Global Variables

Global Tables

There are various global tables containing the active game
state some of which are only available in specific scopes.

NON CONSTANTS

CLIENT

This is true whenever the current script is executed on the client. ( client and menu states ) See States. Always present.

CLIENT_DLL

This is true whenever the current script is executed on the client state. See States.

SERVER

This is true whenever the current script is executed on the server state. See States. Always present.

GAME_DLL

This is true whenever the current script is executed on the server state.

MENU_DLL

This is true when the script is being executed in the menu state. See States.

GAMEMODE_NAME

Contains the name of the current active gamemode.

NULL

Represents a non existent entity.

VERSION

Contains the version number of GMod. Example: "201211"

VERSIONSTR

Contains a nicely formatted version of GMod. Example: "2020.12.11"

BRANCH

The branch the game is running on. This will be "unknown" on main branch. While this variable is always available in the Client & Menu realms, it is only defined in the Server realm on local servers.

_VERSION

Current Lua version. This contains "Lua 5.1" in GMod at the moment.

NETVERSIONSTR

Contains the current networking version. Example: "2023.06.28"

g_ Shortcuts

Variable	Source	Description
g_SkyPaint		The active env_skypaint entity.
g_ContextMenu		Base panel used for context menus.
g_VoicePanelList		Base panel for displaying incoming/outgoing voice messages.
g_SpawnMenu		Base panel for the spawn menu.
pnlMainMenu		Main menu of Gmod. (only available in the menu state)

CONSTANTS

MISC

ENUMS

Almost all enumerations are globals.