ForceDL HELP PLEASE

[Marsden107]

I recently bought a Garry's mod server and am currently in the process of setting it up. I have been attempting to ForceDL the addons onto people when they join the server and I cannot seem to get it to work. I have tried adding things through workshop and adding whole directories with the old code. I really need someone to help walk me through this.

[theRadAleks]

Create a LUA file called 'resource.lua' in your lua/autorun/server directory. Next make sure the files you want to be downloaded by clients upon joining has been uploaded to your server via FTP, then for example you would put this line of code in the 'resource.lua'

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resource.AddFile( models/example/example.mdl )

Once you finish setting up your all the stuff you want to be force downloaded you got to your NFO control panel, and click on the 'Websync' tab and click "Sync files" For this you need a Webserver, but assuming you are running a server on the NFO shared machines, you are given one for free. You can check your 'Events log' to see the progress on the websync, once it's done you simply restart your server.

You can also have Workshop addons download upon joining, and its really easy. Everything is the same except you make a new file called 'workshop.lua' in your lua/autorun/server directory, and you would put this line of could and the number of the workshop item found at the end of the link. Example of the code you would paste in the lua file

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resource.AddWorkshop( 9999999 )

For more information on how FastDL works visit http://wiki.garrysmod.com/page/resource/AddFile

For more information on how forcing content via Steam Workshop visit http://wiki.garrysmod.com/page/resource/AddWorkshop

Hope i explained this well