Difference between revisions of "Download for other OS from Steam HOWTO"

Latest revision as of 13:27, 7 March 2023

Go to this address in your browser to open Steam's console:
- ```
steam://open/console
```
- Or you can fully exit Steam and run it with the -console argument
You will now have a "CONSOLE" tab in Steam, and you can type in commands at the bottom
Execute these 2 commands
- ```
@sSteamCmdForcePlatformType ostype
```
  - (where ostype is one of windows, macos, or linux)
- ```
@sSteamCmdForcePlatformBitness bitness
```
  - (where bitness is either 32 or 64)
Download your game as normal and wait for it to finish
Cut and paste the game folder out of your Steam library so you don't have to worry about Steam trying to manage it in the future
Uninstall the game in Steam so it doesn't try to redownload
To put your Steam back to your regular OS setting, fully restart Steam or run the commands again with your normal OS

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 * Go to this address in your browser to open Steam's console:
 ** <pre>steam://open/console</pre>
+** Or you can fully exit Steam and run it with the -console argument
 * You will now have a "CONSOLE" tab in Steam, and you can type in commands at the bottom
 * Execute these 2 commands