{"name":"Steam","title":"Steam","type":"topic","url":"https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Steam","revid":376904,"updated":"2025-12-20T22:55:14Z","aliases":[],"markdown":"[Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/) is a video game distribution platform that hosts, sometimes exclusively, Bohemia Interactive games such as Arma 3, Take On Helicopters and Arma Reforger.\n\n> [!NOTE]\n> See [Steam (service)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam_(service)).\n\n### Available Bohemia Interactive Games\n\n- Operation Flashpoint\n- ArmA: Armed Assault\n- Arma 2\n- Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead\n- Arma 3\n- Arma Reforger\n- DayZ\n- Ylands\n- Carrier Command: Gaea Mission\n- Take On Helicopters\n- Take On Mars\n- Vigor\n- Silica\n\n### Assistance\n\n#### Verify Game Files\n\nIn the event of a game issue, it is sometimes recommended to make Steam verify the game files:\n\n- right-click on the game in the Steam list\n- select \"Properties\"\n- click on \"Local Files\"\n- press \"Verify integrity of game files\"\n\nSteam will now verify and repair modified files. This will not erase any personal files; game progress, controls and other configurations will remain unchanged.\n\n> [!NOTE]\n> See [Steam's tutorial](https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/0C48-FCBD-DA71-93EB).\n\n#### Move Arma 3 Workshop Items\n\nMods in Arma 3 can often take a lot of space, and storage capacity can quickly be overwhelmed. In order to circumvent this issue, it is possible to change the mods storage location.\nA [Symbolic link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbolic_link) (also known as Symlink) can make this happen, making the game see data from another location in the directory it expects.\n\n1. Locate the Workshop directory, in which the `107410` directory (which has the entire Arma 3 related Workshop items) is present.\n\n   > [!NOTE]\n   > Usually `C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Steam\\steamapps\\workshop\\content` or if SteamLibrary is installed on another drive (e.g `D:`), `D:\\SteamLibrary\\steamapps\\workshop\\content`.\n1. **Copy** the `107410` directory to its new location (e.g `E:\\NewArma3WorkshopDirectory`)\n1. Rename the `<workshop directory>\\107410` source directory to make a backup and ensure it is not used accidentally(e.g `107410_backup`)\n1. Open Command Prompt in Administrator mode (Windows Search > type \"cmd\", right-click > \"Run as Administrator\")\n1. Enter this command:\n\n   ```\n   mklink /d target source\n   ```\n\n   , where:\n   - *target* is the original `107410` location, e.g `C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Steam\\steamapps\\workshop\\content\\107410`\n   - *source* is the actual data directory, e.g `E:\\NewArma3WorkshopDirectory`\n1. Press <kbd>Return ↵</kbd> to run the command, here\n\n   ```\n   mklink /d \"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Steam\\steamapps\\workshop\\content\\107410\" \"E:\\NewArma3WorkshopDirectory\"\n   ```\n1. This is it! There is nothing else to configure and nothing to change Launcher-wise. Start the game to make sure it recognizes the items properly.\n1. If everything went well, the backup can be safely deleted (`C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Steam\\steamapps\\workshop\\content\\107410_backup`).\n\n> [!NOTE]\n> To delete a symbolic link, simply delete the *target* directory from Windows Explorer (here `C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Steam\\steamapps\\workshop\\content\\107410` > right-click > delete).\n> See also [How-To Geek tutorial](https://www.howtogeek.com/16226/complete-guide-to-symbolic-links-symlinks-on-windows-or-linux/).","sections":[{"heading":null,"level":1,"markdown":"[Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/) is a video game distribution platform that hosts, sometimes exclusively, Bohemia Interactive games such as Arma 3, Take On Helicopters and Arma Reforger.\n\n> [!NOTE]\n> See [Steam (service)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam_(service))."},{"heading":"Available Bohemia Interactive Games","level":3,"markdown":"- Operation Flashpoint\n- ArmA: Armed Assault\n- Arma 2\n- Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead\n- Arma 3\n- Arma Reforger\n- DayZ\n- Ylands\n- Carrier Command: Gaea Mission\n- Take On Helicopters\n- Take On Mars\n- Vigor\n- Silica"},{"heading":"Assistance","level":3,"markdown":""},{"heading":"Verify Game Files","level":4,"markdown":"In the event of a game issue, it is sometimes recommended to make Steam verify the game files:\n\n- right-click on the game in the Steam list\n- select \"Properties\"\n- click on \"Local Files\"\n- press \"Verify integrity of game files\"\n\nSteam will now verify and repair modified files. This will not erase any personal files; game progress, controls and other configurations will remain unchanged.\n\n> [!NOTE]\n> See [Steam's tutorial](https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/0C48-FCBD-DA71-93EB)."},{"heading":"Move Arma 3 Workshop Items","level":4,"markdown":"Mods in Arma 3 can often take a lot of space, and storage capacity can quickly be overwhelmed. In order to circumvent this issue, it is possible to change the mods storage location.\nA [Symbolic link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbolic_link) (also known as Symlink) can make this happen, making the game see data from another location in the directory it expects.\n\n1. Locate the Workshop directory, in which the `107410` directory (which has the entire Arma 3 related Workshop items) is present.\n\n   > [!NOTE]\n   > Usually `C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Steam\\steamapps\\workshop\\content` or if SteamLibrary is installed on another drive (e.g `D:`), `D:\\SteamLibrary\\steamapps\\workshop\\content`.\n1. **Copy** the `107410` directory to its new location (e.g `E:\\NewArma3WorkshopDirectory`)\n1. Rename the `<workshop directory>\\107410` source directory to make a backup and ensure it is not used accidentally(e.g `107410_backup`)\n1. Open Command Prompt in Administrator mode (Windows Search > type \"cmd\", right-click > \"Run as Administrator\")\n1. Enter this command:\n\n   ```\n   mklink /d target source\n   ```\n\n   , where:\n   - *target* is the original `107410` location, e.g `C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Steam\\steamapps\\workshop\\content\\107410`\n   - *source* is the actual data directory, e.g `E:\\NewArma3WorkshopDirectory`\n1. Press <kbd>Return ↵</kbd> to run the command, here\n\n   ```\n   mklink /d \"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Steam\\steamapps\\workshop\\content\\107410\" \"E:\\NewArma3WorkshopDirectory\"\n   ```\n1. This is it! There is nothing else to configure and nothing to change Launcher-wise. Start the game to make sure it recognizes the items properly.\n1. If everything went well, the backup can be safely deleted (`C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Steam\\steamapps\\workshop\\content\\107410_backup`).\n\n> [!NOTE]\n> To delete a symbolic link, simply delete the *target* directory from Windows Explorer (here `C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Steam\\steamapps\\workshop\\content\\107410` > right-click > delete).\n> See also [How-To Geek tutorial](https://www.howtogeek.com/16226/complete-guide-to-symbolic-links-symlinks-on-windows-or-linux/)."}],"categories":["ArmA: Armed Assault","Arma 2","Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead","Arma 3","Arma 4","Arma Reforger","Carrier Command: Gaea Mission","DayZ","Operation Flashpoint","Silica","Take On Helicopters","Take On Mars","Vigor"],"groups":["Game and Troubleshooting"]}