Steam Workshop support

[Trufas]

Please? I've seen the developer comment on Twitter saying "Maybe" when asked about it but I really hope he does add workshop support.

Installing mods directly through Steam instead of relying on other third party websites always makes things easier, would be a good Quality of Life upgrade.

Just want to give my feedback and add another voice to the group of people requesting for it.

[DasaKamov]

https://steamcommunity.com/app/413150/discussions/0/1694922345930763716/

The above thread is a couple years old, but the answer contained therein hasn't changed. ;)

[Trufas]

Originally posted by DasaKamov:

https://steamcommunity.com/app/413150/discussions/0/1694922345930763716/

The above thread is a couple years old, but the answer contained therein hasn't changed. ;)

The developer (ConcernedApe) said on twitter that it was possible but unlikely, nonetheless I think it's worth the try.

The more people request for a feature the more likely it is it gets implemented (Depending on the developer of course)

[ChrillBill]

^He also mentioned this.

Swamping the forums with the same topic over and over is not going to result in anything getting implemented unfortunately and especially not in this case since the dev is never here. There is a search function which would have shown that this particular topic has been covered immensely already. You will have better luck reaching out to him on twitter or on the official Stardew Valley forums. As things are now it is very unlikely to happen given the low interest among many of the popular and established modders.

[Trufas]

Originally posted by ChrillBill:

^He also mentioned this.

Yeah but that's not really a good argument to be honest, or at least it doesn't take into consideration the amount of exposure it gives to modding the addition of Workshop.

Terraria for example saw an increase in the amount of mods and exposure thanks to Steam Workshop, Calamity mod reaching 2.5+ million downloads a couple days ago to name a specific mod.

In the long run providing players and modders another alternative to get/submit mods is always a good thing that benefits everyone.

[ChrillBill]

I think it is a perfectly reasonable and humble argument to be honest. That he takes into account the actual modders and that many of them are making extra money from their creative works on Nexus. Artists are unfortunately not protected very well on Steam when it comes to plagiarism, which is also another important aspect to take into consideration so no, it is not given that a mod author would benefit from displaying their mod/s on a Steam Workshop. It could very well go the opposite way.

Originally posted by Trufas:

Terraria for example saw an increase in the amount of mods and exposure thanks to Steam Workshop, Calamity mod reaching 2.5+ million downloads a couple days ago to name a specific mod.

Source? As far as I know the workshop for Terraria was overly seen as "a bit too late" by a large part of the community. You still need TMod if you want the more heavy game changing mods for Terraria while the SW mostly provides texture packs.

[Trufas]

Originally posted by ChrillBill:

Source? As far as I know the workshop for Terraria was overly seen as "a bit too late" by a large part of the community. You still need TMod if you want the more heavy game changing mods for Terraria while the SW mostly provides texture packs.

Source on Calamity mod getting 2.5 million downloads? https://twitter.com/chippygamingyt/status/1628388568623198210

If you look online overall consensus is that it was a good addition. It's never too late, and in fact it's been 2 years since workshop support was added to Terraria, sure it was a bit "late" but worse than being late is never delivering.

When it comes to users uploading content created by another user on Steam then Steam takes actions when reported and take care of things, If you are talking about all the paid mods fiasco that was doomed to fail due to lack of support from the users.

[Astra]

This topic has been discussed many, many, many times within the forum, even as of recent, the debating of whether it or isn't a good idea will not change the current outcome.

[Trufas]

Well it's up to Concerned Ape regardless, the feature has been requested and the users that want it can only hope he considers adding it

[ChrillBill]

Originally posted by Trufas:

Source on Calamity mod getting 2.5 million downloads? https://twitter.com/chippygamingyt/status/1628388568623198210

But that is from the workshop for TModloader. I already knew about that. I was talking about the SW for the official Terraria game. I honestly don't see how the workshop for Terraria helped the workshop for TModLoader. And... TModloader also has an in game browser when it comes to downloading mods so I am not sure if the SW has helped that much. Calamity has always been extremely popular and I have redownloaded it about a hundred times myself :> But hey, good for them that they have so many downloads although not surprising.

I haven't really questioned that the amount of downloads could increase but I can also see the other aspects involved and why it isn't just something you just go ahead and "do". In that regard I think the developer for this game shows a great deal of care and respect towards the artists. Only time will tell if it will happen. I just wouldn't get my hopes up.

Originally posted by Trufas:

When it comes to users uploading content created by another user on Steam then Steam takes actions when reported and take care of things, If you are talking about all the paid mods fiasco that was doomed to fail due to lack of support from the users.

Unfortunately that is simply not true and this has been an issue for a very very long time. Steam does not take appropriate action even though reporting. They might do so from time to time, but it has gotten to a point where many have stopped uploading creative works here (even for this game) because of how ineffective the report system is here.