Soundtrack DLC missing in OSX

[Bertram Raven]

I've installed/uninstalled/reset/reinstalled/unset got upset and searched every damned folder on my Mac including inside the .app files - no soundtrack DLC after completing a full download/install.

For the love of my sanity where are the soundtracks for the Mac version? They are not in the music folders either. Please don't guess or suggest - if you have it, where did you find it (exact path please)? No, you cannot access the soundtrack by launching Homeworld as the Steam instructions suggest - that only has the options to choose versions of Homeworld and enable mods.

Side Note: if one more person tells me to look in c:\programs I'm going to hunt him down and kill him like the troll he is!

[Bertram Raven]

and so a direct email arrives with instructions of a number to call - did that. It's a known bug. The answer requires a total uninstall of all games, remove steam, remove all steam files, remove all hidden steam files. Reboot. Reinstall steam. Login to my steam account and the DLC will now appear independently of Homeworld.

Once you have reinstalled, open Finder and press Cmd+Shift+G and type the following, replacing the '<my account>' with your actual OSX account SHORT name. Google that if you don't know how to get it.

/Users/<my account>/Library and click GO.

Now click on Application Support, Steam, steamapps, common, Homeworld

Now right click (you may have to configure right click use in System because Apple has ♥♥♥♥ for brains and thinks you do too) and click Show Package Contents. Double Click on Contents, Assets.

You should now see a folder called SoundTrack. Copy and Paste it somewhere sane - maybe your Music folder.

Note to Steam - it is not acceptable to put soundtracks here. You are breaking the rule of least surprise. You may also note this is not the location given in your instructions. Wake up and smell the coffee!

[Esarhaddon]

OMG. I'm not going to uninstall everything just to get those soundtrack. Might ask for a refund instead.

[sl4nt]

WAT? Seriously? I posted here about this same thing recently and didn't get any responses. Glad to have found this... well, somewhat glad. Thanks for the thorough explanation.

This is pretty terrible.

[Bertram Raven]

I don't know where it puts the Soundtrack if purchased separately. As I purchased it as a pack including the ST DLC, this is what I was forced to do.
There is an alternative. If you have a PC, you can download that version and get the ST DLC put in a sane(ish) place, along side the game folders. It even adds it to your music library accessed from the steam app.

It seems the Steam OSX front-end is glitchy. The locations it stores apps is not even approved or reasonable (Library, really!) ! I also found it trying to set universal permissions (777) on the Library folder - talk about irresponsible.

[Borne]

As of September 2016, I had this problem too. I was able to extract the folders according to Asparian's instructions, but I did not need to uninstall steam to do so. By my estimation, I could have extracted the files without any re-installation of the game either.

Thank you for posting this.