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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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deep-jadeOP•3mo ago

deep-jadeOP•3mo ago

After waiting a while, the download fails with the error "Content Unavailable"

deep-jadeOP•3mo ago

evident-indigo•3mo 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

deep-jadeOP•3mo ago

damn... so no workaround I guess

evident-indigo•3mo ago

there is a workaround but its very weird and i personally wouldnt use it on heroic

deep-jadeOP•3mo ago

Id like to try it out :p

evident-indigo•3mo 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.

deep-jadeOP•3mo ago

Thanks! Ill try that out

evident-indigo•3mo 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

deep-jadeOP•3mo 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

evident-indigo•3mo ago

tough luck

deep-jadeOP•3mo ago

evident-indigo•3mo 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

deep-jadeOP•3mo ago

hmm ok ok Thanks for your help

national-gold•2mo 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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