How to make a 3rd Party mod for a game?

[Armored Baron]

Hello, so I googled it and then searched for it here but I didn't get the answers I'm looking for.

Basically I have a really talented friend with a nice little mod which he wants to add to "Company of Heroes". Problem is the game doesn't have a workshop but has several other 3rd party mods with their own store pages that are linked under the main game's store page as "community made modifications" or whatever they're called.

That's what I wanna know, how do we make such a store page for a mod and link it to said game? What are the fees and who do we need to contact in order to sort it out?

Thanks in advance and have a nice day, cheers.

[Dr.Shadowds 🐉]

You can use 3rd party mod sites like nexus, or etc which is all free as well.

Also the mods you see for sale, with their own store are for valve games, which valve is ok with, or other games like CoH you need to get in touch with Sega as they hold the IP rights to the game, and you can try asking them to setup a steam workshop, or try to get others to join in the demand to show how much you want mod support for the game on Steam to set up the workshop. I don't think Sega will allow you to setup shop on Steam using their IP, again need get in touch with them on this.

[Jaunitta 🌸]

Maybe start here
Steam Workshop
https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/features/workshop

The Steam Workshop is a feature of the Steam Community that's designed to facilitate game modding.
Most Steam games that support the Workshop allow you to either download and install mods and other items with the click of a button, and others use the Workshop to crowdsource content that eventually ends up in the game in an official capacity.
https://www.lifewire.com/everything-you-need-to-know-about-steam-workshop-4587072

[Zekiran]

Also before you do any of that, make sure that the actual developer of the game is okay with mods *at all* for their game. Some merely look the other way, others encourage it, and some outright don't like it.

[B-o-B]

http://modding.companyofheroes.com/

[Armored Baron]

Uhhh to clarify a few things here's the game I'm talking about: https://store.steampowered.com/app/228200/

If you scroll down a bit you will see other "community made modifications" listed, that's what we want.

The game has a workshop already but it only supports maps, that's the problem.

That's why we wanted to try and get his mod it's own official store page so it can be displayed under the game along with the rest of the mods.

[Armored Baron]

Actually it looks like they moved them to here: http://store.steampowered.com/mods/4560/