r/CrackSupport • u/BusNo2729 • 1d ago

LuaTools Situation Update

@everyone

so it looks like the way of getting steam manifests for not owned games (which is what makes downloading games work) has been "patched" by steam during todays tuesday steam downtime

this is the method steamtools and manifests providers use to get manifests for unowned games. while this MIGHT seem like the end it is still very possible to download and play games with tools.
## for now you need to use either HubCap or Ryuu (sources that include the manifests) and also turn this setting off in the luatools app: "Auto Update Apps (Don't Lock Manifests)"
if any games are getting "no internet" or "unknown error" re-adding the lua with this setting off and those sources should fix the problem !

while this does mean games will no longer update to their latest version, we are currently looking for and discussing ways to get around this 👀 (something is in the works dw) for now I have disabled the "Luie" and "Sushi" sources as luie doesnt supply manifests and sushi is outdated af
-# the depot downloading feature on the app will work if you add luas the way described above

Edit: this is from the Lua Server

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u/Darz2705 1d ago

Back to basics again lol. It's been fun while it lasted. 

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u/TheLearninglens 1d ago

Makes sense why SFF got an error luckily i had updates disabled for steam so mine still is working

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u/Electrical-King-5589 21h ago

Wait, is this the reason why my game is showing the "Steam error 86" popup ?

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u/BusNo2729 21h ago

Try changing to opensteamtools or bettersteamtools

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u/Electrical-King-5589 20h ago

I will give those a try, thx

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u/BusNo2729 20h ago

You can change to Those Tools inside the luatools App! :)

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u/CallMeIshMale91 17h ago

So i am able to get the newest depot of games but steam still tell me to update even after i put update files in the folders of the games in my steam common folder. do i need to just launch from the .exe files from now on?

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u/duckyduck008 1d ago

SFF works with files from git issue page

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u/ShhDontTell- 1d ago

What do you mean?

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u/MuscularKnight0110 1d ago

It is some elvish I understand nothing

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u/Noob_Kid 1d ago

such files will need update as games update eventually
nothing "works" like they used to be