Steam workshop not downloading subscribed mods

I went online and everything I could find said that when you started the launcher you would see it telling you in the bottom right corner that it was installing and that you would get a message saying when it was done. Well that never happened. Turns out that even though I never got the message of it telling me that it was installing the mods it was still downloading them, I just had no way of knowing.

So if your mods are not installing, just launch the game and let it sit at the launcher for a few minutes; even if it looks like it's not doing anything. To make sure things are being installed, just click on the 'Data Files' button and you should see them starting to propagate as they download.

Until they fix it the only way to make sure they are all installed is to go to your subscription list and make sure the number of subs you have match up with the number of installed mods listed in 'Data Files'. I'm sure not everyone has this problem, but I'm even more sure I can't be the only one who has had this annoying 'glitch'.

Thought I would try to save a few people some time hunting around for answers. Everything I found just said that it should work a certain way, but never gave suggestions on how to resolve it should it not. Hope this saves some folks some time. Nickelodeon Jigsaw Gif Download Game. Showing 1 - 12 of 12 comments. I assume you moved the mod folder also? Well I didn't physically move the program folders. I just uninstalled the game and reinstalled it on the new harddrive.

I had this problem last Friday and even before the update a few times , and I found a lot of different info about how to solve it. There's not one solution, there are several possible solutions. I found that one in the comments of the reddit post at the end. But there are other possible solutions. Do a 'verify cache' as described in link above again and all mods will get downloaded again. This is from Athmo in this thread yesterday.

Not sure where he learned it. Alt tab to Steam, go offline. Open up the game, exit out. Restart steam in offline mode. Go online. Open up the game. Check the mods, if you don't see any, hit F5. Now, you can try downloading a new mod and check if the Steam Workshop not downloading mods issue is fixed. The corrupt download cache is another common factor that triggers the Steam Workshop not downloading subscribed mods issue. To fix this issue, follow the steps below to clear the download cache in Steam.

Step 1. Expand the Settings menu and select the download tab. Click on the Clear Download Cache button at the bottom of the screen and click Yes at the confirmation prompt to clear the locally download cache. Log in to your Steam account again and try downloading the mod. Now, see if the Steam not downloading Workshop mods issue still persists. Many users reported that the Steam Workshop not downloading subscribed mods issue occurs when accessing the Steam Beta too frequently.

So, you can opt out the Steam Beta and re-subscribe to the mods to fix the issue. Select the Account from the vertical menu of the left pane, and then click on the Change button under Beta participation. Change the status to None — Opt out of all beta programs from the drop-down menu and click on OK to save the change.

As you might know, sometimes the download progress of the mods is only shown inside the Big Picture Mode.

So, you can try using Big Picture Mode to fix the issue.