Steam Workshop

[WhiteShark]

It seems Valve has killed all means of downloading Workshop mods for games that you don't """own""" through Steam. SteamCMD is dead. WorkshopDL is removed from GitHub, and even if you have the latest version already installed like I do, downloads through any of its four providers fail. This makes Workshop the most restrictive extant modding platform.

Feel free to talk about how gay Workshop is or whatever. If anyone knows another way of acquiring Workshop-only mods without a game license through Steam, please let me know.

[maidenhaver]

What's gay is farms in Rome 2 causing squalor. Not through "population booms" but just adding ******* squalor for cultivating a field. Its literally the opposite of urban decay. ModDB remains the best place to find mods for older games, but anybody can post a mod there, make 0 progress on it for 15 years, and it stays up, so its cluttered with ****. Like your room.

[MadPreacher]

I download just fine using SteamCMD. It just requires you to login now.

[WhiteShark]

I download just fine using SteamCMD. It just requires you to login now.

When I tried to use it, it said I would need to be logged in with an account that owns the game for it to work. Maybe that isn't the case for all games.

[rusty_shackleford]

There are some sites that mirror steam workshop downloads, but I can't remember any off hand. You might find one if you search google for a mod's name in quotes, preferably a mod with a more unique name.

[WhiteShark]

There are some sites that mirror steam workshop downloads, but I can't remember any off hand. You might find one if you search google for a mod's name in quotes, preferably a mod with a more unique name.

I found Skymods but its catalogue isn't comprehensive. I suppose it's unlikely to find a site that mirrors all Workshop content, especially mods for an obscure indie game.

[MadPreacher]

I download just fine using SteamCMD. It just requires you to login now.

When I tried to use it, it said I would need to be logged in with an account that owns the game for it to work. Maybe that isn't the case for all games.

Well do you own the game? If not you could always start a thread dedicated to people asking for workshop mods for specific games.

[WhiteShark]

Well do you own the game?

Not on Steam, which is the problem.

If not you could always start a thread dedicated to people asking for workshop mods for specific games.

I already decided not to bother with the game in question, but this can be that thread in the future. Even better if @rusty_shackleford gets RPGHQ file hosting working.

[rusty_shackleford]

Even better if @rusty_shackleford gets RPGHQ file hosting working.

The HQ file host of choice until this happens is https://catbox.moe/

[MadPreacher]

Well do you own the game?

Not on Steam, which is the problem.

If not you could always start a thread dedicated to people asking for workshop mods for specific games.

I already decided not to bother with the game in question, but this can be that thread in the future. Even better if @rusty_shackleford gets RPGHQ file hosting working.

I was genuinely curious what game you needed mods for because I wanted to help you out if I could.

[WhiteShark]

I was genuinely curious what game you needed mods for because I wanted to help you out if I could.

It was Himeko Sutori. The dev posts on the Codex so I had been vaguely interested for a while. As is my custom I investigated a little before starting to see if there were any worthwhile mods, but 12 of the 13 of them can only be found on the Workshop. Anyway, after pressing on modless for a bit, I concluded I wasn't interested in continuing with or without mods, but that's a topic for a different thread.

[MadPreacher]

I was genuinely curious what game you needed mods for because I wanted to help you out if I could.

It was Himeko Sutori. The dev posts on the Codex so I had been vaguely interested for a while. As is my custom I investigated a little before starting to see if there were any worthwhile mods, but 12 of the 13 of them can only be found on the Workshop. Anyway, after pressing on modless for a bit, I concluded I wasn't interested in continuing with or without mods, but that's a topic for a different thread.

I tried downloading a mod for that game and the developer has it set for game owners only can download. It's a developer/publisher setting not a Steam enforced thing. That's the information I got when I went to https://steamworkshopdownloader.io/ to check to download a mod for that game.

[MadPreacher]

Oh an FYI, if you get a bin file from SteamCMD you can open it up just fine with WinRar. It's just a form of a zip file.

[Acrux]

I was genuinely curious what game you needed mods for because I wanted to help you out if I could.

It was Himeko Sutori. Anyway, after pressing on modless for a bit, I concluded I wasn't interested in continuing with or without mods, but that's a topic for a different thread.

You made the right choice. The idea behind that game is interesting, but it's not done very well and the game as a whole is pretty underwhelming.