first impression of steam workshop not good....

[ric 1]

there was mission hosted over at armaholic but the original has a problem so the author said we could find the new one at the workshop...so there i went (link he provided) first i had to create a profile then i had to subscribe...i am just looking for a down load link...so after 10 mins of BS i get the mission and load it in to multiplayer.

now i go looking for it so i can put it on my server...first its not in the MP missions folder its in my documents under some steam rubbish..and of course i find the folder with the mission name and inside is a generic PBO called mission.pbo which i thought was ...odd but installed it into my DEDI server...of course it did not show up under the list of missions i could play.....

Next i go looking for a solution which someone provided stating that the full mission was under the core installation of A3 under steam in profile/users/myname........ funny enough i don't have a "profiles" folder....how could something so simple as downloading a mission become a convoluted nightmare...

to anyone making anything for A3 plz use armaholic to this crap gets resolved.

[dale0404 5]

ric,

Sorry mate but there is nothing wrong with the way steam does things, you just need to know where to look that's all. And learn how to use the steam workshop of course.

Not being rude btw, just saying how it is.

[sic-disaster 311]

I get that it might be annoying to figure out at first, but once you do know how the system works it is very useful. I love that I can make a mission, publish it, make an update, and have the mission auto-update for everyone that has subscribed to it. Manually keeping track of all the missions you've downloaded was annoying me but now every mission is like a Steam game.

[NeuroFunker 11]

yesterday i was discussing with a friend, why there are people who dislike steam workshop, since it autmaticaly install and update stuff you got from there, very practicaly and simple. Well, i guess some people like to make things harder as it is. :)

[Vigil Vindex 64]

Apart from the missing addons and dependency management, I am quite happy with the steam workshop integration. I am sure it will only get better in the future.

[eclaird 1]

OP is actually right. Steam Workshop does not work when you want to host a mission on your dedicated server. Workshop subscribes are a client-only thing, servers require the good old mission files to work. This stuff is broken, and the only solution right now is for mission makers to upload the mission file to Steam Workshop AND to armaholic or other file hosting site.

[Vigil Vindex 64]

OP is actually right. Steam Workshop does not work when you want to host a mission on your dedicated server. Workshop subscribes are a client-only thing, servers require the good old mission files to work. This stuff is broken, and the only solution right now is for mission makers to upload the mission file to Steam Workshop AND to armaholic or other file hosting site.

I think running a dedicated server is more complex and shouldn't be considered the same as trying to do something within the client. Search your steam folder and copy the mission from there, simple as that.

[ric 1]

I think alot of you missed the fact that i am am trying to download a MP mission not play it...I want it for my server....steam does not simply give you a "download" option which is silly to say the least. Steam needs to add that option or notate somewhere that the mission file for DEDI is "here".

I have searched...all i find in the mission name folder and a mission.pbo inside.

[kylania 568]

I have searched...all i find in the mission name folder and a mission.pbo inside.

Right, that's the mission. Rename it to whatever you want and put it in your server. Part of renaming it would of course be adding the island name to the pbo name.

Edited August 30, 2013 by kylania

[ric 1]

Right, that's the mission. Rename it to whatever you want and put it in your server. Part of renaming it would of course be adding the island name to the pbo name.

thank you :) why would steam change the name in the first place?