How to port TF2 Maps into Garry's Mod

If you played Gmod for a while, you would probably know that there is a button on the bottom left corner of the start menu that allows you to port in items from other games. Examples include CS:S, CS:GO, Left 4 Dead, Portal, Half Life 2 (Episode 1 and 2), and of course...Team Fortress 2. if you check the boxes next to each game, restart Gmod, and come back, all maps, models, and textures will be added into the game. TF2 maps are interesting to port because it comes with over a HUNDRED Playable Maps like Payload, capture the flag, king of the hill, and control point maps.
In TF2, most of the maps that are NOT valve servers are CUSTOM Maps, meaning that they were created by modders and ported into TF2. There are tons of guides in the steam community that show how to download TF2 maps and play them for yourself, but I decided to do something different. I wanted to port a TF2 Map into Gmod. this is how you do it...

Starting Off

Before you search for a map, check Gmod to see if TF2 is ported. To do this, open up garry's mod and find the port button on the main menu. It should look like a small box with a video game controller in it on the bottom right corner of the screen.



Click on that, and a small menu will appear, showing all the games that can be ported into Gmod. All games listed are the ones that are compatible with Gmod. All games that are able to be checked off are the games you currently have installed. But for now, we will only focus on TF2. Find Team Fortress 2 (near bottom) and check the box next to it. After that, Close Gmod. We'll come back to it later.



WARNING: in order for this to work, you actually need Team Fortress 2 Downloaded And Installed. if you do not have TF2, get it here it here (It's FREE):

http://store.steampowered.com/app/440/

Accessing Your GMod Folder

The first thing that you should do is find the folder that holds your PORTED maps.

For easy access, right click Garry's Mod in your steam library, and go down and click Properties.




What will follow is a Pop up that shows 4 Tabs. Click on Local Files, Then click on Browse Local Files.




Your File Explorer will then appear. Click on the garrysmod folder, then click on the maps folder.




you will see all the current Maps that you have in Gmod. Leave that window open. we'll go back to it later. Now to find ourselves a Map.

Finding A TF2 Map To Port

Before we begin. it is important that you download Winrar so it will be easier to extract and download. get it here: http://www.rarlab.com/download.htm

There are ALOT of websites where you can go and find TF2 maps to download. The one I mainly use is tf2maps.net, mainly because it's the first link that appears when you seard "tf2 maps".
when you go to this link: https://tf2maps.net/ , you should be greeted with this page,




To find a map, click on the Downloads tab on the top of the page.
the following page will then appear. The maps shown are Recent/Last Updated Maps. To find a better map. click on the "sort by" near the right side of the page, and click on "Rating" or "downloads"



You will then find maps that are much better. If you find a map that appeals to you, click on it and it will bring you to a page that has this layout. If you want that map, press the blue "Download Now" near the top right of the layout.
Keep In Mind: That some downloadable maps on this site might come with 2 or more .zip files.




Your download will now start. Press save and wait for it to download. It will show you how big the .zip file is below the "Download Now" button.
Now to port it into Gmod.

Porting The Map Into Gmod

Remember when i told you to keep the maps folder open when we were accessing the Gmod folder. now it's time to put it to use. drag your newely downloaded map onto your desktop, right click it, and select "Extract Here"
if your download is just a .zip file and not a .rar file, then don't extract it.



A new folder should appear on your desktop with the same name as the file you extracted it from.

example
downloaded file: cp_tidal_v4
extracted file: cp_tidal_v4

Open up the folder and locate the .zip file. If you want, open the "readme" file that it came with. It might be important.



FINALLY! drag the .zip file into the "maps" folder. If the file comes with 2 or more .zip files, drag them all in.


NOW! Lets see if that worked!

Testing Your Newely Ported Map In Gmod.

Now it's time to see if it worked.

Open up garry's mod, start a new game, go down to the section that says "Team Fortress 2." and locate your map. It should be name the same as the .zip file.



Play it and see if it is functioning properly.



Seems to be working properly.

Conclusion! :)

Thanks For Reading!
There are TONS of TF2 maps to toy around in. Some things you need to remember:
Some files come with 2 or more .zip files.
These don't only work in Gmod. They are TF2 maps, so play them in TF2.
File name will determine the map name in Gmod.

Some maps i would recommend downloading in Gmod and TF2 are...
cp_sulfer (one of the most beutiful maps i've seen. i love the traditional feel to it) https://tf2maps.net/downloads/sulfur.895/
cp_burghausen (Big, Complex, And medieval, burghausen is a perfect map for Medieval mode and for gmod posing)
https://tf2maps.net/downloads/burghausen.111/
cp_tidal (a very calm, evening map with a nice horizon view)
https://tf2maps.net/downloads/tidal.20/

Hope this helps. Thanks for reading!

[Science Fidget]

anyone know if you can capture control points somehow in gmod. a certain map has triggers tied to cp capture and starts chain reaction.

[Floto K]

Bro, i cannot describe how much i love you. How i'm about to make something on koth_harvestalpine_v3b.

[The Strongest]

i wanna use the map hop jb but for some reason its just a cfg? what would i do then.

[the gamer (she/they)]

EVERYONE
If the downloaded file is a .zip, open it, then drag the .bsp and .nav (if there is a .nav) into garrysmod/maps

[RedstoneLPM]

No. HL2 doesn't have TF2's assets.

[Proxima NT]

Can you play TF2 maps on Half Life 2?

(Probbably you could because both TF2 and GMOD runs on Half Life 2)

[nasser]

Can it be done the other way around?

[killer fish]

It's not porting, you just opened a tf2 map in gmod.

[Kittens For Life]

I did this but i had one problem when i loaded the map. It would crash and give no infoo about the crash either.

[Katt]

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