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How do I enable automatic Workshop downloads for my Garry's Mod server?

Garry’s Mod has a built in feature that allows clients that connect to automatically download the workshop mods you have installed on your server. The instructions in this guide will work whether you are hosted with AleForge, are self-hosting, or are with another host.

Enabling Automatic Workshop Downloads

  1. Go to the Blacksmith’s Portal and select your server
  2. Go to Files . If you are self-hosting or on another host, find where the server is installed.
  3. Open the following directory. /garrysmod/lua/autorun/server/
  4. In this folder, open the file called workshop.lua
  5. For each of your Workshop items, add a line with the following, resource.AddWorkshop("<collection_id")

  1. If your using a collection, you can use the free online tool by ConfigCreator to easily create a list of Workshop ID’s based off the collection ID.
  2. Restart your server and it will now make clients automatically download the Workshop items set in resources.lua