Steam Workshop Download

[BlackSmokeDMax]

For those interested in using (apparently Steam won't let me link to the site, the link was blocked, but it is a quick google search away!) to download mods from Steam Workshop, Tynan recently posted this is a thread on ludeon:

"On further prompting and investigation, it turns out that there is a setting for this. Seems like Steam added it at some point and it defaulted to off. I've enabled it."

From this thread: https://ludeon.com/forums/index.php?topic=50850.msg474280#msg474280

This allow those who want to download mods from Steam to use locally, without using the
' subscribe / save_local_copy / unsubscribe ' method, to do so.

[Jigain]

If I had to guess, I'd say Steam blocks the link because workshop mods is one of their most effective tools against both piracy and customers using other platforms for purchasing and playing games. Normally, if you want to use a mod that's on the Steam workshop, you need to own the game on Steam first, or find the mod on a different source like the game's official forums or GitHub or that Russian site that doesn't look quite safe but is the only place to claim to have the mod. For all the flak Steam Workshop mods tend to get, truthfully it's an extremely convenient system that lets you keep track of and automatically download, install, and update the mods you use with little to no interaction or bother to the user. For the vast majority of users, that's great. And in and of itself, that's one of the things driving users to the Steam platform instead of GoG, Epic, Origin, Humble, or any other online retailer of computer games. Easily being able to download Workshop mods without necessarily owning the game on Steam, though, is not in Steam's interest.

Note that this is just my musings on why the link's blocked (you can find the link through the first post in the link to the official forums in the OP's post). It is by no means support for or criticism against, well, anything that's been brought up in this post.

[BlackSmokeDMax]

I agree Jigain.