So confused about what causes crafted parts to update

[Ssnakey-B]

The parts craft feature is a dream come true for me, and I've been having a lot of fun working on new stuff, but I still don't understand what causes the sprites to actually update in-game. I'm pretty sure I'm following the instructions correctly, yet it only seems to update when it feels like it. Here's what I do:

1. Save the edited sprite sheet.

2. Copy-paste it in the game's "Craft" folder.

3. Launch the game.

4. Go to Edit Mode > Workshop > Publish Item > Parts Texture.

5. Select the sprite sheet and then hit Finalize revision" > Add item > Add item> Overwrite and publish, wait for the confirmation message.

6. Close the game, even making sure to do it through the lenu rather than Alt-F4, just to make sure evrything is in order.

7. Go to Workshop, unsubscribe to the part then resubscribe (note: I also try doing it before closing the game sometimes, doesn't seem to make any difference on whether the part updates or not, though).

8. Launch the game again.

I really don't get what I'm doing wrong, if anything. The part just seems to eventually update, but I can't tell what I did different when it does. So is the problem on my end or is the system just a bit wonky at the moment? It's really frustrating because it seems half the time I put into making my parts goes into trying to get the sprites to update so I can actually test it.

[Obediah_Iscariot]

- You should not un-subscribe from parts.
Even for parts you designed and uploaded yourself, stay subscribed to them.

- once you subscribe to something, you do need to exit the game and restart for it to have effect.

- Especially if I update parts, I also restart Steam to be safe

[TheAvenger3]

Unsubscribing and resubscribing without launching the game won’t change anything, but launching the game in between those steps would force a redownload.

However, an easier way to force the game to redownload a subscribed part is to delete that part from its subfolder inside the Craft folder while Fire Pro isn’t running. The game looks for parts when booting up, and if a part is missing, it’ll then grab the current version off the Workshop.

[Ssnakey-B]

Originally posted by TheAvenger3:

Unsubscribing and resubscribing without launching the game won’t change anything, but launching the game in between those steps would force a redownload.

However, an easier way to force the game to redownload a subscribed part is to delete that part from its subfolder inside the Craft folder while Fire Pro isn’t running. The game looks for parts when booting up, and if a part is missing, it’ll then grab the current version off the Workshop.

That does seem to have helped. Thanks! For the record, I also tried without unsubscribing and it still didn't update right away.