The Emperor of the Fading Suns team is very happy announce that Steam Workshop integration launched today! This has been one of the features most requested by Emperor of the Fading Suns players and modders, and now you can access EFS mods quickly and easily from the game launcher. When you download the latest Steam version of the game and select “Play” in Steam, you will get the option to launch the base game or the new launcher.
If you select the launcher, you can then select “Mods”, which will show not only the mods you have installed locally (the game now ships with two) but also mods in Steam Workshop. You can select one of these to play and then, from the launcher screen, select play to try that mod. We have also added Map Editor access to the launcher. You can see a brief video on the new launcher at https://youtube.com/live/oLCB9e3WVIA?feature=share
PLEASE NOTE: HDI has no control over the content that modders put on the Steam Workshop (or anywhere else). As per the game’s EULA, we can make no warranty regarding mods, and you try new mods at your own risk. Mod responsibly!
We have also added a one-click mod launcher to the GOG version of the game. However, since GOG does not have the same Workshop functionality of Steam, it works differently. We have added a “launcher” folder to your EFSe files. If you select the “launcher” app, it opens the same launcher you get in Steam. However, there are currently no EFSe mods on GOG, so you only have the option to launch the two that ship with the game. We hope to see EFSe mods on GOG soon.
The two mods that ship with EFSe are Legacy and Phoenix. Legacy is essentially the 1.4 version of EFS (the pre-enhanced game). While it uses all the Enhanced functionality, the base game is the 1.4 version. Phoenix is a new mod by one of our veteran modders, and we hope you enjoy giving it a try.
Please let us know if you have any problems using this new launcher, and what mods you enjoy playing – or plan to create yourself! You can get the game at https://store.steampowered.com/app/2799350/Emperor_of_the_Fading_Suns_Enhanced/ and https://www.gog.com/en/game/emperor_of_the_fading_suns