Addon not loading even if in the addons folder or subscribed to it

[ecumber]

I've been trying to make an addon, but i try to use gmad to compile the addon. It creates a gma, so i copy it to the addons folder but i reload the map and nothing appears in the entity list in the category i specified it to. I also tried uploading it to the workshop and downloading it but it still didn't work. I copied the lua script into the lua folder, and that worked, but i'd like it to be a gma. What do i do to make it appear?

[Rubat]

Custom .gma will not load from addons.
They need to be either in a folder in addons, or in the folder the addons folder is in.

[ecumber]

But what if i want to upload it to the workshop? Will that work?

[Rubat]

When you upload .gma to workshop and SUBSCRIBE to it (meaning it will be downloaded automatically for you, not manually) it will work, assuming the files uploaded actually work, i.e. the addon itself.

As I said, you can test the .gma by putting it into proper places.