Modding Help Mods -- Steam Workshop to local

Discussion in 'Starbound Modding' started by phazonninja00, Mar 12, 2018.

  1. phazonninja00

    phazonninja00 Scruffy Nerf-Herder

    So one of the things I have learned about starbound mods you obtain on the steam workshop is that they do not work while you are offline.

    Workshop mods for starbound can be found in
    Code:
    %steaminstall%\steamapps\workshop\content\211820
    with a folder for each mod, and the mods are named "contents.pak"



    If I wanted to, could I copy each contents.pak into here,
    Code:
    %steaminstall%\steamapps\common\starbound\mods
    rename them, and load them into starbound just fine?
     
    Last edited: Mar 12, 2018
  2. DrPvtSkittles

    DrPvtSkittles Master Astronaut

    Yes

    I do that because I run the GOG version (because the steam version continues to misbehave).
     
  3. bk3k

    bk3k Oxygen Tank

    Correct. You can also edit sbinit.config or use symbolic/junction/hard links.
     
  4. phazonninja00

    phazonninja00 Scruffy Nerf-Herder

    I just tried a hard junction method for a DIR instead of a specific file, and it did not work the way I wanted it to (I made a junction to the starbound workshop DIR and starbound did not look inside each mod's folders)

    however, replacing the junction with just a folder and using copy/keep both files for each .pak, they load in a-okay now.
     
  5. bk3k

    bk3k Oxygen Tank

    regarding the junction, starbound only looks 1 folder deep. So really I'd delete \mods\ and leave the junction pointing to \211820\ in its place. You can manually add other mods to this as you please.
     
  6. phazonninja00

    phazonninja00 Scruffy Nerf-Herder

    Good idea! I will try that. Thanks!
     

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