How to Make a GMod Prop Hunt Server

Prop hunt is a gamemode that is super fun to play with friends.

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Setting up prop hunt is extremely simple and easy! This guide will go over how to set up prop hunt for a dedicated server (self-hosted) and a server with SparkedHost.

For a dedicated server

To preface, it's important that you have your dedicated server already set up. If you want to learn how to set up a basic dedicated server, you can find that here. This part of the tutorial will go over how to set up your prop hunt server for a dedicated server.

There are different methods of getting Prop Hunt on a server. One is to use Steam’s workshop and the other is to use this handy github repository that I found.

Using the GitHub repository

Download PropHunt from https://github.com/andrewtheis/prophunt/archive/master.zip

Extract the files

M ove the move the prophunt-master folder to your dedicated server’s garrysmod\gamemodes folder (you can delete everything else)

Rename it to prophunt

Change the startup script/bat file for your dedicated server to:

srcds.exe -game garrysmod +gamemode prophunt -autoupdate

The main thing to keep is the +gamemode prophunt
If you don’t have a .bat file script, just make one and paste the script above

Start your server / Run the bat file

Using the Steam Workshop

You can easily get Prop Hunt on your Garry’s Mod server by installing from this workshop collection:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=177117131

Go to your dedicated server folder

Change the startup bat file to start srcds.exe with the workshop_collection of 177117131

start /wait srcds.exe +host_workshop_collection 177117131 +r_hunkalloclightmaps 0 -console -game garrysmod +gamemode prop_hunt

The script I provided doesn’t provide a map, however it can be selected once loaded with:

maps *

To view current maps on the server
and

map [map name]

to load a map.
This workshop collection connects to https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?i [d=177117131](https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=177117131).

Run the startup bat file

For SparkedHost

Go to your SparkedHost game panel at control.sparkedhost.us

Shutdown the server

Then, go to the Startup panel on the lefthand side

Change the WORKSHOP ID to 177117131 and the “GAMEMODE” to prop_hunt

Run the server!

How do I make my Prop Hunt server private?

The main way to set a Gmod server to private would be to set the password.

First, login to the game panel.

Go to the files tab on the lefthand side\

Navigate to /home/container/garrysmod/cfg/server.cfg


In server.cfg and put the newline:

sv_password "pass"

Rename pass to the password that you want to add.

This ensures that nobody else can join your server (unless they know the password), effectively making it private.

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By: Julian T.

Updated on: 25/03/2025