Need a better mod control

[Rampage0104]

Need a way to just download needed mods when joining a game. Most games just download what is needed. Instead I got to go thru 20 plus mods my friend has added just to join.

Does anyone have a fix for this or just something we have to deal with?

[Sasha Mason]

When playing with friends, I recommend using r2modman.
https://thunderstore.io/package/ebkr/r2modman/

This allows you to automatically update mods and allows you to share your modlist with friends, can export the modlist as a file and have your friends import it to auto download and update.


Other than that, would have to wait for official Steam Workshop support, as that would allow the game to do this automatically, similar to other games.

[GamingWithSilvertail]

Originally posted by Rampage0104:

Need a way to just download needed mods when joining a game. Most games just download what is needed. Instead I got to go thru 20 plus mods my friend has added just to join.

Does anyone have a fix for this or just something we have to deal with?

Why are you manually doing mods? If you both use r2rodman/thunderstore you can use profile codes. Its easy to then implement the needed mods.

You don t have to do it manually.

[Galanga]

People keep saying just download R2mod but that doesn't solve the issue the game still has. Tons of public lobbies, all using different mods, you'll join a lobby thinking its a normal lobby, but the host has a ton of mods and it glitches out your game. And finding lobbies with specific mods you wan't is pretty much impossible. There should be a way to display what lobbies have what mods installed in order for you to filter them out easier. Steam workshop can help with this tremendously.

[Sasha Mason]

Originally posted by Galanga:

People keep saying just download R2mod but that doesn't solve the issue the game still has. Tons of public lobbies, all using different mods, you'll join a lobby thinking its a normal lobby, but the host has a ton of mods and it glitches out your game. And finding lobbies with specific mods you wan't is pretty much impossible. There should be a way to display what lobbies have what mods installed in order for you to filter them out easier. Steam workshop can help with this tremendously.

Originally posted by Sasha Mason🎄:

Other than that, would have to wait for official Steam Workshop support, as that would allow the game to do this automatically, similar to other games.

This is why my response included that. You need official Steam Workshop support for the game to automatically manage mods on server join. Either that, or the developer would have to open up their own mod hosting platform, though for a solo indie dev, using the Steam Workshop solution already provided would be much easier.

There is no other way to make it work without it, not to my knowledge anyways.

[Private117]

just use CompatibilityChecker mod to see what mods are needed when joining a server with mods? and just use thunderstore man.
Its really not hard and takes a few seconds

[Sasha Mason]

Originally posted by Private117:

just use CompatibilityChecker mod to see what mods are needed when joining a server with mods? and just use thunderstore man.
Its really not hard and takes a few seconds

That still means having to random join a lobby, then see the list of mods you need, then close the game so you can download all the mods, and then hope that by the time you open the game back up, you can find that exact server again that needed that exact mod list.

Oh no, the server is already full or has started or just not there anymore and you need to join another one? Well time to repeat.

Steam Workshop, it could be so simple, and it doesn't get any simplier and faster than that.

[GamingWithSilvertail]

Originally posted by Sasha Mason🎄:

When playing with friends, I recommend using r2modman.
https://thunderstore.io/package/ebkr/r2modman/

This allows you to automatically update mods and allows you to share your modlist with friends, can export the modlist as a file and have your friends import it to auto download and update.


Other than that, would have to wait for official Steam Workshop support, as that would allow the game to do this automatically, similar to other games.

You keep on repeating this.

What other game does this automaticly that is peer to peer?

Everytime you post you jsuit hijack topic about steam workshop. This topic is about friends.

Not randos, and you allready are gettin g a tag system so your problem is inheritingly solved.

[Rampage0104]

Wasn't aware of the sharing profile codes. However would this also share in game mod settings? Had a issue with our time clocks not being the same as well.

[Sasha Mason]

Originally posted by GamingWithSilvertail:

Originally posted by Sasha Mason🎄:

When playing with friends, I recommend using r2modman.
https://thunderstore.io/package/ebkr/r2modman/

This allows you to automatically update mods and allows you to share your modlist with friends, can export the modlist as a file and have your friends import it to auto download and update.


Other than that, would have to wait for official Steam Workshop support, as that would allow the game to do this automatically, similar to other games.

You keep on repeating this.
What other game does this automaticly that is peer to peer?
This topic is about friends.

Because it's accurate. If you play with friends and want to sync mods between friends, use r2modman. If you want the game to do it automatically, wait for Steam Workshop. There is a reason why I hide your responses, you only post to target certain people.

[Plague]

Originally posted by Private117:

just use CompatibilityChecker mod to see what mods are needed when joining a server with mods? and just use thunderstore man.
Its really not hard and takes a few seconds

that mod only works if the one who hosted the game is using that