Our
story.

Building community since 2008.
Terrestrial is the next chapter.

A physics gun in front of an old CRT computer, a traffic cone, a breeze block, a takeaway box and a set of keys
The Downtown Roleplay banner from the 2018 Workshop collection: the custom Downtown map from aboveDowntown Roleplay, 2018 · Workshop banner
In short

Chronet started as a Garry’s Mod community. We ran a roleplay server from 2012 to 2018, then took a long break. Terrestrial, its successor, is in development. All 160 update posts are under the Changelog tab, and the Steam group is still going.

What it was

A mod of a mod of a mod.

Chronet Roleplay was a standalone DarkRP mod, for Garry’s Mod, which started out as a Source engine mod.

A group of players in the street, one with a rifle
01

Lite Roleplay, 2012.

A DarkRP server on our own Downtown map.

The crafting menu beside a furnace
02

Semi-Serious, then standalone. 2014.

Hunger, crafting, cooking and farming, then our own gamemode base.

The car dealer menu over a lot full of cars
03

Rockford. 2015–2018.

A new map with saving cars, NPC shops and weather.

160
numbered updates, 26 Oct 2012 – 16 Mar 2018
6,825
members registered on the forum
15,949
forum threads, 2012–2020
Top 10
Garry’s Mod RP servers worldwide
From the loading screen

What it looked like.

Loading screen slides, 2015–2016.

2008 – today

Timeline.

Dates from the forum posts.

  1. Late 2008

    Started modding DarkRP.

  2. 2009

    True-RP, on Evocity.

  3. 2010–2012

    Core Strike Network: Lite RP, a PERP serious RP server, TTT and CS:S.

  4. 2012

    CSN closes. At its last staff meeting, Chronet is planned for Garry’s Mod 13.

  5. 24 September 2012

    Chronet is announced.

  6. 26 October 2012

    Lite Roleplay launches on our Downtown map, hosted in New York.

  7. 2013

    Servers move to Frankfurt. Update 35 adds an inventory.

  8. 24 August 2014

    Update 100: Semi-Serious.

  9. 30 October 2014

    Update 104: standalone, no more DarkRP.

  10. 11 April 2015

    Update 116: the wipe, and the move to Rockford.

  11. 2016

    In the top 10 RP servers worldwide. Rockford v2.

  12. 2017

    Chat moves to Discord. Updates slow down.

  13. February 2018

    Chronet v2 announced.

  14. 16 March 2018

    Update 160: back to Downtown. The last update.

  15. 28 July 2018

    “What next?”

  16. 2020

    The forum closes.

  17. 2026

    Terrestrial, the successor (Chronet v2), in development.

From the forum

“A community is nothing without, well, a community.”

“I have 100% confidence when I say that nothing (besides nuclear war) is going to stop us.”

Simple, first anniversary post, 24 October 2013

“It’s not over yet, we’re still alive.”

Simple, February 2018

“I was 12 years old playing Chronet. I’m now 24.”

A player, on the Steam group, January 2026

“Chronet was a great part of my life.”

Another, April 2026

“Chronet v2 is here!… Just kidding.”

The forum’s last board, 2020

Links.

Steam group

730 members.

steamcommunity.com/groups/chronet

Workshop

The content packs, 2013 and 2018.

Roleplay Content
Downtown Roleplay Content

The players’ wiki

64 pages, 2014–2018.

chronet-roleplay.fandom.com
Our Discord
Community

Join the Discord.

Playtests and news go there first.

Team & contact

Want to help?

hello@chronet.gg