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Random Deathmatch [OUTDATED]

!! THIS ADDON IS OUTDATED !!
I have not touched Random Deathmatch in a long time, and it seems that my already-unstable code is starting to break down. Unfortunately, I do not have the time to work on this addon right now and I can't say if or when I will again. I'm sorry to disappoint anyone. For those interested, my code is available on GitHub (see bottom) if you are determined enough to take this addon into your own hands.

A deathmatch gamemode, but you build up your arsenal with every player you kill!

Every player spawns with their fists and one other weapon. On death, they will drop about half of their weapons on the floor. As such, players will have to kill each other to get more weapons than just the one they spawn with, and the round becomes a fight to collect (and maintain) the best collection!

Maps: If you want to make any maps for this gamemode, the prefix is "rdm_". If you're just looking for reccomendations, I would say TTT, Counter Strike, TF2, or any other FPS-centered maps would be best.

Commands: These are very important if you want to get your other weapon addons working with rdm.

rdm_printweapon: Prints the class name of the weapon you are holding.

rdm_tableprint: Prints out the table that RDM uses to get weapon loadouts. Use this to check what your current loadouts are.
rdm_tablesave: Saves the loadout table to the loadouts.txt
rdm_tablereload: Reloads the loadout table from loadouts.txt

rdm_primary_add: Adds each argument you list to the table of weapons players can spawn with (use class names!) End your argument with ^* to make the argument a wildcard, and every weapon that starts with whatever you listed will be added (e.g. rdm_spawn_add m9k_^* adds all weapons starting with m9k_ ).
rdm_melee_add: See above. Use for melee weapon table.
rdm_aux_add: See above. Use for auxiliary weapon table.
rdm_nodrop_add: See above. Use for noDrop table.

rdm_primary_remove: Remove the specified weapon class names from the table of weapons that people can spawn with.
rdm_melee_remove: See above. Use for melee weapon table.
rdm_aux_remove: See above. Use for auxiliary weapon table.
rdm_nodrop_remove: See above. Use for noDrop table.

rdm_primary_removeall: Remove all instances of each weapon class from the table of weapons people can spawn with (you can rdm_spawn_add the same weapon multiple times to make it more common, and rdm_spawn_remove only removes one at a time.) Use ^* to wildcard and remove all weapons that start with the same text, as with the wildcard in rdm_spawn_add.
rdm_melee_removeall: See above. Use for melee weapon table.
rdm_aux_removeall: See above. Use for auxiliary weapon table.
rdm_nodrop_removeall: See above. Use for noDrop table.

Loadouts.txt:
Loadouts.txt is generated after running an RDM game at least once.

In your GMod data folder, under randomdeathmatch, is loadouts.txt.

This file is in JSON format. This is how RDM saves and loads your loadout settings each game. The commands provided above edit this, but the file exists so that you can also do so by hand.

As for how it works or what JSON format is, unfortunately you'll have to look that up yourself; it's a bit much to put in one description. Just stick to the commands if you can't figure it out.

(P.S. Yes, the name is inspired by RDM in Trouble in Terrorist Town)