patch also brings a handful of fixes for achievement and crash blunders, grab it now by booting up the title. Remember Mac users, your time is coming soon.

From the patch notes:

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• Added cloudscript weapons (in singleplayer)
• Added new Fretta gamemode Ascension
• Updated Trouble In Terrorist Town
• Updated Dogfight Arcade
• Can now comment on cloudscripts from the spawnmenu
• Fixed achievements showing wrong in main menu
• Fixed medic healing crash
• Fixed threaded bone crash
• Fixed rare env_shake crash