Let me start off by saying It is not the mod authors fault.

Ive been having a few issues recently with my Steam DS not wanting to download mods regardless of the solution i tried, i would keep getting Result: k_EResultTimeout on my console. after hours of trouble shooting the only thing that fixed it was copying some .dll files from my main steam installation to the dedicated folder. This was the individuals quote (username[Thomas_Jefferson]):

Copy the following files from your Steam client location (Program Files (x86)\Steam\) Into your Dedicated Server (SpaceEngineersDedicatedServer\DedicatedServer64\:
steamclient.dll
steamclient64.dll
tier0_s.dll
tier0_s64.dll
vstdlib_s.dll
vstdlib_s64.dll

Make sure you COPY (and overwrite) them and NOT MOVE them. If you are using DS on your local machine, the files may move if they're on the same root drive. All the files may not be necessary, but I just copied all of them for good measure.

Since then this is the only way for me to update mods and have them download through the DS console. Yesterday after doing an update check for 41 mods i noticed @Gwindalmir's Automatic Ore collector not working but i still had the HUD on and did all of authors recommended steps. I got mad and went to bed, today i woke up and verified my mods folders listed below

****MODS dont save in the MODS folder please keep this in mind, its normal for them to be empty*****

THE NUMBER 244850 is the number assigned to the game Space Engineers.

[this is my DS workshop mods directory] ProgramData\SpaceEngineersDedicated\Server Modded\content\244850

[this is my steam workshop directory] Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\workshop\content\244850

My DS folder didnt have this workshop mod in its directory [657749341]. What i did was copy and paste from my steam workshop directory to the DS and loaded my server and its now working.


I apologize for the long post, i hope the detail helps those unfamiliar with troubleshooting and familiarization of the directories.