New Gmod User: Lots of questions (please bear with me)

[Stormexdante]

Ok so hi. I am new to garrysmod if you couldn't tell already. I love this game and its a lot of fun. I Just have a few (alot) of questions. After making a gmail account so I could get an email from this forum to verify (i refreshed hotmail like 300 times before I gave up) I now have my questions.

1.Unlimited Ammo in console? Is it possible? If so what is the command?
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2. How do I get NPC's to use downloaded weapons? All I see are the default weapons you spawn with.
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3. How do I make it so my toybox weapons and vehicles stay in the Q-menu? I know that you can favorite them but it still would be nice to know how I can access them from the normal Q-menu.
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4. I am on a mac and finding the toybox downloads is extremely hard. And I just don't really understand how to delete them exactly. Any help?
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5. I want to make machinima but I am struggling to figure out how to make good use of the camera tool.
A) Does anyone have any tips when using the camera?
B) How do I hide the numbers appearing above the camera?
C) How do I get the crosshairs to disapear when looking at my player model in camera mode.

6. And just any other machinima making tips.

7. What is wiremod? I hear it alot but I am so confused as to what it is.
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8. Spacebuild? Same as above. What is it?
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9. What is phoenix?
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10. Adv_Dupe? Another thing I keep reading is required for certain addons to work.
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11. Animating Ragdolls.

Thanks and any help would be appreciated!

~Dante

[UnarmedSniper]

1. You don't need it. If you keep dying or just don't participate in NPC fights you'll save ammo.
2.You don't
3. I don't think you can
4. I don't know
5. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1S1RXpXcnY[/media]

have fun!

[hexpunK]

1) Enter sv_cheats 1; impulse 101 into the console. It isn't a great method, but it works.
2) The SWEP maker has to code this in.
3) You can't right now I'm afraid.
4) The downloaded files are stored in a folder called toybox in the addons folder. It only saves models, maps, sounds and textures. The lua is saved elsewhere and deleted automatically after a few days.
5/ 6) I'm no help here I'm afraid.

[Stormexdante]

Thanks for the help.

By all means continue answering. The more the merrier.

[muffinmastah]

For 6 i think you use the camera weapon while viewing the camera, it removes crossairs if i recall correctly.

[Stormexdante]

Camera Weapon?

EDIT:

NEW QUESTIONS! PLEASE SEE FIRST POST!

[Sylerr]

7. A more advanced tool pack, if you just started playing don't touch it its really confusing for beginers. You can make more advanced stuff with it for example a VTOL that stabalizes it self.

8. A gamemode where you build space ships to discover space, you also need life support wich is a bit like wire to stay alive in space.

9. A pack of models wich now comes with garry's mod. Mostly used for building

[Stormexdante]

Thanks Sylerr.

The reason I ask about wire is that a lot of addons on Garrysmod.org that I want to download tell me that it is required.

Also added a question but I will write it here too.

10. Adv_Dupe? Another thing I keep reading is required for certain addons to work.

Thanks for all of your help guys!

[landocalrissian]

Adv dupe stands for advance duplicator.
It basically lets you save and load contraptions

[Surma]

To add to the above post about adv_dupe.

The advanced duplicator is a tool for saving contraptions built with wire, as the ordinary duplicator doesnt copy these properly (and you cant really save stuff with the normal dupe). It is a part of wiremod and downloaded alon with it. I really do recommend that you download and install wire, its great fun. Follow the guide here [url]http://www.wiremod.com/forum/installation-malfunctions-support/4-wiremod-svn-guide.html[/url]

[Stormexdante]

Thanks guys. And yes, the only reason I want wire/adv dupe is because it apparently is required for some addons. I am sure that I will find more uses for it down the road.

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PS: Keep the machinima tips coming!

[Noperaattori]

5A) If you just place a camera without Static Camera checked, any force will knock it over. I prevent this by freezing and/or welding it to ground. If you're making video, and want to get away from HUD showing and such, type cl_drawhud 0 to console.
5B) Using camera tool is the only option (to me.)

[Hesychasmos]

5A) Catmull-Rom Cinematic Cameras ([url]http://is.gd/Yxq8yy[/url])
5B) Use the camera tool/type "cl_drawhud 0" (sv_cheats may need to be set to 1 for this to work), you can also hide the physgun beam in the options somewhere
10) Advanced Duplicator is packaged with the wiremod SVN, see here ([url]http://is.gd/1hjSrC[/url]) for installation information

Also don't sign your posts

[editline]12th January 2011[/editline]

Also Director's Mod ([url]http://is.gd/7uiw8G[/url]), although I've never used it before

[DatWut?]

1. If you have the console, use "givecurrentammo". Will give you 9999 ammo for the weapon you currently have equipped.
10. adv_dupe is advanced duplicator. It has the feature to save your creations and re-spawn them later if you want/need them.

[Stormexdante]

Well besides camera how exactly do I animate ragdolls well. Like make them walk or something like that?

[: D]

[QUOTE=Hesychasmos;27371418]Also Director's Mod ([url]http://is.gd/7uiw8G[/url]), although I've never used it before[/QUOTE]
Henry's Animation Tool is way easier.

[Surma]

[QUOTE=Stormexdante;27384303]Well besides camera how exactly do I animate ragdolls well. Like make them walk or something like that?[/QUOTE]

You can issue orders to NPCs through lua and there is a tool somewhere. brb, gona search.