Steam how to download a friends mod

This item will only be visible in searches to you, your friends, and admins. A short tutorial describing how to use mods through Steam Workshop. This item has been added to your Favorites. Created by. Category: Modding or Configuration , Workshop. Languages: English. Guide Index. The title basically says it all and I'm sure you're familiar with how Steam Workshop works, but just in case you don't The Workshop section shows all the available mods created by the capable and diligent community and I'm certain you'll find something you'd like to try out, be it a new ship, an alternate model of your headquarters or a community-made Yiddish translation of the game.

Browse through the Workshop, find something you like and Subscribe to it. The nifty green button will make this possible. The next step is to actually download the mods you've subscribed to. This is done automatically when you start the Game Launcher the game launcher starts when you press Play in the Steam Client. The launcher will check what mods you subscribed to and see if they need to be downloaded or updated and so on. If so, it will ping Steam Client to start the download. The Client takes over so you should see the download progress in it.

If you don't, please restart the Game Launcher. To activate a mod, simply tick the little checkbox on the left of a mod name in the list and click Apply. If a mod wasn't unpacked before, clicking Apply will unpack it and make it ready for use by the game. This same list shows what mods you're currently using and their load priority. Load order is only important when more than one mod is changing the same game item. For example if two mods are changing the model of the same ship same keyname in the database , the mod with the higher order number 2 is higher than 1 will be the one actually used by the game.

So if something is not showing up in the game in the way you expected, it's always a good idea to see if the active mods are truly compatible with each other. To say it differently, the first mod in the list 1. By default, the game first takes into account the default vanilla files. If it encounters some kind of an override file in one of the active mods, then that modded file is used.

Due to the open nature of Warlords and what can be modded, this compatibility can only be ensured by the mod creators. Modders are definitely encouraged to properly tag their creations since that can be an indication whether or not two separate mods can work together properly. The last thing remaining is to play the modded game. We cannot emphasize this enough. Saves created using modded content can drastically alter what information is saved and may prevent the save file in question from ever working in the vanilla game.

Just imagine you're playing a mod that gives you a completely new ship that doesn't exist in the base game and you save the game. If you deactivate the mod and try loading the save in the base vanilla game, the ship won't exist and will cause the game to crash.

The game simply cannot load something that isn't there. We'll do our best to circumvent such problematic scenarios, but it's unlikely we can do that for all potential problems. You don't need to be logged in to view the workshop. Once you've downloaded the file, you will need to do some tricks to unpack it. First of all, WinRAR is required. Other zip programs will NOT be able to unpack.

Don't waste your time with trying 7zip or the windows built-in zip manager, they will NOT work. Next, rightclick the mod you downloaded and click Properties. Sometimes it will download as a.

It doesn't matter, just be sure to rename a. Also tick the 'Unblock content' checkbox before you click Apply. The mod is now ready to be unpacked. Rightclick on the file, and click on the WinRAR menu item 'Extract to [the name of the mod]' like shown in the picture, so it will unpack to a new folder.

Once you unpacked the mod, have a look inside its folder to see if everything is correct. Typically you will see a 'data' folder and a manifest.

Inside the 'data' folder are some. When this all looks ok instead of empty folders or files being shown as folders you can move the unpacked mod into your mods folder. Right-click the unpacked folder and select Cut, then click on the Prison Architect quick access to the left side.

Double-click the 'mods' folder, and Paste your mod in there. Be sure to paste it in the 'mods' folder itself and not in some already existing mod inside! You could also open another Explorer window, keep them side by side, then click and drag the unpacked folder from one window into the other. It's all up to you. Each folder inside the 'mods' folder is a separate mod.

Folder names starting with a number have been downloaded via the game. These numbers correspond to the number in the URL of the workshop item. Rename it if it doesn't, so it will work for sure. You can now start the game and activate the mod in the menu. Go to Extras, Mods.

Select the mod, tick it's checkbox behind the name so it moves to the Active list on top. Then click Apply. Not all mods will be compatible with each other or with the current game version: if two mods alter the same thing, the mod on top of the mod-list will override the one below.

Like a complete default materials. The author probably didn't intend to mod those things at all, but put them in the mod anyway This can result in incompatibility when a new game update is released. Menu icons can go wrong, weather icons missing, or other weird sprite stuff.

Always keep an eye on the release date of a specific mod you want to try, because it might need an update to be compatible with the latest version of the game. Special files which can mess up when they get outdated include: complaints.

Sometimes the author isn't aware, so it's a good thing to leave a comment on the workshop item if you suspect a mod from being outdated. NylonWorms 28 Jun pm. Yiff Destroyer 10 May pm. The problem you all are facing is most likely the file type. Steam as far as I know and the research ive done I have found that steam or at least prison architect doesn't read. MOD files anymore. I am unaware of a work around at the moment. HunterAlpha1 19 Apr pm. If so, where on my phone would I find the file?

Nice job! Its funny that were both dutch. MoonMoon 18 May, am. I was downloading a mod for space engineers, i noticed 2 things.