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rival-black

Downloading games using Windows Steam does not seem to work on macos

When downloading a steam game through Windows Steam on Heroic, the disk speed drops to 0 almost immediately. Looking at the folder structure, I can see it has created a folder for the game, but no files are present. It makes no further progress downloading the game. What Ive tried: - Disable Esync - Disable Msync - Give read and write permission to Everyone for all files and folder in the Steam folder.
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rival-black
rival-blackOP4mo ago
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rival-black
rival-blackOP4mo ago
After waiting a while, the download fails with the error "Content Unavailable"
rival-black
rival-blackOP4mo ago
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adverse-sapphire
adverse-sapphire4mo ago
ive seen a lot of people complain that peak in specific doesn't install past 20.8mb not sure why but this is consistent across heroic's steam, kegworks, and crossover
rival-black
rival-blackOP4mo ago
damn... so no workaround I guess
adverse-sapphire
adverse-sapphire4mo ago
there is a workaround but its very weird and i personally wouldnt use it on heroic
rival-black
rival-blackOP4mo ago
Id like to try it out :p
adverse-sapphire
adverse-sapphire4mo ago
id just wait a bit for whatever this is to get sorted out im sure someone would figure it out i took this off the kegworks discord, so modify this for heroic but:
In the Safari address bar, type steam://open/console,

Locate your game on steamdb.info and find the App ID,

In the macOS Steam console, run the commands:,

- u/sSteamCmdForcePlatformType windows

- app_install AppIdHere,

When the download completes, navigate to the install location.,

By default, this is ~/Library/Application Support/Steam/steamapps,

Locate the app manifest .acf file and the game files under common/,

Also navigate to the the install location for Windows Steam,

By default, this is ~/Applications/Kegworks/YourWrapper.app/Contents/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps,

Move the app manifest file to this location, and put the game files under common/,

Launch Steam through Kegworks.
In the Safari address bar, type steam://open/console,

Locate your game on steamdb.info and find the App ID,

In the macOS Steam console, run the commands:,

- u/sSteamCmdForcePlatformType windows

- app_install AppIdHere,

When the download completes, navigate to the install location.,

By default, this is ~/Library/Application Support/Steam/steamapps,

Locate the app manifest .acf file and the game files under common/,

Also navigate to the the install location for Windows Steam,

By default, this is ~/Applications/Kegworks/YourWrapper.app/Contents/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps,

Move the app manifest file to this location, and put the game files under common/,

Launch Steam through Kegworks.
rival-black
rival-blackOP4mo ago
Thanks! Ill try that out
adverse-sapphire
adverse-sapphire4mo ago
im not entirely sure on the specific pathnames for heroic but you should be able to find them in the steam tile's settings
rival-black
rival-blackOP4mo ago
alright! Ill report back
Locate the app manifest .acf file and the game files under common/,
I dont seem to have this .acf file ah nvm alright did all that but the game doesnt start unfortunatly get a weird popup from unity and then the game just closes
adverse-sapphire
adverse-sapphire4mo ago
tough luck
rival-black
rival-blackOP4mo ago
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adverse-sapphire
adverse-sapphire4mo ago
from what I’m reading the game requires wine 10.x otherwise you won’t get past the menu crossover’s preview gets you the game open but you’ll have some weird input lag
rival-black
rival-blackOP4mo ago
hmm ok ok Thanks for your help
correct-apricot
correct-apricot4mo ago
same thign happened to me for certian gae,s Like i can totally downlaod them but launching is a no go

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