First Mod can't upload to Steam Workshop

[cicero225]

Hi,

(first post here, etc.)

So I have a mod that adds a new civilization ready to go, and I can't perform the last step of uploading to the Steam Workshop.

I go to Tools->Steam Workshop, and go through the steps, select the package, etc. Everything checks out, it extracts correctly, etc. But when I click upload, it fails immediately with:

Attempting to upload Hidamari Civilization (v 1).civ5mod
Uploading Hidamari Civilization (v 1).civ5mod... FAILED
Cleaning up cloud data
Cleanup failed

(I didn't add that , btw)

I've looked around and I can't find anyone else with this problem. I have Steam on the whole time, tried removing all the large files, tried copying all the files into a new project and uploading there, and I am at a complete loss. Any help would be appreciated.

The only thing I can think of right now is that maybe it's because my steam install is in a non-traditional location? On ModBuddy I have the path to steam set to "F:\Games\Steam\SteamApps\common\Sid Meier's Civilization V", and path to user directory set as "C:\Users\[USERNAME]\Documents\My Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 5".

(While I'm here, on a completely unrelated question, does anyone know to deactivate a city-state quest in lua? I have an issue with quests not going away when they should. Though I guess this wouldn't be the right subforum for that.)

 

[Vicevirtuoso]

What's your mod filesize? Anything above 50 megs may have sporadic timeouts when you attempt to upload.

But, most of the time, it's just Steam being stupid -- had lots of issues with this and my soundtrack mods in the past. There was a long time where framedarchitecture removed all his mods from the workshop because of this.

The only thing I can think of right now is that maybe it's because my steam install is in a non-traditional location? On ModBuddy I have the path to steam set to "F:\Games\Steam\SteamApps\common\Sid Meier's Civilization V", and path to user directory set as "C:\Users\[USERNAME]\Documents\My Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 5".

Shouldn't matter. I have my Steam installed on another drive myself.

(While I'm here, on a completely unrelated question, does anyone know to deactivate a city-state quest in lua? I have an issue with quests not going away when they should. Though I guess this wouldn't be the right subforum for that.)

Afraid I don't know that one.

Hidamari Civilization (v 1).civ5mod

Spoiler :

You have committed a crime if the leader's FLAVOR_EXPANSION is anything less than 12.

 

[cicero225]

What's your mod filesize? Anything above 50 megs may have sporadic timeouts when you attempt to upload.

Admittedly it's ~100mb. But removing the large files does nothing to help. Plus, it doesn't timeout. It literally fails 2 seconds after I click upload.

Afraid I don't know that one.

My own reading of the code leads me to think I have to recompile at least on the dlls to fix it, and I'd rather not, for compatibility reasons. If worse comes to worse, I might prefer to just to leave the glitch there (City-state wonder quests given to the race stay "stuck" permanently if the quest is failed)

Spoiler :

You have committed a crime if the leader's FLAVOR_EXPANSION is anything less than 12.

Spoiler :

Guilty as charged. You'll be glad to know FLAVOR_NUKE is 12, though, just like Gandhi.

Well, I guess I'll try again later then. Still not working now...

 

[Vicevirtuoso]

Well, I guess I'll try again later then. Still not working now...

Afraid that's about all you can do if Steam is timing out. All I can suggest is try to upload it during a time that the Steam servers aren't going to be under much load, like early in the morning (for a U.S. time zone). I remember being unable to update my COH Civs for over two weeks at one point when the Steam summer sale was going on...

In the meantime, go ahead and crank up FLAVOR_EXPANSION to 15. The Hidamari Civ must be the wiiiiiiiiiidest empire in the world.

 

[Pouakai]

Why is the file so large? There's no reason that any mod that just is one civ should be anything more than 20mb at most. Even with music and a custom UI, the Nazca only topped out at just over 12

 

[cicero225]

Afraid that's about all you can do if Steam is timing out. All I can suggest is try to upload it during a time that the Steam servers aren't going to be under much load, like early in the morning (for a U.S. time zone). I remember being unable to update my COH Civs for over two weeks at one point when the Steam summer sale was going on...

In the meantime, go ahead and crank up FLAVOR_EXPANSION to 15. The Hidamari Civ must be the wiiiiiiiiiidest empire in the world.

Well I tried it again in the middle of the night, and it didn't work. But then I removed the large files (The entire music library, basically, which fortunately I made modular) again and tried this time it worked: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=218789442

Going to have to wait to try the soundtrack thing again, and maybe recompress the music to be smaller. But yay...

And I can't do it. I'm sorry. If I made her FLAVOR_EXPANSION 15, she'd be Hiawatha on steroid, and I'd hate her. And I don't want to hate her...