RedAISkye

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A decision from valve that really fucks over anyone who buys any game on gog
Yeah, it's an anti-piracy measure and also an incentive to buy games from Steam over other platforms.

You can still download mods from workshop, you just need to use steam's own tool called steamcmd instead of workshopdownloader website.
That requires you to have the ownership of the game on Steam.
 
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Purple_Heart

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That requires you to have the ownership of the game on Steam.
This is not the case for all games but in this case you are right.
Basically, nothing would be any different even if valve didn't close the workshopdownloader, some games just don't allow anonymous downloads, it is up to the developers. Karryn's Prison is one of those games.
 

RedAISkye

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This is not the case for all games but in this case you are right.
...some games just don't allow anonymous downloads, it is up to the developers. Karryn's Prison is one of those games.
Please provide some exceptions that you mention where the dev does allow anonymous downloads which you're claiming can be downloaded without game ownership.
Nevermind, found it myself .
Tested it on a game which I don't own and I am still able to download the workshop items so you are correct.

Basically, nothing would be any different even if valve didn't close the workshopdownloader
The difference here is now pirates/users who don't have the game on Steam can't download mods that are exclusively on the Steam Workshop unless if the dev allows anonymous downloading.
 
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Purple_Heart

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Please provide some exceptions that you mention where the dev does allow anonymous downloads which you're claiming can be downloaded without game ownership.
I have downloaded many mods using steamcmd for many games. Here, project zomboid(pz) mods as an example since you've asked for examples, look at my steam library to see if I own pz:

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I don't know how, but I'm pretty sure your steamcmd is somehow able to access your steam account to check if you own the game, my guess is either you've steam open in background or because you put it in the same folder as your steam installation, but could be anything tbh. Normally, steamcmd shouldn't be able to tell if you own the game or not when logged in as anonymous. This isn't something I'm making up, check the closed workshopdownloader website:
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RedAISkye

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I have downloaded many mods using steamcmd for many games.
Yeah, I verifed that myself and corrected it before you even responded.

You forgot to censor your username in the steamcmd's title. Leaked :LUL:

Normally, steamcmd shouldn't be able to tell if you own the game or not when logged in as anonymous.
I tried with the steamcmd on a different folder and it failed so it seems having it in the same location as the steam client is the reason I can anonymously download on a game that I own that doesn't support anonymous downloads.
 

Purple_Heart

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Yeah, I verifed that myself and corrected it before you even responded.


You forgot to censor your username in the steamcmd's title. Leaked :LUL:


I tried with the steamcmd on a different folder and it failed so it seems having it in the same location as the steam client is the reason I can anonymously download on a game that I own that doesn't support anonymous downloads.
I have no problems sharing my username, it is just that I'd rather not get involved with "pirates" from f95zone as I find most of them pretty dumb. Sounds edgy I know, but it is what it is.
 
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AkaiKyofu

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Question, anybody knows when (if) there will really be a Gym DLC ? Here on F95 the game is indicated complete, but I save in the save files there is a reference to a gym edict (AFAIK, as in making Karryn work be a gym instructor, or something like that), that never appears as possibilty in the game
it is as far as i remember the guy in charge of the cg had an eye surgery so the gym sidejob is going to be a little delayed but it will happend
 

pmonk

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Does beating a challenge on Prisoner difficulty unlock the Warden version of the title if you didn't unlock it yet.
Game's good so far, kinda ran into a wall on the final boss cause I didn't grind enough on level 4.
 

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Does beating a challenge on Prisoner difficulty unlock the Warden version of the title if you didn't unlock it yet.
Game's good so far, kinda ran into a wall on the final boss cause I didn't grind enough on level 4.
Nope but as far as I know, the Prisoner Mode Titles are upgraded versions of the Warden Titles anyway and will replace them.
 

pmonk

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Nope but as far as I know, the Prisoner Mode Titles are upgraded versions of the Warden Titles anyway and will replace them.
Thanks boss, went down to secretary, ended up beating it super fast and realized how big the difficulty gap between it and warden is.
 

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Please provide some exceptions that you mention where the dev does allow anonymous downloads which you're claiming can be downloaded without game ownership.
Nevermind, found it myself .
Tested it on a game which I don't own and I am still able to download the workshop items so you are correct.


The difference here is now pirates/users who don't have the game on Steam can't download mods that are exclusively on the Steam Workshop unless if the dev allows anonymous downloading.
Man, I would gladly buy this game on Steam if I could do so and properly hide it from all my friends so they don't know I jerk off to a porn game about gangbangs involving lizard and goblin dicks. But unfortunately the only other option is to just open a whole new Steam account just for porn games and I have no interest in that.
 

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Man, I would gladly buy this game on Steam if I could do so and properly hide it from all my friends so they don't know I jerk off to a porn game about gangbangs involving lizard and goblin dicks. But unfortunately the only other option is to just open a whole new Steam account just for porn games and I have no interest in that.
I fucked up and bought it on my main steam account, now everytime I wanna play I gotta make my whole profile and shit private, then once I'm done I have to play three other games to push KP out of my recent games list lmfao. Supporting the creator is cool but I'm never doing it via steam again
 
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