Downloading MODS for Factorio

[proNobe|E-Mantra_Arcana]

Hi,
Hope you are all ok and not as fked off as me. Lucky you.

I do bought Factorio on Steam ages ago. Now I would like to download some mods.
I realized there is only two ways to download these mods through factorio forums (only some mods and poor and another way is throught the site mods[.]factorio[.]comz

Ok. So there is one site for factorio mods. Cool. Took me few days to decide to make an effort and register there ( I am not big fan to register everyfkingwhere on internet to get/post stuff and having milions accounts)

But to the point.
After registration guess what happend,,,,,
Site ask me TO LINK MY STEAM ACCOUNT! HA!

Whoever invented this one is top man and should get pay rise.
Are you guys serious? WTF?
What are you trying to achive this way?
Nobody wants to being controled by anyone, so stop doing this for gods sake!

Why not to put all mods on nexusmods website? At least i can install any mods in few clicks!


Again, what are you trying to achive?

NO folks, I wont link my steam account to any website out there. I will just pass on mods and your game more likely.

Greetings.

[Shurenai]

The mods.factorio.com webpage is a subpage of the main factorio.com web domain, just like the forums are, to the best of my knowledge, The purpose of linking your steam account to the main factorio webpage is for the site to read the CD key you have for Factorio and ensure it's legitimate. Originally Factorio wasn't on steam, everything was done DRM free through their website, Steam support was added later for both existing and new users.

If you have a problem with the devs own website ensuring you have a valid license for the game before allowing you to use their bandwidth and access their content, that's your choice.

[still__alive]

Just a couple points:

It is up to the mod creators, not the Factorio devs, where they upload their mods to. If a mod isn't on the Nexus, then that is the mod creator's "fault", not the devs. If many mods are not on the Nexus, I have a suspicion that it is simply easier for the modders to use the official Factorio mod stuff than the Nexus.

I use (and prefer) Nexus for Skyrim modding over the Steam Workshop. I add mods to Factorio with their in-game browser. It is easier than Nexus, and better than the Steam Workshop. You do have to link your Steam account, but it is fine and worth it imo for how well the mod support is integrated into Factorio.

[brian_va]

refusing to play a game you already paid for; the world has never seen a more significant source of change

[Name Lips]

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refusing to play a game you already paid for; the world has never seen a more significant source of change

Like my kids when they're mad at me. They'd rather cry into the carpet for hours instead of doing 5 minutes of work so they can watch TV.

Literally, 5 minutes of work and you can be downloading mods. But go ahead and keep crying into the carpet. You'll show us! You'll REFUSE to enjoy yourself, and that'll... make us... do something? Feel something?...

...what are you going for again? The goal of this post? I think I missed it.

[still__alive]

And I'm pretty sure linking it is 100% safe, especially when it is an official, reputable company, which I would consider the Factorio devs to be.

From what I can find on the internet, it is safe to login with your Steam account to just about any 3rd party website. It sounds like Steam isn't giving them any information that isn't already publicly available from your Steam account, nor does the 3rd party get any kind of control over your (Steam) account. Pretty sure the 3rd party doesn't see your Steam password either.

Sure, there would probably be a few 3rd parties that I wouldn't link to (all those skin gambling websites) but the Factorio devs I trust. There are also a few other games I've linked my steam account to I believe. Elite would be one of them I'm pretty sure.

If it is because you perceive that being required to do this is some form of DRM....you do realize that Steam itself is DRM, right?

[bendezium2003]

The other upside of tying your Steam account to your Factorio domain account is that you can then download the non-Steam version of Factorio from their domain which doesn't have the Steam API DRM.

Plus you can then use your account inside Factorio itself to access the mods portal directly inside the game.

[Spicy]

Linking steam to the website is a pretty good DRM, you cant download mods if you have a pirated version.