Can't use addons online

[Mister Badger]

I'm running a server and my friend and I are unable to use any workshop addons once we get online. They all work fine in the single player, just not once we connect to my server. Any help?

[Loose Change]

what kind of server? if its srcds you have to decompile them and add them to each folder (lua, models, etc) you cannot add them to addons, only wiremod goes in the addon folder. if its single player, you both have to have the addons for them to work.

[MediGen]

Ryan. There is a new way to add them from the workshop for a dedicated server. http://wiki.garrysmod.com/page/Server/Workshop Read there. Do not expect all of your addons to work. There is still some bugs. The server will automatically download the addons upon restarting the server.

[Loose Change]

Thats nice for the new method, but I havnt had any problems doing it "the old way" lol. I knew about this before, the old way seems easier to me since im not adding "1" "104486940" //name of map, to a created file i must sync/create, etc. Decompiling the vdf and pasting the resulting files is much simpler, to me anyway. I also find more room for error with the new method. my take: decompile, copy, paste, done. :)