Greetings all.

As you're probably aware, due to the changes made in Version 1.1, your existing Mods on VCD's Steam Workshop will no longer be accessible to subscribers.


While this is a rather unfortunate side effect, it is in a good cause.
Subscribers should have less trouble downloading your mods, and you'll have less work to do to upload new ones.

Fear not if you are worried about subscribers on your existing workshop items. This will remain unchanged, as nothing on the Workshop page will actually change, only how the files associated with your mod are accessed.

So in the interests of getting your mods back on the workshop as smoothly as possible, here is a step by step guide on what you need to do.



At this point, it would be hoped that you still have all your original mod files.
If you do, then you just need to arrange them correctly. They may already be depending on how neat you are.

Firstly, make sure that have a folder somewhere outside of VCD where you keep your mod files neatly prepared for uploading. Something along these lines.

• \MyVCDMods\MyFirstMod\UDKGame\Content\Mods\MyFirstMod\MyFirstMap.udk
  
• \MyVCDMods\MyFirstMod\UDKGame\Content\Mods\Localization\INT\MyFirstMap.int
  
• \MyVCDMods\MyFirstMod\UDKGame\Config\MyFirstMap.ini

• \MyVCDMods\MySecondMod\UDKGame\Content\Mods\MySecondMod\MySecondMap.udk
  
• \MyVCDMods\MySecondMod\UDKGame\Content\Mods\Localization\INT\MySecondMap.int
  
• \MyVCDMods\MySecondMod\UDKGame\Config\MySecondMap.ini

By now you should notice a distinct separation between your two mods.

• \MyVCDMods\MyFirstMod
  
• \MyVCDMods\MySecondMod

Maintaining this folder structure will keep you sane and make it easy to upload as well as find your way around. You need simply copy the files from the game's install folder, where you keep them while creating and testing levels.

The last thing you will need to note, is that the new RUST tool, or perhaps Steam to be exact, may only update and upload your mod if at least one of the files has changed from the now inaccessible one on Workshop. All this really requires is that you open one of your files for a given mod and re-save it. It should then upload and make the mod available once more.



*NOTE: Be sure to have the Steam Client running, and you logged in to the correct account before launching RUSTUGC.exe*

You'll find the tool under the "RUSTUGC" folder, and the new RUSTUGC.exe

The new tool has a number of improvements over the old system.
For one, RUST Scripts are done away with in favour of an interface.
This means you can now select an image file to upload as your preview from anywhere on your computer.
Similarly, you only need to select a single folder to upload to Steam. Any sub folders there will be included. This is what makes the folder structure mentioned above so important.

The first thing you may notice about the new tool, is that it lists all of your existing mods.
Yes, even the ones now no longer accessible. It can access all the mod's existing info like description, title, tags, etc.

You need simply click on your desired workshop item(Usually by name as it displays the mod's Title), and fill in the correct Content folder(the "\MyVCDMods\MyFirstMod" folder being the right example).

The preview image field can be left blank if you wish to leave the existing image as is.

When you are ready to upload, simply click on the Submit Update button.
Include an optional Update Note. This will appear in the workshop item's "Change Notes" tab on Steam.

Your mod will be begin to upload and be submitted to Steam.
At the top of the interface you will see some information about what it's up to, as well as a progress bar for uploading, how glorious!



That's pretty much all there is to it.
Unfortunately for some of you, this may mean uploading a lot of mods all over again.
Regrettably, there isn't much we can do to prevent this.


If you would like more info on the tool itself and what all the elements do, or if you are looking to upload a new mod, or your first ever mod, then be sure to check out this Steam Workshop Publishing Guide v2.0