❓ Why do some of my players see pink and black squares instead of icons?

Question: Why do some of my players see pink and black squares instead of icons?

Seeing pink and black squares instead of the EdgeF4 icons is related to the icons missing from the downloaded content. There are many possible reasons for this to happen, but I will mention a few common ones below.

Wrong Garry's Mod settings

Make sure that the player who is experiencing the problem has set their Garry's Mod to download server files upon server connection. This can be done by opening the Garry's Mod settings, clicking Multiplayer, clicking the dropdown menu at the bottom, and selecting Allow all custom files from server.

Insufficient Disk Space

If the player doesn't have enough disk space to download the server content, errors like this will appear. Make sure that the player has at least 15GB of free space on the disk where Garry's Mod is installed.

Wrongly Configured EdgeF4

If EdgeF4 is wrongly configured, content may not be downloaded to your clients. Refer to the article on how to use the ingame configuration if you are unsure of how to do so. Proceed by making sure that the configuration option called [General] Content Download is set to Login Download + Workshop (Recommended) and restart your server.