Server doesn't download all the addons from a collection

[Eddlm]

This is the collection.

I've set up the collection download system on the Easy Setup tab from the control panel, and it downloaded most of the addons (fairly small ones), excluding only two: the ones wich filesize was ~240Mb.

Searching around the forum and other places, looks like Garry's Mod doesn't like to download heavy addons when on a dedicated server.

I tried using this Config Generator, with no results, even after multiple server restarts.
The code generated (and put in garrysmod/lua/autorun/server/resources.lua)

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resource.AddWorkshop( '326578232' ) -- zs_snowedin
resource.AddWorkshop( '169342118' ) -- ttt_casino_b2
resource.AddWorkshop( '124463722' ) -- ttt_bb_outpost57_b5
resource.AddWorkshop( '323893414' ) -- zs_sludge
resource.AddWorkshop( '261327740' ) -- de_wanda
resource.AddWorkshop( '349050451' ) -- Customizable Weaponry 2.0
resource.AddWorkshop( '121935805' ) -- TTT_Vessel
resource.AddWorkshop( '104516493' ) -- Nomad

I also tried uploading the addons "myself" (a friend with better connection helped me) via FTP, but once uploaded and the server restarted, the game does not recognize them, even when I rename them (ds_addonID.gma). I know it because one of them is Customizable Weaponry 2.0, a weapon pack, and its tab (Q menu) does not appear on Sandbox.

I'm currently trying to upload it extracted, hoping Garrysmod recognices it this way. But I don't have a fast internet connection (hence why I needed to rent a NFOserver), and the upload tends to fail.

Why is this happening? Is uploading them extracted (not the .gma files), file by file the only solution? What more can I do to make the server download and mount these addons correctly?

[kraze]

If I remember correctly Garry's mod may have an internal limit on the overall size of the addons. I'm not 100% but I believe something does exist which hinders larger addons.

In your specific case. You would need to use something like the GMAD Extractor to extract the .gma file and then upload that to your server.

[Eddlm]

Yeah, that's what I did. Luckily, most addons , when extracted, they are mainly lots of small files, that way I can upload them.

But is a big problem for addons that contain maps, as they are big files that can't be split, so they are more prone to fail to upload on slow connections like mine.


Thanks anyway.