tmodloader GOG support without steam requirement

[nickcordero]

Do you intend to personally contribute/program this feature?

No

I would like to see this change made to improve my experience with

Gameplay as a Player

Description

Per the official wiki at: https://github.com/tModLoader/tModLoader/wiki/tModLoader-guide-for-players#manual-installation

For version 1.4 of Terraria, Steam is required to be installed:

[1.4 ONLY] GoG users will need to install Steam if they haven't already. Our Mod Browser uses some of the steam install files to facilitate accessing the Steam Workshop. You should NOT need an account/be logged in for this to work.

This guide specifies that users have to install steam after purchasing the game on GOG anyway. User's that do not use or do not want Steam have to install a separate storefront in order to use tmodloader. This wouldnt be completely out of the ordinary if tmodloader didnt work for GOG Terraria before the 1.4 version. For the 1.3 version it works:

[This step applies to 1.3 ONLY] Remove or Add the Steam files depending on which version of the game you own:
If you are using the GOG version of Terraria, delete the Steam file from the folder you just extracted tModLoader into (these files might already be deleted from the zip you downloaded):

Its pretty crappy of tmodloader to support the gog version, then when a new version of terraria drops, change the support and those that bought the gog version are left out with 1.4 unless they install steam.

What does this proposal attempt to solve or improve?

1. Locking terraria modding behind steam
2. Forcing users to install a program on their computer (steam)
3. Providing direct access to mods for those on GOG that purchased the game legitimately.

Which (other) solutions should be considered?

No

[steviegt6]

tModLoader supports GOG. It just also expects a Steam install. This isn't for DRM, it's because the Mod Browser downloads mods from the Steam Workshop.

[nickcordero]

tModLoader supports GOG. It just also expects a Steam install. This isn't for DRM, it's because the Mod Browser downloads mods from the Steam Workshop.

It did not used to need a steam install prior to 1.4.

There is a mirror at mirror.sgkoi.dev. The mods could be installed manually just like they used to be and downloaded from the mirror repo.

This would allow users who purchased the game, not from steam to be able to still mod the game without having to install steam.

Edit: The mirror I linked seems to be out of date. I do see mods at terraria-game.com and they appear to be for 1.4.3

I have not tested any of them as I do not have steam installed.

[steviegt6]

The old Mod Browser was hosted on jopo's Raspberry Pi. The new browser is the Workshop. The mirror is for the old browser.

[nickcordero]

I’m not sure how valid terraria-game.com is for mods but it sounds like all official mod hosting is on the workshop going forward so for those that do not want steam on their system. There just really won’t be any mod for terraria.

[steviegt6]

I think you should suck it up for the time being, and terraria-game.com is a disgusting website illegally redistributing people's work. No one currently likes the Workshop, but it's what we're stuck with for the time being. Join the Discord and voice your opinion there; there have been discussions in the past regarding changing.