Since Quake Live doesn't support FastDL, you are required to use the Steam Workshop for downloading custom content. The benefit of this is your server and players will always have the same content.
Note
Steam Workshop items are downloaded when the server starts, so changes apply after saving and restarting your server.
Using the Steam Workshop Installer Recommended
The easiest way to install workshop mods is directly through the panel. This adds the mod to workshop.txt for you and will prompt you to enable MinQLX if it isn't installed yet, but you'll still need to set qlx_workshopReferences so clients know to download it.
- 1Log in to Bropanel and select your Quake Live server.
- 2In the sidebar, go to
Modsand open theBrowsetab. - 3Search for the mod you want and click
Install. - 4In the sidebar, go to
Files, select thebaseq3folder, and openserver.cfg. - 5Add the line
set qlx_workshopReferences 701783942to the bottom of the file (replace the ID with your own; separate multiple IDs with commas). This forces clients to download the workshop mods. - 6Restart your server.
Manually Installing Workshop Mods
As an alternative, you can add workshop mods by editing your server files. For this example, we will be adding this killstreak sound mod to our server: Workshop Mod
- 1Log in to Bropanel and select your Quake Live server.
- 2Make sure MinQLX is installed on your server using this guide
- 3In the sidebar, go to
Files. - 4Select the
baseq3folder. - 5Open the
workshop.txtfile and add your workshop IDs to the bottom of the file. This downloads the mods to the server itself. - 6Open
server.cfgand add the lineset qlx_workshopReferences 701783942to the bottom of the file (replace the ID with your own). This forces the client to download the workshop mods. - 7Restart your server.
If you want to add multiple workshop mods, you MUST add all the IDs to the workshop.txt file (one ID each line) and to the server.cfg qlx_workshopReferences line (comma separated).