Redundant File Finder
If you’re not a map maker, you should still leave a thumbs-up so they have a better chance of seeing this!
gmod now natively includes the content from Counter-Strike: Source and HL2’s episodes, so packing it in your map is now unnecessary. If you did that, you should remove it. Too lazy? This will help.
This addon will scan your addons and report any files that are also present in the base game or mounted games. You’ll have to use the console commands listed below. Some files may be stored inside the BSP file and can only be detected by playing the map in-game and using the right command. Because gmod doesn’t let addons delete files for safety reasons, you’ll have to delete them yourself. Also, if you modified the mounted games, results will be inaccurate.
People’s hard drives don’t have infinite capacity, and loading times to get into servers are already infamously long.
Console commands:
Command
Description
redundants_CheckAddonAgainstGame
Usage: "redundants_CheckAddonAgainstGame addonname gamename". Checks if the addon has files from the game.
redundants_CheckMapAgainstGame
Usage: "redundants_CheckMapAgainstGame gamename". Checks if the map you’re playing on right now has files from the specified game.
redundants_GetAddons
Gives you the names of all enabled addons, for use in the aforementioned commands.
redundants_GetGames
Gives you the names of all mounted games, for the same reason.
