GMToolbox - Uncrashable Prop Protection

Built to replace all existing commercial alternatives as the new industry standard.

Plug and play uncrashable prop protection, with future presets sharing methods (and default presets).

Mainly to be used by DarkRP servers, but can very well be used on Sandbox or any other Sandbox derived gamemode.

You can request a coupon if you already own Astrea Toolbox or gProtect. This coupon offers you a 33% discount.

Join the Discord for faster support/inquiries.

Prop Protection

1. Full support for all CPPI calls
2. Toolgun, Physgun, Damage, Pickup, Punt, Properties, Use, EditVar — full compatibility with other addons
3. Granular rank-based permissions
4. Fine-tuned access control by rank for tools, entities, and models — not just admin vs user
5. Buddy system
6. Supports all buddy types, instead of just the basic ones. Open menu via context menu or !buddies command
7. No need for model blacklists (optional per rank)
8. GMToolbox safely handles huge and complex props automatically without hindering gameplay
9. Safe unghosting via Gravity Gun
10. Props can be ghosted without frustrating players during normal use
11. Resistance against any physics crashes
12. With tool overrides + smart collision detections and spatial clustering

Performance Optimizations

1. Efficient collision tracking using collision pools
2. Actions only relevant collisions instead of every entity collision on the server
3. Per-player collision tracking
4. Limits abuse based on the actual player causing it - more accurate and fair
5. Rate-limiting on Physgun, Toolgun & net messages
6. Stops expensive lua functions from causing lag
7. No global entity scanning
8. GMToolbox does not loop over every entity or player on the server every x seconds, keeping performance stable even on large maps
9. Optimized looping & caching
10. Faster data access for entity size, physics data, ownership, and SteamID64 lookups

Exploit Detection

1. Alt account detection
2. (Warn, auto-ban, or link bans with main accounts)
3. VPN, Proxy, Mobile & GeForce NOW detection
4. Fully configurable responses per detection type
5. IP tracking
6. Notifies when players share the same IP
7. SQL Injection detections
8. Detects and prevents SQL injections/code read by server via net.ReadString()
9. Net message rate-limiting
10. Stops malicious spam that can lag servers
11. Exploit honeypots
12. Detects known malicious net messages and creates fake honeypots when needed
13. Automatic removal of ULX luarun
14. Prevents even superadmins from creating hidden backdoors

Tool Overrides & Restrictions

1. Precision Tool Secure Override
2. The default Precision Tool is known for causing crashes - GMToolbox fully secures it and adds:
3. Per-mode permissions (Move, Rotate, Weld, Axis, Ballsocket, etc.)
4. Crash & abuse prevention
5. Stacker Improved Override
6. Spawn rate limits (like AdvDupe2)
7. Restrictions on materials, colors, welding, gravity & more
8. Prevents stacker-based lag & crash exploits
9. AdvDupe2 Override
10. Limits on materials, scaling, parenting, collision groups, and more
11. Duplicator Override
12. Same spawn-rate and safety protections as AdvDupe2
13. All sandbox tools that unfreeze multiple entities in 1 tick (like precision)

Collision & Lag Detection

1. Collision pool limits
2. Max collisions per second
3. Friction & physics stress limits
4. Per-player collision monitoring
5. Automatically ghosts or freezes props that are causing lag
6. Automatic Lag Detector
7. When server lag is detected, GMToolbox can temporarily:
8. Disable prop spawning
9. Disable toolgun usage
10. Ghost physgun grabs
11. Disable entity damage
12. Detect and ghost props owned by the heaviest-load player

These actions only trigger if lag persists, so normal gameplay is never affected unnecessarily.

Admin UI (VGUI)

A full in-game control panel including:

1. Dashboard
2. Live server metrics
3. Global utility & moderation tools
4. Presets System
5. Save & load configurations
6. Multi-server support
7. Players Menu
8. Player performance metrics
9. Player-specific actions (entity ESP, kick, ban, ghost entities etc.)
10. Screengrab Menu
11. Custom host support
12. Screengrab history by player
13. File Browser
14. Browse files of clients
15. Up to 5MB

You can open this menu by typing !gmt ingame as a superadmin.

Database Support

1. SQLite (default)
2. MySQL / MySQLOO for multi-server setups

Migration

1. You can migrate approximately 60% of your existing gProtect configuration directly into GMToolbox.
2. Run the following command in your console as superadmin (or in your server console):

gmt_migrate_gprotect

Note: Because this command migrates around 60% of settings, verify your permissions and custom rules afterward to manually configure any unsupported parameters. Migrated configurations will be converted to presets you can load / overwrite / delete at will.

Not Convinced Yet?

If you’re unsure about how GMToolbox will perform or whether it’s right for your server, you can test it live on the dev server.

Simply connect to this server IP 144.76.237.39:27035 (type connect 144.76.237.39:27035 in your gmod console)

Superadmin permissions are available on request, message me in the Discord server, send me a message on gmodstore (MathsCalculator) or ask me if I happen to be on the server.

Disclaimer

While GMToolbox protects you against physics crashes, it can't and likely won't protect you against 3rd party addons causing crashes, binary modules throwing errors etc.

We have attempted to also protect against some 3rd party exploits (e.g. SQL injections), but it's impossible to protect against all of them.

If you have any questions regarding this matter, feel free to contact us via gmodstore or our Discord.