Steam keeps downloading all my mods over and over

This didn't end up working for me, it stays unchecked but initiates installing the addons on game startup anyway. Restarting steam should fix the problem. If you still face the same issue, one you can try pausing the downloads and restarting steam to see if it helps this was an earlier bug in steam. Check your settings to see if the correct game folders are included. If all else fails, Steam support is the best way to get help. Drag a selection box around all the folders and then right click on one of them and select "copy" 3.

Go to the Manual mods folder and then paste those folders to that location. Right click empty file area and select "paste" 4. This has no bearing on how they will look in game, just makes it easier to manage within Windows. To figure out what mod is located within that folder you can go into that folder, then into the "About" folder.

From there you will need to open the "About. This name is also what you will see when selecting the mod in-game. At this point go back to Steam and un-subscribe from the mods. You don't want to leave them subscribed as having two versions of the mod has the possibility for messing things up. I would suggest making the mods a "Favorite" to make it easy to find them again.

Showing 1 - 15 of comments. This is a discussion on Ark forums as well. Seems the maintenance borked some things for people. I had the same issue and decided to call it a night.

Hopefully be fixed tomorrow can only hope though. Add auto log in remember password when you launch Steam. Maxson View Profile View Posts. This is happening to me also. And seems to repeat if I log-out and log-in to Steam.

I had like 44 RimWorld Workshop mods just deleted from my When I unsubscribe to one of the deleted mods and re-subscribe to that same mid, Steam will download them again! Very strange and this should not be happening.

This also affects my other games I have Workshop mods for, like Empyrion Galactic Survival and SimAirport - yet I did not even play those games this evening. You can try the following methods one by one until you fix Steam download stopping issue.

The most direct way to resolve Steam download issue is making some changes for your Steam Download settings. What can you do? Just have a look at the following contents:. Step 1 : At first, go to Steam Settings and choose Downloads from the left pane. Step 2 : In Download Region section, select an alternative region that is not too far but in a foreign country. Step 3 : In Download Restrictions section, set the bandwidth to No limit. After the download cache is cleared, your Steam will restart.

If your Steam download keeps stopping, you should check if there are any other running programs. Because some programs might conflict with your Steam.

Step 1 : Right-click Start button and choose Task Manager from the menu.