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[Feature Request] Verify Integrity for Workshop Items

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ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#8538 · opened 2022-04-15 by ThisNekoGuy · updated 2022-04-15 · 0 comments · github
TThisNekoGuy 2022-04-15 github

Your system information

  • Steam client version (build number or date): March 14, 2022 at 19:49:17
  • Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): Arch Linux
  • Opted into Steam client beta?: No
  • Have you checked for system updates?: Yes

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

For context, I was downloading workshop content, after having reinstalled L4D2, and encountered the following issue:

After I recovered from that issue, manually clearing the folder where roughly between ~14-20 GBs of data was dumped into a sub-directory of my home folder, I restarted the game to finish downloading the remaining workshop content and attempt to play where an issue occurred: it consistently freezes when I try to load into gameplay.

Then, it dawned on me: why isn't there an option to verify integrity for workshop items?
If, in such a scenario where downloaded workshop items could potentially have been corrupted, why is there not a mechanism to verify that?
Can this be made a feature?

Steps for reproducing this issue:

  1. Have a download be (possibly) corrupted
  2. Attempt to verify integrity of game files
  3. The current implementation only accounts for the game itself, so workshop content is ignored