Sublime - You may also want to install FPtje's GLua Highlighter (Includes autocomplete) Notepad++ - You may also want to install Rubat's GLua HighlighterĪtom - You may also want to install Lixquid's GLua Highlighter, and Johnn圜razy's Glua Autocomplete. There are quite a few good text editors available for you to use, for example: It is not recommended to use the default text editor that comes with your Operating System as it's usually just a plain text editor and you're likely to run into issues if you do. To get started with Lua (Or any programming language for that matter) you're going to want a good text editor, or IDE( Integrated development environment). If you plan to make any of the aforementioned items you'll have to learn it. In Garry's Mod weapons, tools, gamemodes, utilities, etc are programmed in a language called Lua. I've put together a list of information, some useful tools and guides in order to try and help you get started in creating your own weapons, gamemodes, maps, or models. At some point you've probably considered making your own to share with friends, or for your favorite community but you might not have known where or how to get started.
If you've played Garry's Mod for any period of time you're probably aware of how easy it is to create all sorts of content for.