Also need to since I gave GMod the GTAV backup treatment and Steamdb to counter, once again, a developer's update rampage

Ya I'm pretty safe since I play exclusively single player sandbox. Only ALMOST got that crapware from glue library bit was warned prior via forum PSA.
I avoided the GoatsieGate fiasco! 😋

Never subscribed again outside of the initial download. Installed locally ever since

@doomquake

Yeah, the cache folders have always been an issue, so it helps. You would not believe how many times I got "doesn't work" reports, only for it to be some dodgy server files.

I'll look into it when I get the chance. It'll be in the changelogs if I find the issue.

yep! it's still a problem. glad I could document this and narrow it down.

Hmm... I don't see "downloads in garrysmod/garrysmod. but i do see "downloadlists". that's probably it.

lol never thought of that one! I mainly uninstalled and installed a bulk of mods (since I have the files loaded locally) and saw this was likely one of the mods that messed up the decals. def curious now so imma give it another go; great advice!

@doomquake95

Just to confirm, try deleting the folders "cache" and "downloads" inside your steamapps/garrysmod/garrysmod folder. It could just as easily be some leftover files downloaded from a server.

If it persists after doing that, I'll definitely see if I can fix it.

Correct me if I'm wrong and it was some other addon, but this map appaers to mess up decal textures. Everything else works just fine. After deleting one single mod everything works. including the other action hl maps. it might be this one's the issue

good map bad game