Garry's Mod

Garry's Mod

Global NPC Group Spawner (Mapwide Auto Spawner)
783 Comments
Arlo Ecloc 24 Jan @ 3:33pm 
:gmod: /!\ POOR PERFORMANCE! /!\

This addon uses GM:Think for each action it does under player.GetAll. GM:Think is a function that is called every single frame. This is obviously very poor for computer performance. This makes this mod extremely CPU intensive and will likely lag your game to a crawl. In a roughly ~30s battle simulation, it called 41,785 times and using my middle-high tier rig (listed on my profile) FPS dropped dramatically due to the way this mod spawns NPCs.

I would recommend using another mod other than this, especially since it seems abandoned by its author.

[Tested using BadCoderz]
Kerk 23 Jan @ 11:23pm 
Otherwise i've used this addon for over a year 103 out of 10!!!
Kerk 23 Jan @ 11:22pm 
Compatibility for spawning entities would be cool, that way you could have groups of loot that spawn in certain areas with npcs and what not.
Mr_Leviathan4545 22 Jan @ 5:28pm 
I poopoofarded and now addon dont work pls fix..........
diarreafella24 14 Jan @ 4:39pm 
help my zombies dont move and when i spawn them in they dont move
LeboyEB 3 Jan @ 2:53pm 
I've tried the "Spawn area creator", where the "Force" action work fine but they still spawn at ground level and the zone need to touch some kind of ground otherwise nothing will spawn
LeboyEB 3 Jan @ 2:48pm 
Hey, just wanted to know if you could do a "Spawn in air" function or smth like this, because everything work fine except gunship and chopper spawning at ground level, which is kinda mid... thx
molinatomas211 31 Dec, 2024 @ 9:15pm 
hey its causing problems with lua. please fix
British Headcrab 31 Dec, 2024 @ 11:51am 
Are you guys genuinely this dumb?
stew.sucher 30 Dec, 2024 @ 4:40pm 
I UNSUBCRIBED ND ITS STILL IN ACTION. HELP!:sotsad:
JosephBiden Official User 28 Dec, 2024 @ 11:09am 
rebels are considered npc_citizen and spawn as citizens with weapons??? what is breaking this?
BananaDuck 27 Dec, 2024 @ 9:30pm 
how do i use this? i cant find it in utilities. pls fix
Foil 18 Dec, 2024 @ 2:23am 
Do people just not know how to use addons correctly?
Exumer 17 Dec, 2024 @ 1:55pm 
Okay I figured it out, still doesn't work though
Exumer 17 Dec, 2024 @ 1:46pm 
How do you even use this? I can't figure out how to make NPC groups
Romain Syper 8 Apr, 2024 @ 9:09am 
This addon is not working
Lazarus 7 Apr, 2024 @ 11:24am 
If you want to add a group, just create the group and add npcs inside the group so that they spawn together.
Stubbs the zombie 3 Apr, 2024 @ 6:52pm 
this mod fucking sucks
Stubbs the zombie 3 Apr, 2024 @ 6:45pm 
how do u add a group
Rabamonki 2 Apr, 2024 @ 7:06pm 
Yeah same problem here, all of them just spawn on top of each other on one specific spot, don't know why
Hatshepherd 22 Mar, 2024 @ 9:42am 
and they only spawn on construct. even on maps with navmesh nothing spawns
Hatshepherd 20 Mar, 2024 @ 12:49pm 
they all just spawn ontop of eachother on one spot no matter what
fishc 20 Mar, 2024 @ 7:27am 
the voices are not stopping
shadow 16 Mar, 2024 @ 6:39pm 
why are the npcs not spawning in area? i have obey spawn areas enabled
Robo 16 Mar, 2024 @ 5:04pm 
@Corz299 my pronouns are walter/hartwell/white
Corz299 16 Mar, 2024 @ 2:03pm 
el pronoun is they/xyr/thons/sin/cos/tan/pollos/el
Normie Thots 14 Mar, 2024 @ 6:43pm 
