Choose random map on server startup GMOD

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I run a dedicated TTT server for friends, and I have the server set to restart every day to get addon updates. Is there a way to make it start on random map?

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If you're using a linux host and have basename available you could adapt this launch.sh I wrote to do this for my server.

#!/bin/bash
RANDOM_MAP=$(find gmod/garrysmod/maps -type f -name "*.bsp" | shuf -n 1 | xargs basename | cut -d. -f1)
./gmod/srcds_run +map $RANDOM_MAP

You'll just need to replace the path with your own maps directory path.

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Garry’s Mod – Missing Map map/

Posting this question/answer here, since the solution doesn't appear to exist anywhere else (outside of my own steam forums post):

Apparently Garry's Mod uses Internet Explorer somehow for its "FastDL" downloading. If Internet Explorer can't connect to the internet for whatever reason, then Garry's Mod won't download anything.

In my case, IE was set to offline-mode. Setting it to online fixed the issue.

Other things you can try:

Make sure Options --> Multiplayer --> Download Custom Content is set to Allow All Custom Files From Server
Try adding the following lines to the bottom of your garry's mod config file, located at Steam\steamapps\<username>\garrysmod\garrysmod\cfg\config.cfg:
```
cl_allowdownload 1
cl_downloadfilter all
download_debug 0
sv_downloadurl ""
```
Verify the integrity of the game files. Within Steam: Library --> Garry's Mod --> Right Click --> Properties --> Local Files --> "Verify Integrity of Game Cache"
Try disabling your firewall/antivirus, or possibly other non-essential programs/services running.
Try deleting your maps, lua, addons, and cache folders in the garrysmod folder, located at Steam\steamapps\<username>\garrysmod\garrysmod. Then verify your cache again.
As a last resort, uninstall Garry's Mod completely and delete the garrysmod folder (which you'll have to do by hand, because there will be leftover files), then reinstall.

Gmod SRCDS, sound errors on startup

Judging by the log, it looks like it's trying to pull audio from other Sourcegames(Portal, HL2, and TF2 are the ones that stick out to me) and use it with the in game "Sound Emitter" tool. If you want to try and fix the errors, you could try following this link(http://forums.srcds.com/viewtopic/13138), which details how to copy over content from other source games on to a dedicated server. Otherwise the errors are safe to ignore, as they're just warnings that you can't use those sounds with Sound Emitter.

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Garry’s Mod – Missing Map map/

Gmod SRCDS, sound errors on startup

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