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Help! Steam Workshop mods do not install!
After subscribing to Workshop items in Steam, the items appear in-game under Steam Workshop, but not under Mods. Therefore, I have no access to the on/off switch for the items and I am fairly certain that they have not been downloaded.
I have taken the following steps and nothing has changed:
restart Cities: Skylines
restart Steam
restart my computer
verify integrity of game cache
unsubscribe / resubscribe to Workshop items
uninstall / reinstall Cities: Skylines
uninstall / reinstall Steam
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It is worth noting that after uninstallation and reinstallation of both Cities: Skylines and Steam, my save data (custom maps, assets, and saved games) remains. I cannot locate this data on my machine as it is not in the Steam Cities: Skylines folder or the Colossal Order folder in My Documents.
Sadly, this other thread has been lost in obscurity and I am not alone with this issue. Hopefully someone out there can help those of us who for some reason can't play with mods!
EDIT:
I filed a Steam Support ticket, but I haven't had luck in the past with those. Additionally, I have noticed that this behavior persists in other games that used to work correctly (such as Civ 5).
The following is a potential workaround for anyone with this issue:
grab a friend who does not own C:S
have your friend log in to Steam on your computer
launch C:S on your friend's account
select the option to authorize shared library on this machine
subscribe to mods on your friend's account
boot up C:S on your friend's account and make sure the mods install
switch back to your account and subscribe to the same mods
boot up C:S on your own account and the mods will be usable because they are already downloaded on your machine
This works for me, but is a little cumbersome as you need the friend's login info anytime you want to get a new mod.
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'The game that this item belongs too does not allow downloading of its items' on https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1370035983
Guess GOG users are not allowed to use mods for that game.
'I think it's not actually possible to use a downloader for newer steam workshop stuff, because it uses the same download depot system for mods as for games. It all goes through the steam client now.
In the past the steam workshop used to use a different system where the game itself would download mods using an API, which I think is what that steam workshop downloader is trying to use. '
- GGLucas (https://steamcommunity.com/app/282590/discussions/1/405694031552470211/)
Ah ok.. so... vendor lock in completed. Congratulations you guys.
The API Steam downloader (and similar web pages and tools) uses is a web-based API - it never had anything to do with the game itself.
If you want a mod that's currently 'locked' for you because you don't have it on Steam, your options are:
1) Contact the publisher of the game and get them to unlock it (this sometimes works - Klei unlocked Invisible Inc workshop mods for example).
2) See if the mod is available elsewhere, such as Moddb or NexusMods - if not, contact the developer of the mod and get them to get their shit together.
3) Buy the game on Steam.
I suspect that Steam 'locks' the workshop by default, which is why newer games tend to often not be accessible via the downloader - meaning it's up to the game's publisher to explicitly set the workshop to be available.
Also, the connecting to other people is a big problem.
Do someone know if one can get a refund for a transfer to Steam from the Publisher?
But I learnt my lesson, I will only buy singleplayer games or games with internal multiplayer management on GOG, but never ever games that:
- need a infrastructure for mods
- have their multiplayer outsourced to the distribution platform
Considering that this thread is still relatively active.. and a top result on google as well..
The website www.steamworkshopdownloader.io has now officially been updated to support many more games.
Any game that doesn't explicitly disable 'anonymous game server downloads' should be working now.
If your game still doesn't work, see if you can get the game developer to enable this setting.
Enjoy!
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The technicalities:
We are no longer just relying on the outdated 'Steam Web API' (also known as the ISteamRemoteStorage interface) to retrieve files. Most download tools rely on this.
Using a large pool of steam clients, we were able to automate file retrieval of games that use the newer 'User Generated Content API' (also known as the ISteamUGC interface). So many more modern games are supported by our website.
(so please be aware of any website that claims 'not to be allowed to download files'- it may actually just be lacking support for the newer API)