Courageous Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 Hi, I've seen a lot of steam authors upload their mods, but then fail at getting steam users to get updated versions of the mods. I've seen reference to there being a correct way to do it so this works, but have never seen the upload method that properly supports versioning documented. Any advice? Thank, you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candide Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 A few month ago I have made some tests regarding downloading my own mods from Steam. It gave me a version which was wrong by 2 uploads, even though the latest update was already out 1-2 weeks. I repeated the process by deleting the subscription and files and re-subscribing. I got the same old version multiple times. However other users were able to get the correct version without trouble. That observation and the fact that websites must have mirror servers to handle large quantities of users, makes me believe that some regional mirror servers just don't get the update properly. I would be surprised, if there were a upload method (from the modder side) that would fix this issue. That is, if the issue still exists. I hoped it would be resolved by now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guinaro Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 Personally I got the greatest chance on succesfully downloading the latest version, is while unsubscribing from the mod in steam while ONI is running. After ONI detects the change, restart ONI. Resubscribe to the wanted mod with ONI running, and I always had the latest version. Restart ONI again for good measure. Still your mileage might vary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharraShimada Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 The problem is within Steams CDN. Some servers get the new version instantly, others... well eventually. It speeds up the process, if the modder uses versioning. Without, the automated process wont update all servers with the new process nearly as fast as with versioning. And yes, this is a bug, because the upload date is cleary newer, but this is a neglected fact inside the system. So: There is no final solution, besides Steam fixes this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted December 11, 2019 Author Share Posted December 11, 2019 > It speeds up the process, if the modder uses versioning. Tell me about that. Where does this "version" go? There are version numbers built into the AssemblyInfo.cs file that I auto increment with build numbers. Is it that, or something else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharraShimada Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 I´m no modder myself. But i´ve seen mods on Steam stating a version number next to the mod. Maybe you take a look at the mod list, and contact a modder with active versioning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted December 11, 2019 Author Share Posted December 11, 2019 My guess would be properly incrementing version numbers in AssemblyInfo.cs, but I'm not sure. There's no version number on the Mod Uploader, so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cairath Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 If you see a version it's because someone bothered to fill patch notes. Doesn't do crap when it comes to steam not being stupid with versioning. There isn't an universal fix to it. Sometimes resubscribing works, sometimes deleting files locally works. It's a problem across the entire steam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candide Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 40 minutes ago, Cairath said: bothered to fill patch notes You can put patch notes into the mod? How? Wouldn't cost me more time to write these, since I do that for the webpage anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cairath Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 @Candide Each upload generates an 'update' entry on steam. You can go there, mash 'edit' and insert your patch notes. They are empty by default. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candide Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 Oh yeah, I already fill that out. Doesn't change the issue and also doesn't make version being visible ingame (which was so for a short time). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharraShimada Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 Can you delete old versions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candide Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 If you publish an update it will (or should at least) delete the old versions. Other than that, you can only delete your mod, I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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