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Global Variables

Global Variables


Global Tables

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

Variable Value Scope
GAMEMODE The active gamemode Available anywhere
Only available if the gamemode has been loaded
GM The loading gamemode Available inside the gamemode's files
Only available while the gamemode is loading

gamemodes/<Gamemode>/gamemode/*.lua
ENT The current scripted entity Available inside the entity's files

lua/entities/*.lua
SWEP The current scripted weapon Available inside the weapon's files

lua/weapons/*.lua
EFFECT The current scripted effect Available inside the effect's files

lua/effects/*.lua
_G All globals, including itself Available anywhere
_MODULES List of all /modules/ Available anywhere


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.

_VERSION

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

NETVERSIONSTR

Contains the current networking version. Example: "2023.06.28"

This only exists in the Menu state

g_ Shortcuts

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

CONSTANTS

MISC

vector_origin = Vector( 0, 0, 0 ) vector_up = Vector( 0, 0, 1 ) angle_zero = Angle( 0, 0, 0 ) color_white = Color( 255, 255, 255, 255 ) color_black = Color( 0, 0, 0, 255 ) color_transparent = Color( 255, 255, 255, 0 )

ENUMS

Almost all enumerations are globals.

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