Welcome to GCinema! We're a garry's mod cinema server located at join.gcinema.net:27015[www.gcinema.net], and also in your browser at http://www.gcinema.net/.

GCinema isn't your average cinema server! We're passionate about our community and strive to create for our players a unique and enjoyable experience. We pride ourselves in friendship, having fun together, epicness, and badassery. We provide our players a troll-free, hassle-free environment, and we believe in quality over quantity.

Go to http://workshop.gcinema.net and click "Subscribe All". This will speed up your connecting time to us, and ensure you don't encounter errored or missing models & resources.

*Our map does not require you to own any other games besides garry's mod!

Staff:

• Yellow — Administration
  
• Red — Developer / Community Contributor
  
• Green — Moderator

Guests:

• Bright Purple — Donator
  
• Violet — VIP
  
• Light Blue — Player

Even we at GCinema have to follow Steam's rules (Subscriber Agreement / Online Conduct) when hosting this server. We do have to follow those guidelines, but we also have a few rules of our own that players need to follow.

• No trolling or harassing anyone!
  
• No spamming chat or console!
  This includes:
  —Begging for skips
  —Begging for money
  —Flaming/Trolling
  
• Do NOT post any videos of the following types:
  —Surgery and/or physical exams
  —Porn, Loops or trolling videos
  —Videos designed to hurt the eyes or ears
  
• It's ok to be AFK, but don't run any anti-AFK scripts/programs.
  
• Respect ALL other players including the staff.
  
• No pornography allowed in apartments.

• !help — Opens this guide in-game.
  
• !website — Opens our website (http://gcinema.net) in the Steam browser.
  
• !forums — Opens our Forums (http://gcinema.net/forums) in the Steam browser.
  
• !group — Sends you over to our Steam group (located here).
  
• !donate — Sends you to our Donation page! (http://donate.gcinema.net)
  
• !admin (message) — Send a message to GCinema Staff. Use this reasonably!
  
• !logs — View our public server chat/activity logs (http://gcinema.net/logs) in the Steam browser.
  
• !spawn — Brings you back to server's spawn area.
  
• !unstuck — Use this if you are stuck in a wall/floor/object and need free!
  
• !retry — Reconnect to the server. This is helpful if you run into problems!
  
• !thirdperson — Enables/disables moving your player camera behind you to see yourself.
  
• !g (message) — Lets you speak to everyone on server (Global)
  
• !joinchannel (channel number) — Join a voice-chat channel. (If no number is specified you will join channel #1)
  
• !leavechannel (optional channel number) — Leave a voice-chat channel.
  
• !q (URL or search terms) — Queues said video on the theater.
  
• !skip — Vote to skip the current video. (Unlike F2, if it is your video, it will force it to skip.)
  
• !fullscreen — Enables/disables videos playing using your whole screen.
  
• !give (name),(coins) — Give a player some coins! Names can be partial, or use Tab to auto-complete them. Don't forget the comma!
  
• !ticket (optional number 0-99) — Enters you into the server's lottery (costs 30 coins). The winnings pool is based on how many join the lottery.
  
• !bet (number of coins) — If you have joined the lottery, this adds more coins to the pool.
  
• !ucc — Open the UCC (Universal Character Creator) menu, to use/create/manage your UCC creations.
  
• !dance — Do a dance! (Plays the "act dance" animation once)
  
• !dance2 — Dance! Use this command to start/stop dancing (loop). Press Spacebar a few times to the beat to set your speed (or do "dance_bpm number" in console).
  
• !sexy — Do an alluring display! (This does the "act muscle" console command.)
  
• !apartmentscreenshot — Use this while inside your own apartment to take a picture of it (for the Elevator menu). The picture is whatever your screen shows while doing the command.

NOTE: You can do any chat command (these ! commands) silently via console by entering "aowl command (...)". This is useful for making chat binds, too!
Examples:
!fullscreen would be aowl fullscreen
!joinchannel (number) would be aowl joinchannel (number)

• F1 — Room Rent menu: Lets you rent rooms, and change their permissions/title/ban list. (This applies to VR Apartments too!)
  
• F2 — Vote to skip the current video. (Note that Donator votes count as 2 votes when 4+ people are in the room)
  
• F3 — Player Inventory: Use this to change your model, chat tag, popcorn, and local settings.
  
• F4 — Queue menu: Use this to request or browse for videos, view the media in queue, change the order they play in (for a cost usually), or remove a video from queue.

