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Here is my first post and discussion:
This mod is so popular, it should be released on Steam also. What do you guys think?
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Don't think Long War can be released on Steam. The only other mods (to my knowledge) that can be released anywhere other than Steam Workshop are Source engine mods. Either that, or they have to be in the Steam Workshop, and XCOM doesn't have mod support, let alone Workshop support. I wager we'll see something along the lines of Workshop support for XCOM 2.
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Not entirely true, Company of Heroes: Europe at War (a mod for the first CoH) is available through Steam.Mundovore wrote:Don't think Long War can be released on Steam. The only other mods (to my knowledge) that can be released anywhere other than Steam Workshop are Source engine mods. Either that, or they have to be in the Steam Workshop, and XCOM doesn't have mod support, let alone Workshop support. I wager we'll see something along the lines of Workshop support for XCOM 2.
See: http://store.steampowered.com/app/342370
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CoH is a mod-friendly game from the get-go, EU isn'tMorrissey wrote:Not entirely true, Company of Heroes: Europe at War (a mod for the first CoH) is available through Steam.Mundovore wrote:Don't think Long War can be released on Steam. The only other mods (to my knowledge) that can be released anywhere other than Steam Workshop are Source engine mods. Either that, or they have to be in the Steam Workshop, and XCOM doesn't have mod support, let alone Workshop support. I wager we'll see something along the lines of Workshop support for XCOM 2.
See: http://store.steampowered.com/app/342370
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Which makes Longwar so much more impressive. This team modded a game which was not meant to be modded. ....AwesomeMundovore wrote:Don't think Long War can be released on Steam. The only other mods (to my knowledge) that can be released anywhere other than Steam Workshop are Source engine mods. Either that, or they have to be in the Steam Workshop, and XCOM doesn't have mod support, let alone Workshop support. I wager we'll see something along the lines of Workshop support for XCOM 2.
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Long War is not only a mod, it's something endorsed by Jake Solomon himself, something of very high admiration, a masterpiece. Why not being on Steam? Besides, it's indie, and as far as i know, Xenonauts is indie too, and it howerever became on Steam (Now, you're gonna tell me, Xenonauts might be indie but it's a game, not a mod. Well, that is a very good point).
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The thing to remember is that first and foremost, Steam is a DRM manager. As there are no digital rights to manage (for the most part) with a free game modification, this doesn't really fall in Steam's purview.
Second to keep in mind, Steam is a company like any other, and it exists to make money. Outside of the community workshops for some games, Steam hosts and distributes games to make money. Since I doubt Long War Studios ever intents to officially monetize this mod (or even indeed if they legally can), Steam doesn't have much of a monetary motivation to make this happen either.
Second to keep in mind, Steam is a company like any other, and it exists to make money. Outside of the community workshops for some games, Steam hosts and distributes games to make money. Since I doubt Long War Studios ever intents to officially monetize this mod (or even indeed if they legally can), Steam doesn't have much of a monetary motivation to make this happen either.