Tools not working on Garry’s Mod multiplayer

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I'm playing Garrys Mod, Multiplayer on LAN and for whatever reason, tools aren't working. I can't find any setting to turn them on, either. And, when I say "not working," I mean that their groups are showing up in the spawn menu, but there is nothing to select.

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You're probably missing a some Lua files, to fix this I suggest one of a few things.

Use Steam to verify the install by right clicking the game and going to Properties -> Local Files -> Validate Integrity Of Game Files
- Or if you're running a server: steamcmd.exe +login anonymous +app_update 4020 validate +quit
Run the FactoryReset-GMod.bat file in the root GarrysMod folder
Manually verify / download the files from the Garry's Mod Github and replace old ones. (I Advice against this as the files are development level and may not be fully tested.)

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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.

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