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Improved Vanilla Weapons

by 󠀡󠀡 · for Garry's Mod

A remade, tactical and immersive ... er, nah... stiff and robotic, featuring merely a personal? merged collection of the most base crap that "fixes", and tweaks standard Half-Life 2 weapons with a…

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A remade, tactical and immersive ... er, nah... stiff and robotic, featuring merely a personal? merged collection of the most base crap that "fixes", and tweaks standard Half-Life 2 weapons with a…

A remade, tactical and immersive... er, nah... stiff and robotic, featuring merely a personal? merged collection of the most base crap that "fixes", and tweaks standard Half-Life 2 weapons with a ValveBipped RIG for Garry's Mod.

This pack includes: c_ viewmodels, worldmodels and textures with editted material parameters, also additional sounds for Crossbow, RPG, SLAM and Grenade.

If you need other materials, textures, models to work with this, then this add-on must be installed after these for the lower loading order. This is done in the Library → RMB to Garry's Mod → Properties → Workshop. Use the ≡ slider.

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Weapon Customization - menu opens with console command: [h1]ivw_menu[/h1] To access and execute console commands, press the tilde key (~) to open the developer console. Once open, enter the desired command(s) and press Enter.
[h1]Recommended Console Commands:[/h1] [olist] [*]mat_specular 1 [list][*]Enables specular shaders, making materials reflect the surrounding environment.[/list] [*]viewmodel_fov 64 [list][*]Sets the first-person weapon field of view to 64°. A higher value makes the weapon appear farther from the camera.[/list] [*]sv_defaultdeployspeed 1 [list][*]Sets the default weapon deployment speed. 1 is normal speed; higher values make it faster.[/list][/olist]
[h1]General Change-List:[/h1] • Phong + specular (were in old Source engine) shaders • Some of weapon parts now are glowing, pulsing – like in MMod, EZ2: ironsights, buttons, etc. • Leak-restored, and recreated higher-resolution textures for some weapons ! Default GMod-ish viewmodel offsets are changed to original, HL2 ones [olist] [*]Crowbar: [list] [*]Customization for colorable variant [*]End of attack miss pose [*]FOV-extended viewmodel[/list] [*]Stun Baton / Stunstick: [list][*]End of attack miss pose [*]Worldmodel more consistent to firstperson perspective / modeled[/list] [*]Zero-Point Energy Field Manipulator / Gravity Gun: [list][*]Two-handed hold [*]Missing cannon pieces are visible [*]FOV-extended viewmodel [*]Worldmodel more consistent to firstperson perspective / modeled[/list] [*]H&K USP Match / 9mm Pistol: [list] [*]Customization for hold with two hands, and black skin from HL2:S [*]Slide release while reload [*]Magazine position while reload [*]Firing pin [*]Resized casings [*]Animated slide of worldmodel [*]More detailed viewmodel [*]Worldmodel more consistent to firstperson perspective / textured[/list] [*]Colt Anaconda / .357 Magnum: [list] [*]Speedloader when reloading, not original magical sleight of hand inserting 6 rounds into revolver drum at once [*]Ejection rod and its housing [*]Consistent ammo box shells color [*]More detailed viewmodel [*]Worldmodel more consistent to firstperson perspective / modeled[/list] [*]H&K MP7 PDW / SMG: [list] [*]Customization for stock, mount rail and barrels [*]Fire mode selector and shell ejector [*]Alt fire muzzleflash [*]Missing holster animation [*]Consistent brass eject [*]Magazine replace at reload, not original handle slap [*]Resized casings [*]More detailed viewmodel[/list] [*]AR2, Overwatch Standard Issue / Pulse-Rifle: [list] [*]Customization for cyan/blue skin glow from HL2:S, and BETA bolt [*]Random chance of reload with replace of cells magazine, according to HL2 pickable ammo + HL:A Pulse SMG [*]Missing right piece of front lower part is now visible [*]Energy Ball patrictle for alt ammo [*]Worldmodel more consistent to firstperson perspective / modeled[/list] [*]Franchi SPAS-12 / Shotgun: [list][*]Customization for stock [*]Two-handed hold [*]Сorrect location for magazine chamber where buckshot rounds loads [*]Buckshot round doesn't levitate erratically when inserting [*]FOV-extended viewmodel [*]Worldmodel more consistent to firstperson perspective / modeled [/list] [*]Resistance Crossbow: [list][*]Added HL2:DM reload sound [*]Two-handed hold [*]Missing handle, trigger and right string spool is now visible [*]FOV-extended viewmodel[/list] [*]MK3A2, M83 Frag / Grenade: [list][*]Worldmodel texture details to viewmodel [*]Deployed grenade has propper glowing part, not whole grenade [*]Pin pull and throw sound [*]Grenade roll reused lob animation, plays at crouched alt throw [*]Missing holster animation [*]Worldmodel more consistent to firstperson perspective / textured[/list] [*]SAAB Bofors Dynamics AT-4 / RPG: [list][*]Shoot muzzleflash [*]Missing holster animation [*]Reload sound from HL2 RTX [*]FOV-extended viewmodel [*]Worldmodel more consistent to firstperson perspective / modeled [/list] [*]ATK SLAM: [list][*]Restored tripmine-to-throw sound [*]Missing throw-to-tripmine sound with detonator [/list] [*]Pheropod / Bugbait: [list] [*]Throw sound [*]Worldmodel more consistent to firstperson perspective / modeled[/list] [/olist] + Not mentioned minorities
[h1]Credits:[/h1] RenegadoBR: reanimation of gravity gun, crossbow assets XRGM1267 - X-RED : assets from "Half-Life 2: Vanilla Fixed Weapons" pack LambdaFox : assets from "Retail Plus Weapons Pack" Half-Life 2 MMod : more detailed models of revolver, pistol and smg

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Highlights

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Footprint

Rated a light load on a server.

Last update

Its author last shipped an update 10d ago.

Improved Vanilla Weapons on Nxeon

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One-click install
Supported on Nxeon Garry's Mod servers. We download it from Steam Workshop, place it, and restart the server.
Server load
light
Smallest plan we suggest
Garry's Mod — 2 GB (2 GB RAM). This follows our own load rating above, not a benchmark.
Latest build
2026-10-06, released 2026-10-06

Game versions by loader

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Workshop

From 2 recorded builds of Improved Vanilla Weapons.

Recent builds

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2026-10-062026-10-06n/aWorkshop
2026-10-052026-10-05n/aWorkshop

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Listed on Steam Workshop as “Workshop”

Weapons, items & crafting

New weapons, gear, items and the recipes to make them.

Compatibility

Game
Garry's Mod

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  • ✓Steam WorkshopOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-06Open ↗
  • ✓Author󠀡󠀡, as published on Steam Workshop
  • ✓LicenseNot published by the sourceFree

Improved Vanilla Weapons, answered

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Is it free?

Yes. Improved Vanilla Weapons is free to download from Steam Workshop.

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