is there anywhere i can download this mod for a non steam version of the game?

Yes it does. But it doesn't do much on its own, this is a technical mod for mod makers. :)

Does this mod still work?

Thanks for the reply! I took the plunge yesterday and played for several hours with both mods enabled (plus several more), and so far didn't run into any problems during gameplay. Fingers crossed. :)

This isn't related to AchieveIntegrations, as far as we know. It's a crash specific to The Roost Machine, that doesn't actually affect the game. :) the crash doesn't happen under the same conditions on all machines it seems (on mine, it almost always happens no matter the scenario, for instance)
It's perfectly safe to play though, it's just a little weird side effect.

Addendum: Interestingly, the crash only seems to happen when a) I try to leave the main menu without entering a game first, or b) purge an existing game and then click "Leave". When I "Continue" an existing game, click "Save & Exit", and then click "Leave" without purging the save, the crash does not happen.

When I enable achieveIntegrations 4.0.0.1 together with The Roost Machine 1.5.180 (and its requirement GHIRBI), the game crashes 100% reproducibly when I click "Leave" in the main menu. I'm on the current gateofhorn beta, and this happens with no other mods enabled, on a freshly purged savegame, and regardless of load order. My player.log ends with the note "A crash has been intercepted by the crash handler.".

I haven't tried to start a game with that setup and I probably won't, as I'm taking the crash as a warning sign. I'm posting this in the comments of both mods, hoping for further information as to what is going on and whether or not it's a problem.

I strongly doubt the issue comes from this specific mod. A lot of other people ran it in front of me without issue. Could you please check again, or better, send the crash log? (the Player.log file in the folder opened when you click on Browse Files in the settings) (you can create a new subject here, or on the cultsim fan discord server in the #modding channel)

After I just downloaded the latest patch

Just an FYI this mod crashes my game when I enable it.

Steam doesn't seem to be autodownloading mods when I subscribe. Can you help?

No, Steam automatically downloads the mod when a mod is updated. You shouldn't have to do anything. :)

Thanks - do you know if there is anything I need to do to get it to pick up the latest version?

This should be fixed now. :)

The mod breaks Rite of the Rebel Striving. It requires it to take an ingredient instead of a tool. Line 279 of element_update_rites.json.