Arma 3 Launcher missing all mods including Steam Workshop

[Valken 622]

So I launched Arma 3 via Steam and the Launcher kicks in. 

 

Once it has loaded, it now shows that I have zero mods configured but I can play the basic Arma 3 with Apex DLC.

 

I can see all of my settings, and presets are still there but no mods including my user mods and the workshop mods are listed.

 

I check my ARMA 3 and ARMA 3/!Worshop folders and all my mods are still there.

Checked Steam and all workshop mods are still listed as subscribe.

 

Anyway to fix the launcher so it detects all the mods without having to manually add back all the mods and unsubscribe, resubscribe back to Steam Workshop mods?

 

At the very least I would like it to list all my Steam mods so I can then manually add back all the user mods.

 

Any help would be appreciated.

[Valken 622]

Hi Wizard,

 

I have uploaded my RPT and logs here. Please let me know what I can do to fix this.

 

It was working yesterday until 12 hours ago so I am confused what may had occurred in between that time.

 

Edit - I uploaded 3 days of logs so you guys can check what may have happened. Thanks!

[Valken 622]

Hi Wizard,

 

I upload ALL the launcher logs here to see if you can track down the problem.

 

Here is what I've done so far:

 

- Performed #2 Clear Steam Cache, tried to change regions (would not let me) but note I can SUBSCRIBE and UNSUBSCRIBE to MODS and MISSIONS in Steam Workshop. I checked and all missions shows up in ARMA 3.

 

Only SWS MODS do not show up in Launcher.

 

- Performed #3 - HD are all solid, no errors. The game still launches fine.

 

- Deleted everyone from Steam folder except for Steamapps, userdata and steam.exe. No difference

 

- Physically MOVED my ARMA 3 folder to a new SSD (copied 100 + GB) then created a SYMBOLIC LINK back to Steam\SteamApps\common\ArmA 3\ folder. I can launch the game, no problems but no SWS mods in launcher. I can see all my @ mods are still in the folder. 

 

- Physically MOVED the steam\SteamApps\workshop\content\107410\ to my new SSD and then created a SYMBOLIC LINK back to CONTENT folder. Opened SWS and subscribed to new mods, it all downloaded into that folder (bunch of numbers) sorted by date. Goto Launcher, it does not detect any SWS mods.

 

- Manually added the @ mods the symbolic linked Steam\SteamApps\common\ArmA 3 folder and Launcher now sees those manual mods

 

- Noticed the !Workshop folder is completely missing in symbolic linked  Steam\SteamApps\common\ArmA 3\ folder. Recreated it but did not set it hidden so I can look at it. Close and reopened both Steam and Launcher, nothing. Close both, open Steam, subscribe to a SWS NEW mod for testing, 107410 shows a new folder indicating mod was downloaded from SWS, but !Workshop folder is still empty.

 

- Manually added one of the numbered folders from 107410 to Launcher and it now shows that mod but lists it as a number. Missing "meta.cpp" file.

 

- Set ARMA 3 and 107410 folder to ensure it is writable and not read only in case of some weird administrative rights issue. A3L still unable to create mod folders in !workshop folder.

 

One thing I did change a week ago was added a router to my network.

 

I unplugged my PC from the router and into the WAN adapter directly (no firewall) and I can log into Steam, subscribe, unsubscribe mods, launch ARMA 3 and play online games but A3L still does not show any workshop mods.

 

If I manually added the mods from either ARMA 3 folder or 107410 folder, I can play online with those added mods. If I use the Launcher to SUBSCRIBE to a mod that I do not have or not listed required by any online server, the Launcher attempts to download the mod from SWS but sits there forever in the WAITING window. I have Steam Download page opened next to it to check if it is subscribing or not. Nothing is going on with Steam. 

 

I also plugged my system back into the router and opened up all the ports listed here but still nothing.

 

It appears to be a problem between Steam and the Launcher talking to each other for some unknown reason. Again, this only showed up about 2 days ago. Suspected exe or dll corruption so:

 

Verified ARMA 3 in STEAM to ensure at least the files are not corrupted and deleted all the EXE, DLL files from ARMA 3 folder, let STEAM redownload it, deleted both ARMA 3 and ARMA 3 Launcher folder from user appdata so it can recreate my profiles but still no update between STEAM and A3L.

 

If you have any ideas or if there are special ports required to link both A3L and Steam to talk to each other, let me know and I can check my firewall again.

 

Edit - opened A3L, goto network games and attempting to join a random Life server (I don't have any of these mods), click on download from steam and it is now showing ARMA 3 Afterlife MOD from workshop is downloading in STEAM client. 1.1 GB. Waiting for it download and will see if I can join that server. If it works, then it must be recreating the !workshop folder links!

 

Crossing fingers.

 

Edit 2 - Workshop finished downloading Arma 3 Afterlife mod, A3L still shows "waiting". Closed A3L. Reopened. A3L, no workshop mod.

 

Closed STEAM, Open STEAM, Open A3L, no workshop mods show up or is created. It keeps deleting the !workshop folder for some reason.

[Valken 622]

Update: I just said feck it and moved my @ mods folder to a temp folder, deleted ARMA 3 and reinstalled it from Steam. 26 GB later, test the game, added @ mods, played online which works, but the Steam Workshop mods still do not show up on the launcher.

 

I am out of ideas how to fix this.

 

The main thing I noticed is that the !Workshop folder is not created if missing or the  107410 folder is not parsed to create the links each time I open the launcher.

 

Is there a previous build of the Launcher from the first week of October that I can try to compare?

[Valken 622]

@ Wiz - I Opted in and out of the Dev branch just to see if it will reset Launcher and Steam but still no go.

 

I can still subscribe, unsubscribe mods from Steam Workshop, log online and play online with battle eye so the only difference from a week ago is that A3L stopped talking to Steam interface. 

 

I have already uninstalled and reinstalled Arma 3 to see if that would work including deleting the workshop mods folder 107410 so steam can redownload and reset that folder, which it does but the launcher still does not list the mods.

 

If there are specific ports I need to be aware of please let me know. Right now, I have to manually move all the existing workshop mods over to the @folders to keep it available. Not keen on renaming and moving 200 GB over.

[bassdemolitia 0]

This happened to me not ten minutes ago. However, I read through this article and decided the easiest way was to uninstall and reinstall, one and done. I hit Unsubscribe All Steam Workshop mods and Voila! I have no idea how but all of my mods are back and everything is fine. Somehow. I'm so confused.

[orcinus 121]

Steam client is broken, hence so is the A3 Launcher (which connects via the Steam client).

 

Use Arma3sync for launching the game, it's flawless. It won't update mods or look for dependencies, but it's easier to do that onself than spend hours hunting for your mods/unistalling & reinstalling/cursing, etc.

[FreeSample 0]

That happened to me a while back I was so confused I though it would honestly update the mods but apparently not ;-;