To send a private message to someone, use:
@name (message)

Private messages are only readable by the sender, the recipient, and staff.
PM's, like chat, are logged — don't abuse it!

NOTE: Names can be partial, and you can press Tab to auto-complete names as well.

Become a VIP! These VIP passes allow you to enter our special VIP room, throw popcorn faster, and give you a fancy colored name! Purchase VIP Passes in the Lobby at our Store (Press E on Lobby NPCs).

• 1 Hour — 100 Coins
  
• 3 Hours — 288 Coins
  
• 5 Hours — 461 Coins
  
• 8 Hours — 694 Coins
  
• 12 Hours — 960 Coins

Donators are the lifeblood of a server, no matter what server you are on. Here on GCinema we accept donations of 5 dollars or more, as it helps pay for the servers (website and the main event, the game server). Donations are happily accepted and we offer some awesome benefits for your contribution!

• Knowing you helped keep GCinema online!
  
• Fancy purple name in-game, on our forums, and on our Discord!
  
• A gift of coins in-game! (The more you donate, the more you receive!)
  
• Ability to use our custom spray system!
  
• (Cinema) 50% off all items in our in-game Store!
  
• (Cinema) Unlimited VIP access!
  
• (Cinema) Double Vote Skip Power in-game (when 4+ are in the room)!
  
• (Cinema) Full access to our Universal Character Creator (UCC)!
  
• (Cinema) Full access to our VR Apartment features!
  
• (Cinema) Ability to beta test new features!
  
• (Cinema) Eligibility for participating in giveaway events!
  
• (TTT) Get promoted to Detective when you kill a Traitor!
  
• (TTT) 90% off all items in our in-game Shop (when using Premium Points)!
  
• (TTT) Use unique models and weapons!
  
• (TTT) Better boosters!
  
• (TTT) Double your vote power!

Donate today at https://donate.gcinema.net!

NOTE:
You MUST have your Steam Account linked with your GCinema forum account to get donator status. If you're a new user click here[www.gcinema.net], or if you're an existing user donating please sign in to our forum and click this[www.gcinema.net].

Follow these links to...

• Report a bug[www.gcinema.net]
  
• Report a video[www.gcinema.net]
  
• Report a player[www.gcinema.net]
  
• Report a staff member[www.gcinema.net]

Head here[www.gcinema.net] to appeal a ban placed on you.


"Missing Map: maps/theater_gcinema.bsp, disconnecting"

The error it self is occasional with new players — please report this to the forums[gcinema.net] as this normally is not supposed to happen.

Errors and missing textures all over the map

Our current map does not require your owning other games for content (minor exceptions might appear, mostly the Spawner items like the couch and chair, which require Counterstrike:Source at the moment). That said, if you do see missing textures and/or error models, head to http://workshop.gcinema.net and Subscribe to our content collection.

• "The screen says I have a missing plugin?"
  
  For windows users, this means you do not have the necessary Flash Player plugin (this is the NPAPI Flash Player plugin, usually used in Firefox). Head to http://flash.gcinema.net and download the NPAPI Flash plugin, install it, then restart gmod.
  
  
• "The screen is completely black with no errors!"
  
  This might happen time to time; the solution is to use the !retry chat command to reconnect to us.
  
  
• "The Theater is WAY TOO LOUD! How do I turn it down?"
  
  Hold down the "C" key to free your mouse, then move the Volume slider on your in-game video controls to adjust the volume. If this does not seem to help, try then clicking the "Reload (F5)" button.
  
  
• "I'm a Mac user and I'm having problems watching YouTube. What's wrong?"
  
  A rather weird "bug" it could be called is that players using Macs might not be able to see/hear a video.
  
  To fix this, go to any YouTube video, bring up settings on the video player, click the furthest tab to the bottom left of the window that pops up (or right click on top of the video), and UNTICK "Enable hardware acceleration".
  
  DumboDylan has created a video guide on how to do this! -
  

VR Apartments have been opened to all players!
Do be aware that buying a plot & editing your apartment costs coins. The editor's tool panel will show you (bottom right corner of it) how much your edits will cost.

Head to the Welcome desk in the very front of the Lobby and speak to the NPC on the left. You'll see a warning that this is a beta feature and to be prepared if your apartment save has problems or gets erased. Click OK, then click "Buy Plot" to purchase and name a new plot (apartment space).

Once you have created a new plot, click the "Set Active" button to make it your active apartment.

