Force Download Models

[dhill89]

My Gmod server is running a few model packs:

[url]http://www.garrysmod.org/downloads/?a=view&id=82400[/url]
[url]http://www.garrysmod.org/downloads/?a=view&id=40169[/url]

and they work when someone has downloaded them and put them in their own addons folder, but I can't get it to make people download them. How can I do that? My server is running DarkRP if that matters. I'd like to know where exactly I need to put them on the server, and on my fastdownloads FTP. Thanks.

[Shotgunguy]

Are you running any admin mods like assmod or ULX?

[dhill89]

Yeah, we're running ULX.

[Jaanus]

Ask the lua guys.

[Shotgunguy]

[QUOTE=dhill89;18932046]Yeah, we're running ULX.[/QUOTE]

Good, add this line to the server.ini
[lua]ulx addForcedDownload "addons/(addonnamehere)" 1[/lua]

Been a while since I last used ULX, so I don't know if it works anymore, or if it even goes there.

[coats]

Heya I am working on this server with dhill
and thought It might be helpful to offer up more information.

The forced downloads filelist moved to ULX/data/ulx/downloads.txt in the latest svn versions. I think we have that setup correctly. Clients are downloading the model\material files to their garrysmod/models & materials folders, but are still seeing the models as errors ingame and in the DarkRP jobtree. From what I have read on similar posts
([url]http://forums.ulyssesmod.net/index.php/topic,4375.msg17292.html#msg17292[/url])

I think other files must play a factor in setting up 'addon format' model packs with fast dl. I uploaded the seperate materials, models, settings, and lua contents of the model packs onto the corresponding fastdl locations (garrysmod/materials etc..) and made a addresources.lua in the garrysmod/lua/autorun/server/ folder on the gmod server.
I have only added the materials/models file locations to the addresources.lua . They all download to the client fine but still show up as Errors. I have also loaded the latest server cache files onto fastdl. I remember hearing that lua files were downloaded to the client through the cache/dua/ folder so I am not sure what to do with the lua and settings files that are inside the model packs... Is that the question I should pose to the lua guys Jaanus? Or were you suggesting the lua guys for ULX support? Thanks

[bigwaffleman]

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[Silenzio]

Go to your dedicated server folder, navigate to garrysmod/lua/autorun/server and create a .cfg file with the name "resources". Use

resource.AddFile( "file location" )
for files, and

AddCSLuaFile( "file location" )
for LUA. It defaults to your Garrysmod directory so you can do /models/yourmodel/yourmodel.mdl and it recognizes the addons folder so you can also go straight from addons/model crap 2.0.