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flat-fuchsia
Can't set the visibility of my mod on Steam Workshop to public on a non-limited account
I have created a mod and I have published it via the in-game Publish feature.
The mod has a unique icon and a description, there were no problems during the publishing process. I chose the "Public" visibility.
On the Steam Workshop page of the mod, I saw the typical automatic check message, along with the "Current visibility: Friends-only" text (pic.1). The first one was gone after a reload, the second one persisted. The visibility of the mod was indeed stuck on Friends-only.
Next, I tried changing the visibility on this page to Public, which led to an error message. The error message was pretty generic. Same error message was caused by attempting to change the visibility to Unlisted or Private.
After looking this error up on this discord and online, as well as the keywords "workshop visibility" and such, I found that accounts that are "limited" face a similar issue, except they don't even have the "Public" option when choosing the visibility on this page.
I tried to make a small change and publish an update via tML, setting it to Unlisted. It changed to Unlisted successfully by publishing. Didn't allow me to change it to Public though.
I tried another small change and another update via tML, setting it to Public. It changed to Friends-only. Moreover, now I lost the "Public" option in the Steam Workshop page's "Change Visibility" combobox.
As a conclusion, my best guess is that my account is magically "limited" when it comes down to publishing on Workshop. Any other functionality that would be "limited" (such as friend invites) works fine for me, moreover, I have clearly spent above 5eu on this account. If that is the case and there's no way for you guys to help me, I will try again after putting 5eu on my Steam Wallet.
I don't know the capabilities of the admins on the workshop. Can you view the mod? Can you change its visibility to Public in my place? If there's an issue with the mod itself, can you help me pinpoint it?
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Welcome to #support-forum. Before someone helps you, please first consult the information in #TML Troubleshooting Guide and try all the suggestions that might fit your particular issue, especially in the linked FAQ page.
If the information in the pinned thread does not solve your issue, please post all log files by dragging and dropping them into this chat. In Steam right click on
tModLoader in the library, then hover over Manage and click on Browse local files. In the folder that appears find tModLoader-Logs and open that folder. Inside that folder are the logs files. Select them all except the Old folder and drag them into this chat. If you need a visual guide to this process watch this: https://github.com/tModLoader/tModLoader/assets/4522492/3f4efa43-753f-4733-b630-ba85e711340cflat-fuchsiaOP•8mo ago
After looking this error up on this discordTwo people faced the same issue before me and they wrote about it on this discord. However, I didn't quite understand whether their cases were resolved or not, and if yes, what was the solution I also tried changing the visibility from the steam's website, which didn't work either (also gives the same error) The error itself:
There was a problem changing the visibility of this item (15). Please try again laterI will try enabling the Steam Guard and seeing if it resolves the issue Enabling the Steam Guard resolved the issue! I was able to set the Steam Workshop visibility of my mod from Friend-only to Public after I enabled Steam Guard. (this message is full of keyword for future people like me)
Glad you figured it out. If it happens in the future I can sometimes set it to public for you, I've had to do that before for some modders for some reason
flat-fuchsiaOP•8mo ago
alright. for future similar situations, I suggest asking them to try setting Steam Guard first, to see if it's the universal cause for un-limited accounts