Getting the current gamemode

[Chiz Dippler]

1. What is the simplest way to get the current gamemode? I know engine.GetGamemodes() gets a list of installed gamemodes, but it doesn't return anything about which is the current one.

2. Also, when using engine.GetGamemodes(), how does it order the list? Alphabetical by title?

[CrashLemon]

Here's what I use:

[lua]
PInfo_IsTTT = false // Force true if gamemode is not the same name.

function PInfo_IsTTTActive()
if PInfo_IsTTT or gmod.GetGamemode().Name == "Trouble in Terrorist Town" then return true end
return false
end
[/lua]

[Chiz Dippler]

So gmod.GetGamemode().Name will return the current gamemode?

[CrashLemon]

[QUOTE=Chiz Dippler;42939406]So gmod.GetGamemode().Name will return the current gamemode?[/QUOTE]

It returns the display name, not the folder name or the name used to set the gamemode through console cmd.

[Chiz Dippler]

Awesome. Thanks!

[CrashLemon]

Btw, gmod.GetGamemode() returns a table and .Name is just one of its variable. Just PrintTable( gmod.GetGamemode() ) to see the list of available variables.

[Rubat]

I am pretty sure you can get gamemode folder from "gamemode" convar on server.

[Chiz Dippler]

So I just tried gmod.GetGamemode().Name and it returned a nil value. It was probably only because of the way I was using it.

However, I found a much more reliable global non-constant listed on the wiki, [URL="http://wiki.garrysmod.com/page/GlobalVariables"]GAMEMODE_NAME[/URL].