Broken Steam Mods

[linkfanpc]

Steam mods don't work and simply say "Downloading..." in the mods list when Steam goes offline.

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[milon]

Thanks for the report, but this is very incomplete.  Please see my signature for how to report a bug.

Were you expecting to download mods when Steam is offline?  Or are you expecting Steam to not go offline?  Or are you experiencing a different problem?

[linkfanpc]

Thanks for the report, but this is very incomplete.  Please see my signature for how to report a bug.

Were you expecting to download mods when Steam is offline?  Or are you expecting Steam to not go offline?  Or are you experiencing a different problem?

Oh, sorry. Anyway, no, these mods are all downloaded and up-to-date. I manually put Steam in offline mode, but that causes this to happen. All these mods previously worked in Offline Mode perfectly, now they won't even work at all.

[milon]

Thanks for the update.

This seems to be related:
https://www.reddit.com/r/RimWorld/comments/4y5g7o/my_workshop_mods_no_longer_working_in_steam/

Maybe it's a Steam issue?  I'm not sure how RimWorld itself would affect that (but I know very little about Steam...)

[MuffaloSoldier]

I have the same problem in Win7 64bit. Steam did update before, so it may be Steam related, but it would be good if Ludeon would report the error to Valve.

[MuffaloSoldier]

Seems to be a steam problem, as it exists in other games as well: https://www.reddit.com/r/CitiesSkylines/comments/4yhiq1/help_with_mods_in_offline_mode/

[MuffaloSoldier]

I contacted Steam support about this, they answered I should go fuck myself that they don't support mods.

I insisted this is not a problem with mods, but with the steam client since it happens in at least two games in Windows and Linux, and asked them to forward the bug to the steam client devs.

We'll see.

[milon]

Thanks for the update.  Keep us posted.  I hope they do realize it's a Steam issue...

[Telarin]

Since this weekend, I have been having the same problem. Rimworld has always played with Steam offline just fine, up until now. Now I get the same dreaded "Downloading" screen that you posted in the first screenshot. Please let me know if you find a solution, or if Steam comes back with anything more useful.

[MuffaloSoldier]

Telarin (and others with the same problem): if you have the time it might be helpful if you contacted Steam support, too. I guess the more people give feedback on this and insist that its a problem of the steam client, the earlier Valve will move on this.

[Telarin]

Yep, I put in a support request to Steam. Haven't heard anything back from them yet, but hopefully enough reports will get them to actually look into it.

[MuffaloSoldier]

No luck with the steam support. Although I described that this problem cannot be related to the games or mods, but must instead be client-related, they answered again that the "mods are obviously not compatible anymore. Please talk to the developers of the mods" (Translation by me).

So, I could again insist that the steam support didn't even understand the problem, but I don't think that they will cooperate on this. There is a reason why their support has such a bad reputation... 

Could Ludeon (Tynan?) look into this? I will try to contact the Colossal Order support, too, since I also own Cities:Skylines and it has the same problem. Perhaps the game developers have a better chance to get Valve moving. Mods should work offline.

[milon]

I'll ask Tynan to look into this.  I'm going to guess, though, that his priority right now is prepping the A15 build, so we may not hear back for a while.

[Tynan]

I can mention it to my contact at Valve. Thanks for reporting.

[Telarin]

Reply from Steam support (paraphrased): Contact Rimworld support.