Can't initialize steam API

[RoboticManiac]

So just recently I uninstalled the factiondiscovery mod. But clicking the new game button triggered an error related to it even though I had restarted the game.

After restarting a few times, I opt to go for a clean install. Unsubcribe from all mods off the steam workshop, delete the ludeon file in appdata, delete the workshop folder for rimworld and get rid of the steam directory + 'Delete local data' as well. And then finally restart the computer.

Download again, same error. I repeat the process two to three more times until I simply get an error when first starting up that Rimworld couldnt initialize the steam API.

Any help is appreciated.

[RoboticManiac]

Update: The Steam API issue seems to have resolved itself, though the 'could not find class faction discovery' error still persists even though I've committed to a supposedly clean install several times over.

EDIT: Managed to sort everything out and get the game working again.

[skullywag]

Mind posting how, for future reference.