This spawner doesn't seem to take zbase npcs into account fully it seems. Rebels spawn as normal citizens and in console get "ERROR: Squad 'zbase' has enemies in it!
npc_citizen doesn't like npc_combine_s" spammed in my log even though I'm not mixing factions. Would really appreciate this being fixed or further assistance because the ARC9 weapon replacer doesn't affect znpcs so I have to use these weapon tables.
johnman8 6 Mar, 2024 @ 5:57pm 
can you add compatibility for npc navmesh navigation
Urist 3 Mar, 2024 @ 9:00am 
How do I make certain groups use specific spawn areas? like spawning rebels in a building and combine outside.
Gamer Awesome 28 Feb, 2024 @ 6:34am 
Was using this for a survival thing, and I was looking in the gm_construct mirror (with not much weapons yet). A resurgence apache spawned behind me and the game immediately crashed
10/10
DR NEGATIVE 25 Feb, 2024 @ 2:46pm 
The NPCs drop their weapons, but I can't see them nor can I automatically pick them up anymore when I walk over their corpses.
I need to walk up to them and press E to get whatever weapon they were using.
Is this a bug from this addon or is it something else
rebel6301 20 Feb, 2024 @ 4:10pm 
maybe the maps im using are just ass idk
rebel6301 20 Feb, 2024 @ 4:08pm 
doesnt seem to work anymore, doesnt spawn npcs. used to work but idk what happened
lockdown684 15 Feb, 2024 @ 6:46pm 
It worked when I first activated it but now it will not work at all.
Bro1319 9 Feb, 2024 @ 11:37am 
I cant spawn anyone. I enabled spawning module and my map has a nodegraph but still nothing
UrBoiEthanMikl 7 Feb, 2024 @ 5:46pm 
I can't find the tab in the inventory, I used to be able to access it but one day it all of a sudden vanished. Is this on your end or mine? And if mine how do I fix it?
wheels1390 31 Jan, 2024 @ 11:08pm 
is it me or does seek player out not work and npcs will just stay in place where they spawned?
mrsonicguy 30 Jan, 2024 @ 3:47am 
is there a way to make npc spawn from the group? or am i just stupid
Spud Lord 21 Jan, 2024 @ 7:43pm 
Dosen't seem to be a way to make a group
Briggy32 20 Jan, 2024 @ 6:12pm 
how tf do i make a damn group
ezketch 20 Jan, 2024 @ 4:26pm 
canI turn this off/on from the console?
Raven 19 Jan, 2024 @ 4:15pm 
is there a way to transfer settings from singleplayer to a server?
Samtaguga 19 Jan, 2024 @ 8:55am 
Oh ok. :fatfist:
Zippy  [author] 19 Jan, 2024 @ 8:53am 
brofist
Samtaguga 19 Jan, 2024 @ 8:52am 
Why are you punching me to the death man sorry!
Zippy  [author] 19 Jan, 2024 @ 4:17am 
:fatfist::fatfist::fatfist::fatfist::fatfist::fatfist::fatfist::fatfist::fatfist::fatfist:
Samtaguga 18 Jan, 2024 @ 4:59pm 
This is the best sht i've ever seen. Thank you so much it really helped.:fatfist:
H1tSc4n 13 Jan, 2024 @ 10:21am 
Doesn't seem to work consistently at all.
Spawn out of sight doesn't seem to work, neither does seek enemies.
To get enemies to spawn i need to disable spawn out of sight, otherwise it won't spawn anything.
And when it does, "seek enemies" doesn't seem to make VJ base npcs seek the player. I have to go into VJ settings and set enemies to "always know enemy location'
ajit pai the net nabber 12 Jan, 2024 @ 7:36pm 
Been looking for a mod like this since I was a kid, thank you!
baller 6 Jan, 2024 @ 11:09am 
you should add an option to change npc skins/bodygroups like this addon. It would add a lot of variety to the npcs spawned