let people who don't have factorio on steam add mods to their bookmarks

cybersteve547 · Post by **cybersteve547** » Mon Jul 22, 2024 10:59 pm

TL;DR

make it so that anyone with a factorio.com account can add mods to their bookmarks.

What ?

read TL;DR

Why ?

there are some players (like me), that don't have factorio on steam, but would like to have a list of mods they would like to use, but they can't, because only people with factorio on steam can use bookmarks.

Post by **Loewchen** » Mon Jul 22, 2024 11:05 pm

There is no such limit, you can even set the bookmarks on https://mods.factorio.com/library/bookmarks in the browser.

cybersteve547 · Post by **cybersteve547** » Mon Jul 22, 2024 11:43 pm

Loewchen wrote: ↑Mon Jul 22, 2024 11:05 pm There is no such limit, you can even set the bookmarks on https://mods.factorio.com/library/bookmarks in the browser.

nope, i need factorio on steam to do that - i was suggesting removing that limit there.

Qon · Post by **Qon** » Mon Jul 22, 2024 11:58 pm

cybersteve547 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 22, 2024 11:43 pm
Loewchen wrote: ↑Mon Jul 22, 2024 11:05 pm There is no such limit, you can even set the bookmarks on https://mods.factorio.com/library/bookmarks in the browser.
nope, i need factorio on steam to do that - i was suggesting removing that limit there.

How do you know Steam has anything to do with it? Can you provide an error message screenshot? I find your claim hard to believe. It makes no sense at all. It would make more sense if you claimed the opposite, that you need a verified purchase on your Factorio.com account. And if you had a Steam purchase then you could get a Factorio.com-key, and vice versa, so there's no issue anyways. The mod portal at mods.factorio.com has nothing to do with Steam so Steam can't have anything to do with your issue. Sounds like PEBCAK to me.

cybersteve547 · Post by **cybersteve547** » Tue Jul 23, 2024 12:10 am

Qon wrote: ↑Mon Jul 22, 2024 11:58 pm
cybersteve547 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 22, 2024 11:43 pm
Loewchen wrote: ↑Mon Jul 22, 2024 11:05 pm There is no such limit, you can even set the bookmarks on https://mods.factorio.com/library/bookmarks in the browser.
nope, i need factorio on steam to do that - i was suggesting removing that limit there.
How do you know Steam has anything to do with it? Can you provide an error message screenshot? I find your claim hard to believe. It makes no sense at all. It would make more sense if you claimed the opposite, that you need a verified purchase on your Factorio.com account. And if you had a Steam purchase then you could get a Factorio.com-key, and vice versa, so there's no issue anyways. The mod portal at mods.factorio.com has nothing to do with Steam so Steam can't have anything to do with your issue. Sounds like PEBCAK to me.

screenshot taken on meta quest 2

Post by **Loewchen** » Tue Jul 23, 2024 12:17 am

It's showing that the account you are logged in with does not own a license to the game. This has nothing to do with steam.

cybersteve547 · Post by **cybersteve547** » Tue Jul 23, 2024 12:34 am

Loewchen wrote: ↑Tue Jul 23, 2024 12:17 am It's showing that the account you are logged in with does not own a license to the game. This has nothing to do with steam.

ohhhhhh i have to have bought the game here or on steam ohhhhhhhhh

but still, it would be nice if anybody could use bookmarks.

also i have it on switch. (ik not moddable)

Kyralessa · Post by **Kyralessa** » Tue Jul 23, 2024 7:20 am

cybersteve547 wrote: ↑Tue Jul 23, 2024 12:34 am also i have it on switch. (ik not moddable)

Do you own the game for PC, or only for Switch?

cybersteve547 · Post by **cybersteve547** » Tue Jul 23, 2024 3:53 pm

Kyralessa wrote: ↑Tue Jul 23, 2024 7:20 am
cybersteve547 wrote: ↑Tue Jul 23, 2024 12:34 am also i have it on switch. (ik not moddable)
Do you own the game for PC, or only for Switch?

only on switch, but i would still like to have basically a wishlist of mods.

aka13 · Post by **aka13** » Tue Jul 23, 2024 5:36 pm

cybersteve547 wrote: ↑Tue Jul 23, 2024 3:53 pm
Kyralessa wrote: ↑Tue Jul 23, 2024 7:20 am
cybersteve547 wrote: ↑Tue Jul 23, 2024 12:34 am also i have it on switch. (ik not moddable)
Do you own the game for PC, or only for Switch?
only on switch, but i would still like to have basically a wishlist of mods.

The mod library is the only soft drm existing for factorio. Since no mods are coming to switch ever, you either pirated the game, or don't really need those in-portal bookmarks.
Since you are not loading them into the game, there is no functional difference to making a browser bookmark, which imo is a reasonable thing to do.

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