1 min readUpdated Aug 16, 2026

How To Create a Map Cycle on Your Garry's Mod Server

Creating custom map cycles is an important step in customizing your Garry's Mod server. This guide will show you how to create your own map rotation.

Editing mapcycle.txt

  1. 1
    Log in to Bropanel and Stop your server.
  2. 2
    In the sidebar, go to Files.
  3. 3
    Navigate to garrysmod/cfg/ and open mapcycle.txt.
  4. 4
    Add your desired maps to mapcycle.txt, one per line, then click save.
  5. 5
    Start your server.

The maps that get added to this file are found in garrysmod/maps/.