Command : Publish

Publish an existing mod to Steam Workshop.

vmb publish <mod_name> [-d <description>] [-t <title>] [-l <language>] 
                       [-v {private|public|friends}] [-c <content_folder>]
                       [--tags "<tag1>; <tag2>;..."]
                       [--ignore-errors] [--verbose] [--clean] [--source]

Description

This will create a .cfg file (named itemV1 or itemV2 by default depending on the game, can be overwritten with --cfg param) for a mod if it doesn't exist then build and publish the mod to workshop as a new item. If .cfg file is present it shouldn't have published_id in it.

Parameters

Upload params

--description <description> or -d <description> - workshop and in-game description of the mod.
--title <title> or -t <title> - readable title of the mod.
--language <language> or -l <language> - language of the mod.
--visibility {private|public|friends} or -v {private|public|friends} - visibility of the mod on the workshop.

• private - visible to you and admins.
• public - visible to everyone.
• friends - visible to you, people from your friendlist and admins.

--content <content_folder> or -c <content_folder> - path to the content folder. Can be relative or absolute. When not absolute, it is relative to the mod's folder.
--tags "<tag1>; <tag2>;..." - workshop tags of your mod.

Build params

--verbose - prints Stingray executable console output.
--ignore-errors or --ignore-build-errors or -e - ignores Stingray executable errors and tries to copy the built bundle anyway. You can also enable this parameter by default by setting ignore_build_errors in .vmbrc to true.
--clean - deletes the temp folder instead of overwriting it (builds slower, use to force building from scratch).
--copy-source-code or --source - this will copy the source code of the mod into <bundle_folder>/source. This includes all files inside the mod folder, except .cfg and item preview files, and excluding bundle folders. Before building, all previously copied source code folders of a mod will be deleted to prevent Stingray from creating extraneous bundles.

Use cases

Publishing for another game:

vmb publish <mod_name> -g={1|2}

Create a private beta branch of a mod:

vmb publish <mod_name> --cfg=itemBeta --content=bundleBeta --visibility={private|friends}