#375, a specific sub-circumstance of 269.

Other considerations may apply once 1.4.2 is released and more comes to light.įurther echoing the 'middleman' mod browser approach, I came across these two feature requests regarding mod browser for server managers (for managing the server's mods): I'm not an expert on Mod Browser or Steam Workshop so I can't comment further on implementation alternatives. > querying Which (other) solutions should be considered? MB Update Control -> An important issue for SW is preventing Steam from auto-updating workshop items and breaking in-progress saves updating should be handled through MB imo (although I'm less certain about this one)Įtc. 3: Have the code from ModHelpers query SW tag list for the selected mod as its source to provide content category features) 2: when transferring data from tModLoader current mod DB to SW, include ModHelper tags metadata in transfer for the mods.

MB Categories #245 -> three steps (1: implement all tags from ModHelpers as tags in Steam Workshop. MB description links -> Let SW moderation handle link monitoring and scam detection MB Report #1273 -> string magic + hyperlink SW Report item (let Steam moderate?)

MB download -> query SW direct download for selected mod MB last update -> today() - (query SW date posted) for selected mod MB mod description -> query SW description for selected mod MB modname -> query and return list of SW mod entries The proposal is as follows, based on an underlying assumption that Valve stores SteamWorkshop page data in a database/query-able format : (MB-> Mod Browser, SW -> SteamWorkshop) This feature request suggests some features of Mod Browser that could be integrated with Steam Workshop to maintain legacy user experience, without significantly compromising on the benefits of Steam Workshop.īy supporting legacy Mod Browser UX, tModLoader stands to maintain a significantly better browsing interface over Steam Workshop for users who have grown accustomed to the Mod Browser, while maintaining support for other platforms. What does this proposal attempt to solve or improve? With the officially announced development of Terraria (1.4.2?) that will have Steam Workshop support, it has been raised that Steam Workshop should be likewise implemented for tModLoader.įor better or worse, this raises a key question of what to do with the current Mod Browser within a Steam Workshop environment.

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