README.md

steampkg

• steampkg is a wrapper script for SteamCMD that downloads and packages games for easy archival.
• Run ./steampkg.sh -h for full usage options.
• Requirements: python3, jq, 7z, unbuffer (expect package)
• If steamcmd.sh is NOT detected, then it will download it automatically.
• asciinema demo

Account management

Unlike other tools, steampkg utilises cached credentials obtained from Steam's config.vdf file. Only three keys are actually required, however: Accounts, MTBF, ConnectCache. These values would then be made into a new file, accounts/<your username>.vdf, located in the same directory as the script.

Example account config (could be either tab or space-separated):

"InstallConfigStore"
{
  "Software"
  {
    "Valve"
    {
      "Steam"
      {
        "Accounts"
        {
          "username"
          {
            "SteamID"    "xxxxx"
          }
        }
        "MTBF"    "xxxxx"
        "ConnectCache"
        {
          "CRC32 hash of username with 1 added AFTER (username = f85e06771)"    "verylonghash, ~1000 characters"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

$ ls accounts
username.vdf username2.vdf username3.vdf

$ ./steampkg.sh -u username 4000   #Downloads Garry's Mod (assuming username owns it) for Windows

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todo:

• add if statement for goldsrc games, ref. linuxgsm here unsure, might delete

scripts used:

• vdf2json [https://gist.github.com/ynsta/7221512c583fbfbafe6d]