Arma 3 keeps re downloading mods

There should be a!Workshop folder here with links to the Steam Workshop numbered folders for ease in deciphering which mods are which. If you have some kind of custom mod handling scheme, you could be destroying the 'real' Steam Workshop files and forcing Steam to . STEAM WORKSHOP Mods redownloading on a different drive post update. Since the latest small arma update and me starting it again, i.e today, all my mods have started downloading on my system drive. Previously they have all been downloading on my slave drive, G since i moved arma 3 there. They are all still in there, all 46 gb of them but arma3.  · In the "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\workshop\Content" I found the mod folder, changed the name to "@RHS_whatever" and changed it to the ARMA 3 root folder. Then loaded them as local mods. They wont get updated this way but atleast I wont have to download gb worth of mods on a gb restriction per month internet:).

Experience true combat gameplay in a massive military sandbox. Deploying a wide variety of single- and multiplayer content, over 20 vehicles and 40 weapons, and limitless opportunities for content creation, this is the PC's premier military game. Authentic, diverse, open - Arma 3 sends you to war. ARMA 3 - TROUBLESHOOTING. Sign in to follow this. Followers This forum is for troubleshooting aspects of Arma 3. topics in this forum. Sort By. Recently Updated. Last Reply. Title. Doing a unsub/resub triggers a re-download of everything missing for that particular game. But don't restart your PC or Steam; you'll lose everything you just downloaded. No solution but to wait for a fix or copy your Workshop files off and use them "locally" (some games have a stand-alone mod directory). 5. level 2.

i logged onto steam on my brothers account (to play a game to see if i would like it) and when i logged into my steam account it downloaded a 20GB update for Arma 3 mod. we both had nothing subcribe on the workshop at the time. if i logged off steam or restarted my PC it would delete the prevors download (my internet is pritty slow so very. When downloading updates for multiple-files mods, Steam Client will download content but do not update the mod files when any Arma 3 related application (Arma 3, Launcher, Publisher) is running. Please, exit all the applications to allow updates to be pushed from the temporary download folder to a proper folder. Steam Workshop is great and easy, albeit buggy way of distribution of Arma 3 mods. Unfortunately at this point it doubles disk space taken by mods. Typically Arma 3 keeps it's mods in game folder, while Steam Workshop requires files to be in steam library, under Workshop folder. Suggested workaround uses mklink command. We'll create shortcut to workshop folder, that appears to be normal folder, thus removing mod duplicates.