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Redundant File Finder

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Content Type: Addon

Addon Type: Tool

Addon Tags: Build

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Description

As of 02/Jul/2025, gmod 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.
The video is a tutorial.

This thing will scan your addons and report any files that are also present in the base game or mounted games (and save the report to disk, in data/redundancies.txt). 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.

NOTE: This addon only checks if files have the same path and name. I tried to add the ability to check if the files are different, but the jank defeated me.

People's storage devices 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.

Popular Discussions View All (3)

16 Jul @ 6:00am

[Feature Request] Save result to text file in 'data'

WillowTree

7 Aug @ 4:14pm

Feature request: addon against addon command

metaliriosuave

13 hours ago

feature request: a way to scan all addons

sleepybean

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diudiutut 5 hours ago

WARNING! if you copy paste a stupid fucking copypasta then your GAY

diudiutut 5 hours ago

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