Introduction
So you want to change the boring old backgrounds of your Garry's Mod main menu to something more exciting or something a little bit more eye catching?
This is the place to find out how to change the icons and backgrounds.
The Main Idea
So you're going to want to start off by finding some images that are a resolution of 1920x1080 or above, I'll post some images you could use that are Garry's Mod related in a spoiler at the end of the guide.
Remember there is no rules on what you can have as a Garry's Mod background if you want Anime, have Anime.
Things to look out for
- Images will pan when being used by Garry's Mod and will slowly rotate to the left or right
- Images which are too large or too small will not look so good compared to a resolution of 1920x1080 or slightly higher.
- Garry's Mod automatically puts a dark overlay on backgrounds so dark images made be made poorly visable.
The Custom Backgrounds
- Step One
Make sure you have all the images you have found and decided to use, saved into one temporary folder as you will want to come back to these.
- Step Two
Once you have all the backgrounds saved into the file, find the file location 'backgrounds' which is located in the 'garrysmod' folder.*
- Step Three
Paste all the images into this folder and leave them there, close and restart Garry's Mod if you haven't done so already and they should be visible on Garry's Mod
- Step Four
Delete the temporary file that you originally placed the images in and enjoy your new backgrounds.
*C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\GarrysMod\garrysmod\backgrounds
Custom Garry's Mod Logo
- Step One
Come up with an idea to change the generic old Garry's Mod logo.
- Step Two
Open up any photo editing software and edit the original Garry's Mod logo located in the 'sandbox' file which is in the 'gamemodes' area of the file set.**
- Step Three
Change the logo to your idea.
I'll put my logo idea in at the end of the guide.
- Step Four
Save the the image as "logo" and keep it as a PNG file. Restart Garry's Mod if you haven't already.
**C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\GarrysMod\garrysmod\gamemodes\sandbox
Some ideas to use as backgrounds
ZARP Gaming SSRP Related Backgrounds
Competition winners (And Losers) for Garry's Mod backrounds
The custom logo I made
Custom Garry's Mod Icon