# Garry's Mod August 2023 Patch

- Product: Garry's Mod (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/garry-s-mod)
- Vendor: Facepunch Studios
- Date: 2023-08-08
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/4000/view/3664293140704541926
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/garry-s-mod/releases/2023-08-08-august-2023-patch

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- **added** — util.IntersectRayWithSphere function
- **added** — util.IsSphereIntersectingSphere function
- **added** — util.IsBoxIntersectingSphere function
- **added** — util.IsPointInCone function
- **added** — util.IsSphereIntersectingCone function
- **changed** — Panel.PaintManual can now render panels larger than the screen when its first argument is set to true
- **added** — Clear button to the console
- **added** — Missing TF2 map icons from new updates
- **added** — Color Lit Per Particle particle initializer and update Color Random initializer with new options
- **added** — duplicator.Disallow function
- **added** — DPanPanel panel class
- **added** — math.CHSpline function
- **added** — SANDBOX:ContextMenuShowTool hook
- **added** — Global.ScreenScaleH constant
- **added** — table.Pack function
- **added** — table.Flip function
- **added** — DHScrollBar scrollbar class
- **added** — math.CubicBezier function
- **added** — math.QuadraticBezier function
- **changed** — language.Add now type-errors on invalid input instead of silently failing
- **changed** — Last argument of util.IsOBBIntersectingOBB is now optional
- **fixed** — Prevent static prop lightmap crashes when given invalid data
- **fixed** — Panel.PaintAt now restores zpos of the panel
- **fixed** — Clamp physics forces phys_torque applies to prevent crashes and crazy physics
- **changed** — Duplicator saves and restores sub materials by default
- **changed** — Restored nav_generate progress dialog UI
- **changed** — Move OnRequestFullUpdate warning to developer 1 to reduce spam
- **changed** — Matched behavior of SteamID functions for bots between clientside and serverside
- **changed** — Player:SteamID64 and Player:AccountID never return no value
- **fixed** — Error no halt when player.CreateNextBot would crash due to being run too early
- **changed** — Remove limits when reading SteamHTTP response headers
- **fixed** — Entity.IsMarkedForDeletion now checks Entity.Remove queue for more correct output
- **changed** — Applied experimental change to render.RenderView to render using VIEW_MONITOR instead of VIEW_MAIN as potential fix for sprite rendering
- **added** — More NPCs categorized as hostile and friendly towards players in IsFriendEntityName global
- **added** — Versus Saxton Hale map category from recent TF2 update
- **changed** — TTT: Disable notification sound by default and add a setting for it
- **fixed** — trigger_hurt forgiveness not resetting damage correctly
- **changed** — Increased limit of language.GetPhrase output to 4000 bytes from 1000, truncating instead of outputting empty string when limit is hit
- **fixed** — Crash due to BSP ZIP hash collision
- **fixed** — Crashes due to combining Entity:EnableCustomCollisions and Entity:PhysicsInitSphere
- **fixed** — steamworks.GetList days parameter is functional again
- **fixed** — Restored functionality of dtwarning convar which defaults to 1
- **changed** — Entity:InitializeAsClientEntity now does nothing and error no halts when used
- **changed** — render.RenderView now accepts viewid option instead of forcing a specific ID
- **added** — Missing dependencies for Linux client for distributions that lack them
- **changed** — CNavArea:SetParent can now accept nil as first argument
- **changed** — Player:IsListenServerHost is now shared
- **security** — Stricter access control for lua_find* conncommands

Hello everyone,

We are releasing a small patch today with some minor improvements. Servers are recommended to update at their earliest convenience.

The changelog is as follows:

-  Added util.IntersectRayWithSphere

-  Added util.IsSphereIntersectingSphere

-  Added util.IsBoxIntersectingSphere

-  Added util.IsPointInCone

-  Added util.IsSphereIntersectingCone

-  Panel.PaintManual can now render panels larger than the screen, when its first argument is set to true

-  Added "Clear" button to the console

-  Added missing TF2 map icons from its new updates

-  Added "Color Lit Per Particle" particle initializer, update "Color Random" initializer to include new options

-  Added duplicator.Disallow (Community Contribution)

-  Added DPanPanel (Community Contribution)

-  Added math.CHSpline (Community Contribution)

-  Added SANDBOX:ContextMenuShowTool hook (Community Contribution)

-  Added Global.ScreenScaleH (Community Contribution)

-  Added table.Pack (Community Contribution)

-  Added table.Flip (Community Contribution)

-  Added DHScrollBar (Community Contribution)

-  Added math.CubicBezier (Community Contribution)

-  Added math.QuadraticBezier (Community Contribution)

-  Made language.Add type-error on invalid input instead of silently fail

-  Last argument of util.IsOBBIntersectingOBB is now optional

-  Try to prevent static prop lightmap crashes when given invalid data

-  Panel.PaintAt restores zpos of the panel

-  Clamp physics forces phys_torque applies to prevent crashes/crazy physics

-  Duplicator saves and restores sub materials by default

-  Restored nav_generate progress dialog UI

-  Move OnRequestFullUpdate warning to developer 1 so it is not as spammy

-  Matched behavior of SteamID functions for bots between clientside and serverside

-  Made Player:SteamID64 and Player:AccountID never return no value

-  Error no halt when player.CreateNextBot would crash due to being ran too early

-  Remove limits when reading SteamHTTP response headers

-  Entity.IsMarkedForDeletion now checks Entity.Remove queue, so its output is now more correct

-  Applied an experimental change to render.RenderView to render using VIEW_MONITOR instead of VIEW_MAIN as a potential fix for sprite rendering when using that function

-  Added more NPCs categorized as hostile and friendly towards players (IsFriendEntityName global) (Community Contribution)

-  Added Versus Saxton Hale map category from recent TF2 update (Community Contribution)

-  TTT: Disable notification sound by default and add a setting for it (Community Contribution)

-  Various code cleanups (Community Contribution)

-  Fixed trigger_hurt forgiveness not resetting damage correctly

-  Increased limit of language.GetPhrase output to 4000 bytes, from 1000 - if limit is hit, truncate the string, instead of outputting an empty string

-  Fixed a crash due to BSP ZIP hash collision

-  Fixed crashes due to combining Entity:EnableCustomCollisions and Entity:PhysicsInitSphere

-  steamworks.GetList "days" parameter is functional again

-  Restored functionality of "dtwarning" convar, which defaults to 1 now to maintain old behvaior

-   Make Entity:InitializeAsClientEntity do nothing and error no halt when used. The function was useless and would often crash when used inappropriately

August 9 hotfix:

-  render.RenderView now accepts "viewid" option, instead of forcing a speicific ID, no longer breaks some addons

-  Added missing dependencies for linux client for distributions that are missing them

-  CNavArea:SetParent can now accept nil as first argument

-  Player:IsListenServerHost is now shared

-  Stricter access control for lua_find* conncommands