I will mostly be talking about the “Modern” types of servers, as they are the most abundant kinds, most associated with the name of DarkRP, and the type I have the most experience hosting and playing. The majority of servers in the first four categories use DarkRP, and its mechanics are worth examining and critiquing. The most notable variant is HL2RP, themed around Half-Life 2 lore.ĭarkRP is only one of several gamemode choices for a roleplay server, although its flexibility, early arrival and ease of use contributed to a lot of its popularity and notoriety. These servers are much more similar to pen-and-paper roleplaying, with large amounts of text-based and dice-based interactions, combat being handled in roleplay and not through shooter gameplay, and admin supervision. Serious servers that emphasize roleplaying. Many themed roleplaying servers follow this category. Some jobs like the police require admin approval to become. “Semi-Serious” servers that are more restrictive on player interaction. Players generally have to follow a hierarchy made of other players, and participate in combat against another faction. Military / combat servers (including most StarWarsRP). These take up a significant portion of the roleplaying servers. These servers almost always have RDM, NLR and raid advert rules. “Modern” servers (this is a personal definition).
While much more true to DarkRP’s original form, these servers are very niche. “Lawless” servers that have almost no gameplay restrictions. The strictness of the rules generally define the “type” of servers, and they largely fall into five archetypes: In addition to laws enforced by certain jobs or roles in-character, there are usually server rules that enforce roleplaying (or “enforce roleplaying”, if you prefer). Such job or role usually has mechanical features (such as a Gun Dealer’s ability to buy weapon shipments) and a narrative role (such as being a gangster or police). Players tend to have some sort of job or role that is either assigned to by an admin/another player, or chosen freely. In general however, roleplay servers share some similarities. I should first advise readers to treat “roleplay” as a descriptor for GMod servers as meaningful as “RPG” is for action games – that is to say, it only describes a superficial part of the experience. Some six odd years ago, I started running my first DarkRP server out of sheer spite, and I’d like to put down some thoughts I have about roleplaying (and DarkRP), as well as what “designing” one entails. If it’s such a low-effort ordeal, why do people still flock to it and stick around? At the end of the day, these servers offer a social multiplayer experience that is hard to find elsewhere, and there are interesting elements of design that go into it. Roleplaying servers of all varieties take up the majority of active GMod servers, with some even claiming it’s what’s holding the game together. And to that end, I find that assessment correct.īut it also isn’t that simple. Their pest-like prevalence choked out the diverse range of experiences in GMod and left a smoking ruin devoid of creativity. I am both.įor those who dislike DarkRP, the gamemode represents the worst part of the community: low effort, low skill server owners whose “””community””” is a front for money grabbing. Timer.Simple(0, function() GAMEMODE.ShowTeam = DarkRP.Everybody either really enjoys DarkRP, or hate it with a burning passion. Usermessage.Hook("OnChangedTeam", OnChangedTeam) Hook.Call("OnPlayerChangedTeam", GAMEMODE, LocalPlayer(), oldTeam, newTeam) Hook.Call("teamChanged", GAMEMODE, oldTeam, newTeam) - backwards compatibility Local oldTeam, newTeam = um:ReadShort(), um:ReadShort() Hook.Call("teamChanged", GAMEMODE, GAMEMODE.DefaultTeam, GAMEMODE.DefaultTeam) If not and not ply:Alive() and string.find(string.lower(bind), "voicerecord") then return true end Local bnd = string.match(string.lower(bind), "gm_+?") Return - Not the original rectangle for yourself! ugh!įunction GM:PlayerBindPress(ply, bind, pressed) Return jobTable.ShowSpare2(LocalPlayer()) Return jobTable.ShowSpare1(LocalPlayer()) Local jobTable = LocalPlayer():getJobTable() Local mouseX, mouseY = ScrW() / 2, ScrH() / 2 This is the cl_gamemode_a file: local GUIToggled = false unknown - gamemodes/darkrp/gamemode/modules/base/cl_gamemode_a:62 Call - gamemodes/darkrp/gamemode/modules/base/cl_gamemode_a:23Ģ. I am attempting to enable and use the default jobs on the server, but I get this error in the client console whenever I press F4: gamemodes/darkrp/gamemode/modules/base/cl_gamemode_a:23: attempt to index local 'jobTable' (a nil value)ġ. I am creating a DarkRP server with the latest version of Garry's Mod.
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