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File: PCMod 2.0.0 Release
Version: 2.0.0
Garrysmod.org URL: http://www.garrysmod.org/downloads/?a=view&id=62746
Description: What is it?
PCMod 2 is an addon for Garry’s Mod 10. It adds to GMod a selection of tools and entities that can be used to form an in-game computer network. You can choose between a range of hardware and software components, and wire the various components together using the different ports the entities have. Example entities include: computer towers, monitors, printers, speakers, network routers, backbone routers and much more!

How is it different (and better) than PCMod 1?
The code base has been completely rewritten from scratch – both client, and server. This makes development of your own PCMod based addons and plugins a lot easier to create and manage. Everything is ordered neatly into libraries and corresponding files with version/revision numbers.

The monitors feature a fully interactive 3D 2D interface. No derma interfaces like from PCMod 1, everything is done on the screen. The monitors are synced near perfectly across the server with data transfer optimisation, meaning there is very little lag per monitor. The screens are fully controlled from the server, which is also a handy fact for developers.

The engine is flexible, meaning PCMod 2 is an excellent base with which you could write your own addon using PCMod 2 that utilises every aspect of it – including the automatically synced 3D 2D interfaces, the beaming library and the many extra functions provided (such as helpful string, table and derma functions).

Why should I use it on my server?
Role-Play Server
PCMod 2 is perfect for a Role-Play situation. What’s more, it is completely fitted out for role-play – the addon includes a Role Play Buy menu that – with a little configuration on your behalf, takes money from your in-game wallet and spawns the entity. Bear in mind though, the player must have access to the tool gun and the two wiring tool modes in order to be able to actually wire the entities together.

Build Server
There is a selection of STools available for use that allows you to spawn the entities. You can use the entities in combination with WireMod in order to build your contraptions through use of the I/O device.

Other Servers
PCMod 2 will work on any game mode that is sandbox derived, but the players will need access to the tool gun and the wiring tool modes in order to wire together the entities. For the spawning, the role-play menu can be utilised.

What sort of connections/wire types are there?
All connections are two-way and are self to self connections – so USB is just the standard USB port type to itself (ie, no PS2 -> USB without an adapter entity).

VGA Connection
Connects a PC Tower to a monitor. Used primarily to send the screen data to the monitor, but also to send input from the monitor to the tower (all screens in PCMod 2 are touch screens!)


PS2 Connection
Connects a Keyboard to a monitor. The keyboard doesn’t actually send data to the tower, it just tells the client to open the on-screen keyboard when you lock on a monitor.

Network Connection
Connects a PC Tower to a router. Transfers data packets both ways between the entities.

Optical Connection
Connects a router to a back-bone router or another router. Transfers data packets both ways between the entities.

Mini-Jack Connection
Connects a speaker to a PC Tower. Used to play sounds. Note that the sound isn’t actually streamed down the wire, so the PC can safely be turned off and the sounds should continue.

USB Connection
Connects a miscellaneous device to a PC Tower. Devices include printers and I/O devices.

What ‘programs’ are there?
There are many programs to choose from and install with the Install Disk. The major highlight between PCMod 1 and PCMod 2 is ‘Notepad’. In PCMod 1, you only had printer-soft that limited you to 255 characters and you could not save your stuff. Notepad, however, allows you to create, save, print, and open documents of unlimited size. What’s more, the documents are saved to the tower’s hard-drive, so that you can use the Hard Disk Copier (see below) to save all your work!

Also included in PCMod 2 (that wasn’t in PCMod 1) is a Firewall program, where you can dynamically block/unblock incoming traffic to certain ports and a Net-Tools program (similar to ‘Pinger’) that allows you to run trace-routes across the virtual network.

Do you get Operating Systems?
Yes. When you spawn a PC tower, there are 2 operating systems to choose from: ‘Personal’ OS, and ‘Server’ OS. They correspond to the ‘PC’ and ‘Server’ entities in PCMod 1. What’s more, the system is coded in such a way so that if you have enough experience with Lua, you can even create your own operating systems! Perhaps you could recreate Mac or Linux.

Can I customise PCMod 2?
Yes. There is a handy configuration file which enables you to change the core settings of PCMod. If you want to change something such as the cost of a keyboard from the RP menu, it’s all changeabl
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