SFM will not download/update any models

[crackshot]

I've had this problem for over a week where if I subscribe to a model, it does not download. Other models that need to be updated, which automatically update, do not download their updates. Is there any fix??

[Capt Fuzzy]

Open your Library in Steam and right click on Source Filmmaker, select 'Properties' then select 'Set Launch Options' and make sure that "-nosteam" is NOT in there. If it is, remove it.
Restart SFM and see if that helps.

[crackshot]

Originally posted by Capt Fuzzy:

Open your Library in Steam and right click on Source Filmmaker, select 'Properties' then select 'Set Launch Options' and make sure that "-nosteam" is NOT in there. If it is, remove it.
Restart SFM and see if that helps.

im attempting to follow your directions but a box that pops up when I click the "Set Launch Options" says thats it's for advanced users only with a text box

[Capt Fuzzy]

Originally posted by Mechanically Fluffy:

Originally posted by Capt Fuzzy:

Open your Library in Steam and right click on Source Filmmaker, select 'Properties' then select 'Set Launch Options' and make sure that "-nosteam" is NOT in there. If it is, remove it.
Restart SFM and see if that helps.

im attempting to follow your directions but a box that pops up when I click the "Set Launch Options" says thats it's for advanced users only with a text box

Does that text box contain anything?

[crackshot]

Originally posted by Capt Fuzzy:

Originally posted by Mechanically Fluffy:

im attempting to follow your directions but a box that pops up when I click the "Set Launch Options" says thats it's for advanced users only with a text box

Does that text box contain anything?

nope

[Capt Fuzzy]

Ok, you will have to check to see if your workshop folder is enabled in SFM.

1. Open your Steam Library and set top filter to Software
2. Right-click on 'Source Filmmaker' and select 'Launch SDK'
3. In the window that opens, select 'Edit Search Paths for Selected Mod'

A window will open showing a list of 'mods' with check boxes next to them.
Make sure that the workshop 'mod' has a check next to it, if it doesn't, then put one there.
Close everything and open SFM, it should now start downloading from the workshop.

[crackshot]

Originally posted by Capt Fuzzy:

Ok, you will have to check to see if your workshop folder is enabled in SFM.

1. Open your Steam Library and set top filter to Software
2. Right-click on 'Source Filmmaker' and select 'Launch SDK'
3. In the window that opens, select 'Edit Search Paths for Selected Mod'

A window will open showing a list of 'mods' with check boxes next to them.
Make sure that the workshop 'mod' has a check next to it, if it doesn't, then put one there.
Close everything and open SFM, it should now start downloading from the workshop.

I have the workshop enabled. It's still not downloading/updating things.

[Capt Fuzzy]

Hmm, I'm running out of ideas here...

Try checking that the workshop folder is able to be written to, using windows explorer, navigate to the game folder of your SFM install and right-click the workshop folder and select 'Properties'.
Under the 'General' tab there will be a tickbox labelled 'Read Only', make sure it is unticked, click 'Apply' and try again.

[Zappy]

Right-click Source Filmmaker in your Steam library, choose "Properties", switch to the "Betas" tab, make sure the drop-down beta selection list is set to "NONE - Opt out of all beta programs", switch to the "Local Files" tab, click "Verify Integrity of Application Files...", wait for it to finish (which is when Steam says how many files will be reacquired, not when it says 100%), and allow Steam to download any files for Source Filmmaker that it wants to.


(Note that Capt Fuzzy's suggestion above involves right-clicking the -/SourceFilmmaker/game/
/workshop folder in File Explorer, while this comment's suggestion involves right-clicking Source Filmmaker in your Steam library in the Steam client's main window, so even though they're both about right-clicking something and choosing "Properties", the places to right-click are very different.)

[crackshot]

Originally posted by Zappy:

Right-click Source Filmmaker in your Steam library, choose "Properties", switch to the "Betas" tab, make sure the drop-down beta selection list is set to "NONE - Opt out of all beta programs", switch to the "Local Files" tab, click "Verify Integrity of Application Files...", wait for it to finish (which is when Steam says how many files will be reacquired, not when it says 100%), and allow Steam to download any files for Source Filmmaker that it wants to.


(Note that Capt Fuzzy's suggestion above involves right-clicking the -/SourceFilmmaker/game/
/workshop folder in File Explorer, while this comment's suggestion involves right-clicking Source Filmmaker in your Steam library in the Steam client's main window, so even though they're both about right-clicking something and choosing "Properties", the places to right-click are very different.)

i did what you said, and it the box said "40 files will have to be reaquired" yada yada. do I wait or wat do I do next?

[Capt Fuzzy]

Originally posted by Mechanically Fluffy:

Originally posted by Zappy:

Right-click Source Filmmaker in your Steam library, choose "Properties", switch to the "Betas" tab, make sure the drop-down beta selection list is set to "NONE - Opt out of all beta programs", switch to the "Local Files" tab, click "Verify Integrity of Application Files...", wait for it to finish (which is when Steam says how many files will be reacquired, not when it says 100%), and allow Steam to download any files for Source Filmmaker that it wants to.


(Note that Capt Fuzzy's suggestion above involves right-clicking the -/SourceFilmmaker/game/
/workshop folder in File Explorer, while this comment's suggestion involves right-clicking Source Filmmaker in your Steam library in the Steam client's main window, so even though they're both about right-clicking something and choosing "Properties", the places to right-click are very different.)

i did what you said, and it the box said "40 files will have to be reaquired" yada yada. do I wait or wat do I do next?

Yes, wait for it to finish...
Once it's done, reboot your pc and try SFM again.

[crackshot]

Originally posted by Capt Fuzzy:

Originally posted by Mechanically Fluffy:

i did what you said, and it the box said "40 files will have to be reaquired" yada yada. do I wait or wat do I do next?

Yes, wait for it to finish...
Once it's done, reboot your pc and try SFM again.

how will i know when it's finished?

[Marco Skoll]

Steam will show you when a game or application is downloading (or needs to download) on the list in your library.

About 30 of the files that SFM always has to redownload are very small gameplay stats files (a left over from SFM's TF2 origins) that download really fast, and a lot of the configuration files are also similarly small, so it's possible that those 40 files will have downloaded faster than you could even notice.

[Zappy]

Originally posted by Mechanically Fluffy:

how will i know when it's finished?

By looking at "Library" > "Downloads" in the main Steam client window and waiting for Source Filmmaker to finish downloading.

[crackshot]

Originally posted by Zappy:

Originally posted by Mechanically Fluffy:

how will i know when it's finished?

By looking at "Library" > "Downloads" in the main Steam client window and waiting for Source Filmmaker to finish downloading.

there was an sfm download for 6 things. i restarted my computer and nothing has actually downloaded.

[CatHat]

Originally posted by Capt Fuzzy:

Hmm, I'm running out of ideas here...

Try checking that the workshop folder is able to be written to, using windows explorer, navigate to the game folder of your SFM install and right-click the workshop folder and select 'Properties'.
Under the 'General' tab there will be a tickbox labelled 'Read Only', make sure it is unticked, click 'Apply' and try again.

i did that but it goes back to reading only as soon as i accept it