Modding Help Mods -- Steam Workshop to local

So one of the things I have learned about starbound mods you obtain on the steam workshop is that they do not work while you are offline.

Workshop mods for starbound can be found in

Code:

%steaminstall%\steamapps\workshop\content\211820

with a folder for each mod, and the mods are named "contents.pak"



If I wanted to, could I copy each contents.pak into here,

Code:

%steaminstall%\steamapps\common\starbound\mods

rename them, and load them into starbound just fine?

 

Yes

I do that because I run the GOG version (because the steam version continues to misbehave).

 

Correct. You can also edit sbinit.config or use symbolic/junction/hard links.

 

I just tried a hard junction method for a DIR instead of a specific file, and it did not work the way I wanted it to (I made a junction to the starbound workshop DIR and starbound did not look inside each mod's folders)

however, replacing the junction with just a folder and using copy/keep both files for each .pak, they load in a-okay now.

 

regarding the junction, starbound only looks 1 folder deep. So really I'd delete \mods\ and leave the junction pointing to \211820\ in its place. You can manually add other mods to this as you please.

 

Good idea! I will try that. Thanks!