Question 1

How Physgun brings your server to the top

Accepted Answer

Anycast and the Garry's Mod server list explained

Anycast is a technology that handles routing in a way where incoming requests can be routed through the nearest location to a client’s incoming connection.

Our network protection provider leverages the mass amount of locations and PoPs (Point of Presence) to cache the Source Engines A2S responce at the edge locations, responding to the serverlists requests at the a location closer to the player.

|| Some hosts can charge up to thousands of dollars for Anycast support on your server. At Physgun we provide Anycast to all our servers for Free!

Physgun's Anycast locations

We make further improvements on this starting at your server, pre generating all A2S requests as they come in so they can be cached quicker by the edge.

The Garry’s Mod server list is sorted by a ranking number (Lower being higher on the list), calculated with the following function from this function in the game’s code. ```javascript function CalculateRank( server ) { var recommended = server.ping;

if ( server.players == 0 ) recommended += 75; // Server is empty
if ( server.players >= server.maxplayers ) recommended += 100; // Server is full, can't join it
if ( server.pass ) recommended += 300; // Password protected, can't join it
if ( server.isAnon ) recommended += 1000; // Anonymous server

// The first few bunches of players reduce the impact of the serve

Question 2

Mounting CounterStrike: Source (CSS) to your Garry's Mod Server

Accepted Answer

Mounting CS:S to your Garry's Mod Server

Almost all maps use CS:S textures now-a-days! So it is important to mount CS:S to your game server so props aren't invisible or ghosting for you and your players! At Physgun we recognize how important this is to any Garry's Mod server, so we've made sure every Physgun Garry's Mod Server has CS:S Included! Not to mention it's as easy as clicking 1 button to mount CS:S to your Physgun GMod Server!

How to mount CS:S on your GMod Server

There are two main steps you can take to mount CS:S!

1-click mount with Physgun Mod Manager

Mounting CS:S has never been easier at Physgun, only requiring 1-click to install CS:S onto your server!

Mounting CS:S via Physgun Mod Manager

| Tip: Make sure you restart your server after mounting!

Alternative: Manually editing the mount.cfg

|| This is only for users who did NOT use the 1-click install method above! If you used the Mod Manager you do not need to do this! If you do not want to use the 1-click install included with the Physgun Mod Manager you can do it manually! Simply navigate to: /garrysmod/cfg/mount.cfg

Then replace the file with the following below! (You can copy the code below by clicking the button on the top right of the codeblock!) ```cfg // Use this file to mount additional paths to the filesystem // The folder you provide must contain either one or more *_dir.vpk files or the usu

Question 3

How to claim your free webhosting

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Physgun's included free webhosting with gameservers

Physgun provides free webhosting with the purchase of many of our gameserver packages! They are very easy to setup and very useful for hosting your forums / donation store / anything else!

||| Please note you can only claim one included webhosting package

How do I claim my included webhosting?

To obtain your included webhosting you must make a ticket with us, providing the domain name you'd like to use.

Visit https://billing.physgun.com/submitticket.php
Create a ticket "Included Webhosting Request"
Please provide the domain you'd like to use (e.g. physgun.com)
Submit your ticket
Please point the nameservers for your domain to ns1.physgun.com and ns2.physgun.com

|| Please note: we do NOT provide you with a domain, you must buy one yourself from a domain registrar

What to do after submitting your claim

If you didn't follow all of the directions above please take the time to read through this part thoroughly to ensure your included webhosting is quickly sent to you.

The only thing we require you to do is point your domain to the following nameservers: ns1.physgun.com ns2.physgun.com

How to point your domain to Physgun nameservers on Namecheap

Namecheap is one of the most popular domain registrars and setting the nameservers to your domain is incredibly easy with them.

Simply follow the steps below:

Go to https://ap.www.namecheap.com/domains/list/
Find the domain you

Question 4

How to generate GSLT token for GMod

Accepted Answer

Setting up your GSLT token for your Garry’s Mod Server

Setting up the GSLT token is very important if you want your server to be publicly listed on the server list. It’s thankfully very easy and simple to add and this guide will show you how to do it on your Physgun server!

Obtaining your GSLT key

To do this you first want to navigate to Valve’s GSLT Page and login to your Steam account. Please note you will need to own a copy of Garry’s Mod.

At the bottom of the page you will find the form.

Creating a GSLT token for Garry's Mod

For Garry’s Mod you will want to enter the App ID of 4000. For the memo you can keep it blank or label it, your choice!

Now you should have a key tied to your Steam account!

GSLT Token generated for your server

The “Login Token” will be the key you put into the Startup Parameters in the Physgun gamepanel. || Please note you will have to generate a new key per-gmod server!

Adding the GSLT key to your Physgun GMod Server

Adding your GSLT key to your Physgun Garry’s Mod server is easy as pie!

Simply go to your server on the control panel and follow these steps:

Click the Configuration tab
Click on Startup Parameters
Enter in your key in the "Steam Account Token" box!

![Entering your GSLT toke

Question 5

How to setup auto restart

Accepted Answer

Automatic restarts made easy with Physgun

Automatic restarts are amazing for keeping your server running properly, ever so slowly any server will build up more and more memory usage but after a quick restart it will prevent a massive buildup of memory.

Using Physgun’s amazing gamepanel you can easily setup these automatic restarts with no hassle!

Visiting the scheduler in your gamepanel

When you visit the gamepanel click on your server, then on the left under “Configuration” you will see the “Schedules” tab!

Navigating to the scheduler on the Physgun Gamepanel

Creating a new schedule

Creating a new schedule is super easy, just click on the “Create” button at the top right of the scheduler page.

Once the page is opened you should see a popup appear with a variety of options! In the picture below I’m creating a schedule for every 12 hours.

Creating a schedule using Physgun's Scheduler

Tasking the scheduler to execute commands

Now that our schedule is created we must make a task for it to run whenever it triggers!

You can make a multitude of things happen such as have the server announce before a restart happens so players are prepared! We’re going to create 2 messages before the restart in the picture below.

![Creating a task to send a command to inform players of a restart](https:

Question 6

Setting the tickrate for your Garry's Mod Server

Accepted Answer

How to change the tickrate on your Garry's Mod Server

Using the Physgun Gamepanel it is incredibly easy to change the tickrate of your server. If you are not aware of what tickrate is basically it tells the server how much "fps" it can use, if your server is experiencing overloading due to unoptimized addons or other causes, lowering the tickrate is one of the best ways to make sure it's not constantly overloading.

Setting the tickrate for a GMod server is very easy, and we'll go over it real quick!

Changing the tickrate

You'll want to navigate to the Startup Parameters in the Physgun Gamepanel, these can be found on the sidebar under Configuration > Startup Parameters.

Afterwords you will see a box named Tickrate by default it should be on 22. This may seem low however with how many addons a server uses these days it is a very good middle ground making sure your server won't use all the resources it has.

To change the tickrate simply enter a new number into the Tickrate box
Afterwords click out of the box and it should save automatically!
Restart your server and your new tickrate will be set!

When do I need to raise/lower my tickrate?

This is a pretty complicated question but a frequently asked one.

The best way to diagnose this is by typing net_graph 4 into your Garry's Mod player console.
Afterwords watch the sv value, if it blinks red that means your server is using all the resources it can, your tickrate may need to be lowered

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