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SNDWV

21 Aug, 2022 @ 12:17pm

Rfactor2 BAD Management of Workshop Mod files

I am subscribed to more than 200 mods in workshop, but there is a problem with the way this game handles the files and also Steam a bit ...I went and unsubscribed from all because they where occupying 198 Gb of wasted space, they were installed normally when every time I launched the game but the files from Workshop remains, so in order to delete them you had to unsubscribe but not before I added them one by one on Favorites, went and just did that, now launched the game, guess what?... it went to uninstall all of the mods I have just unsubscribed ...this is so frustrating, the way this game handles the mods ...and it can be a simple task or make a config file to block the game uninstalling those ...but no, they dont care I guess ...sorry for my rant but if you know other ways to handle this id like to know from you ...
Take care.

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khan1670

30 Sep, 2022 @ 12:32pm

Yes it is a bit of a pain, but you can get around it with some work.

So take the package files for each mod from it's workshop folder and place them in the packages folder.

Then you can unsubscribe and when you load the game the mod will be uninstalled and the workshop folder deleted.

Install the mod manually, it will show up as a package to install in your content listing. Once installed you can delete the package from the packages folder.

For me though I do keep the packages on a separate backup drive.

Downside of this is you won't get automatic updates and will need to pay attention to this yourself.

I usually stay subscribed to recent mods for a while, but if they haven't been updated in a long time then I follow the above.

General Stoner has rFactor 2

13 Oct, 2022 @ 1:59pm

Yeah Na. Needs to be better. The shop and and workshop item system is a joke. RF2 will always be a half finished sim. such a shame.

Kendo BKK

7 Nov, 2022 @ 6:59am

The thing that is really annoying about the workshop is the mods are not in categories. There doesn't need to be many, Cars / Tracks / UI Mods

SNDWV

8 Nov, 2022 @ 11:11am

absolutely agree Kendo!

cristianuk has rFactor 2

6 Aug, 2023 @ 12:35pm

Originally posted by SNDWV:
absolutely agree Kendo!

thats how steam content works, rf2 cant do anything about it

Lane

14 Aug, 2023 @ 9:21am

i subscribe to alot of things but i had to get another 1000 gig hard drive for just operating system and what not,steam and its content and rfactor 2 with all i subscribed to takes up, right at 900 gig of space so far.

dose that sound right that just seems crazy that probably will end up needing 1.5 Terra bites for the sims content

TRS

25 Nov, 2023 @ 8:46pm

Originally posted by SNDWV:
I am subscribed to more than 200 mods in workshop, but there is a problem with the way this game handles the files and also Steam a bit ...I went and unsubscribed from all because they where occupying 198 Gb of wasted space, they were installed normally when every time I launched the game but the files from Workshop remains, so in order to delete them you had to unsubscribe but not before I added them one by one on Favorites, went and just did that, now launched the game, guess what?... it went to uninstall all of the mods I have just unsubscribed ...this is so frustrating, the way this game handles the mods ...and it can be a simple task or make a config file to block the game uninstalling those ...but no, they dont care I guess ...sorry for my rant but if you know other ways to handle this id like to know from you ...
Take care.

Quite sure it's not just rF2. It's the way Workshop works. All games steamapps\sorkshop\content > then numbered folders for each game.