Then, head to the Elevator (Lobby exit to the left of that Apartment NPC), and choose the apartment named "Unloaded". This will load your apartment and send you over to it.

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After exiting the Elevator, talk to the NPC in the apartment lobby. This will open the Apartment Editor.

In the Apartment Editor, you will be able to build your apartment in the VR room. There are multiple layers (floors) you can build on. Edits are saved locally (on your computer) until you upload them to our server.

The tools for building are located in a panel on the bottom-left of your screen. Hover your mouse over the tools to see their names, and left-click a tool to make the tool active. Aside from tools you also have a layer (floor) selector (up and down arrows), and at the bottom the Saving / Uploading / Exit icons, and lastly the display of your present coin balance & the cost of your edits.

To control the camera, use WASD to move and your mousewheel to zoom in/out. Use the Q and E keys to rotate your view counter-clockwise/clockwise.

To undo an action, press Ctrl + Z.

• First, click the Save icon (left-most icon) at the bottom of the Tool Panel. Choose "Save".
  
• Next, click the Upload icon (middle icon) at the bottom and choose "Upload to Current Plot", then wait for the upload to complete.
  
• Lastly, click the Exit icon (red X, right-most icon) at the bottom and choose "Save & Quit".

Use the grid to build things or place things in your apartment.

Some tools are sizable (walls, floors, ramps, triangle floors/walls). To use them, choose the tool, left-click a point on the grid, then (while holding down left-click) drag your mouse to where you want the object to end. Release the mouse to finish. To delete these objects, right-click them.

Some tools place an object into your apartment (props, for example). To use it, choose the tool, choose an item to place, then left-click the location you want the object to be to place it there (Note for props: you must click a wall/floor/object/prop to place the prop, it can't be the VR Room itself). Then, to rotate, reposition, or delete your object, right-click the object and choose the option you want in the popup menu.

The Painter tool lets you texturize many objects: Select the Painter tool, choose a texture, then left-click or right-click an object to texturize it. Left-click will texture the side of the object facing you, and right-click will texturize the side facing away from you.

Similarly, the Picker tool will let you select a texture on objects. Like the Painter tool, left-click with select the texure on the side of the object facing you, while right-clicking with select the texture on the side not facing you.

Some tools (triangle floors/walls) you'll need to invert for your building. To invert them, hold down Shift while you are holding left-click to invert them.

The Painting tool lets you put up a pictureframe! To use this, choose the Painting tool, pick your image, then click where you want the painting to go. To scale (resize), reposition, or delete the picture, right-click it for the menu. To preserve the shape of the original picture hold down Shift when scaling it.

You need the Free Camera tool!

Select the Free Camera tool. Use WASD to move and your mouse to aim where you go. During Free Camera mode, you will only be able to look at your apartment or use the Painter tool.

To exit Free Camera, choose another tool, like the Walls tool.

You can upload custom materials to use in the editor, if you are ranked Donator or above.

Images must be in PNG (.png) or JPEG (.jpg) format. Images too small or too large in dimensions (width/length) might not work, so a safe range of size is about (roughly) 128x128 to 2048x2048.

You can create folders! Drag and drop one image onto another to create a new folder and place those images inside it. You will be prompted to name the folder. To move images to a folder, drag and drop an image onto the desired folder.

To upload a custom material:

• First, locate or upload an image on the internet and ensure it is publicly available.
  You need the direct link (URL) to the image!
  
• Choose the Painter tool. Navigate to the folder you'd like your texture to be.
  
• On the upper-right corner of the materials panel, click the Upload button.
  
• In the text box, paste (Ctrl + V) the URL to the image you want, then press Enter.
  
• Your image should now show up in the preview area.
  
• Click the Upload for 200 Coins button to finish your upload.

Your newly uploaded material will be located in the folder you are presently at.

You do not need a screen to be able to play videos in your apartment (you can still use !fullscreen to view them even!).

To make a Screen, we recommend using the Painting tool (Not the "Painter" tool!).

• Choose the Painting tool, then pick the Screen texture (Located in the "Special" folder).
  
• Left-click on a surface to place the screen.
  
• Right-click the screen and choose "Scale". Scale it by holding left-click & dragging.
  Hold Shift if you want the screen to preserve its proper shape.
  
• If you want to be able to use SeatZoom on this screen, right-click it, and choose "Set SeatZoom".

On the top-right corner of the tool panel, click the small map icon. This will open up the skybox settings.

On the top-right corner of the tool panel, click the small gear icon. You can change general settings there.