Overview

Props are objects that a player can spawn using the spawn menu that is not a SWEP, NPC, or a Vehicle or other custom coded entities. There are many types of props:

• Physics props are props that have physics simulations and a player can change its properties.
• Ragdolls are like physics props but they contain bones and limbs and are usually used for characters.
• Dynamic props are props that don't have physics simulation other than collisions and act similar to a physics prop that is frozen and a player can usually change its properties. These props are usually used in maps for sliding doors, elevators, and animated props.
• Rotating door props are props for doors that open and close by rotating rather than sliding.
• Static props are props that once the map has been loaded, they can't be changed in anyway whatsoever. These props are used instead of dynamic props for optimization and reducing the entity count since static props are apart of the world instead of independent from it.

Props are generally used by players to build contraptions such as vehicles and buildings, and can also be used as weapons by players or for comic reasons. Many of the props originate from the game, Half-Life 2.

Breakability

Some props are breakable.

• The breakable ones which can be broken after taking a certain amount of damage from the player's weapons or hitting a surface at high enough speeds.
• The non-breakable ones which cannot be broken and can take an infinite amount of damage without ever breaking.

Manipulation

Props are very easy to manipulate and can be manipulated with 3 weapons:

• The Physgun
• The Gravity Gun
• The Tool Gun

While the physgun is the most appropriate tool to manipulate props, the gravity gun is used as a weapon by players (grabbing the prop with it and then throwing it at a target which can deal instant death.) The tool gun (hence the name tool) is a handheld device with various tools such as the Weld tool and Material Tool

Contraptions and Vehicles

Both are the most common use for props in the Garry's Mod community. Various tools can be used to create these.

• Generally a vehicle requires a prop, 2 wheels. The tools necessary are: The Wheel tool and the spawn menu.
• A contraption can become of various props stuck together. The tools necessary are Weld tool and the spawn menu.

Comic Use

It is another less common use than the uses mentioned thus far, although many communities about comic making exist, and more than 50,000 videos and images about Garry's Mod comics, images and machinimas can be found on the web. They mainly use props and ragdolls.

How-to spawn props

• 1. Press your spawn menu key (which is Q by default)

• 2. Click any prop to spawn it.

Explosive Props

Some props are explosive such as:

• Gas Cans
• Oil Drums
• Oxygen Tanks
• Propane Tanks
• Butane Tanks

Achievements

Creator is the only achievement in Garry's Mod that is exclusive to props.

Props also can be deleted with the Remover tool to unlock this achievement.

It is the only achievement in Garry's Mod that is exclusive to props.

Props also can be deleted with the Remover tool to unlock this achievement.

It is the only achievement in Garry's Mod that is exclusive to props. Props also can be deleted with the Remover tool to unlock this achievement.

	Achievement	Description
	Creator	Spawn 5000 props.
	Destroyer	Remove 5000 things.