Error uploading preview file. Make sure you got a valid connection to Steam.
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Today and Yesterday, I’ve been getting this error trying to upload my latest star wars build to workshop.
Error uploading preview file. Make sure you got a valid connection to Steam.
[COMMANDLET 'UDKEditor.exe make -full' STARTED IN ''] Jan 18, 7:23 AM Init: Version: 10246 Init: Epic Internal: 0 Init: Compiled (64-bit): Dec 14 2015 20:23:37 Init: Command line: -full Init: Base directory: D:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\chivalrymedievalwarfare\Binaries\Win64\ Init: Character set: Unicode Log: Executing Class UnrealEd.MakeCommandlet --------------------Core - Release-------------------- --------------------Engine - Release-------------------- --------------------IpDrv - Release-------------------- --------------------GFxUI - Release-------------------- --------------------GameFramework - Release-------------------- --------------------UnrealEd - Release-------------------- --------------------GFxUIEditor - Release-------------------- --------------------WinDrv - Release-------------------- --------------------OnlineSubsystemPC - Release-------------------- --------------------OnlineSubsystemGameSpy - Release-------------------- --------------------OnlineSubsystemLive - Release-------------------- --------------------OnlineSubsystemSteamworks - Release-------------------- --------------------UDKBase - Release-------------------- --------------------UTEditor - Release-------------------- --------------------UTGame - Release-------------------- --------------------UTGameContent - Release-------------------- --------------------AOC - Release-------------------- --------------------AOCCustomizationContent - Release-------------------- --------------------AOCAudioContent - Release-------------------- --------------------StarWars - Release-------------------- Analyzing... D:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\chivalrymedievalwarfare\Development\Src\StarWars\Classes\StarWarsKOTH.uc(72) : Warning, Unknown property in defaults: linenumber=75 (looked in StarWarsKOTH) Scripts successfully compiled - saving package 'D:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\chivalrymedievalwarfare\Binaries\Win64\..\..\UDKGame\ContentSDK\StarWars.u' Warning/Error Summary --------------------- D:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\chivalrymedievalwarfare\Development\Src\StarWars\Classes\StarWarsKOTH.uc(72) : Warning, Unknown property in defaults: linenumber=75 (looked in StarWarsKOTH) Success - 0 error(s), 1 warning(s) Execution of commandlet took: 9.99 seconds [Jan 18, 7:24 AM] COMMANDLET 'UDKEditor.exe make -full' SUCCEEDED [COMMANDLET 'UDKEditor.exe make -final_release -full' STARTED IN ''] Jan 18, 7:24 AM Init: Version: 10246 Init: Epic Internal: 0 Init: Compiled (64-bit): Dec 14 2015 20:23:37 Init: Command line: -final_release -full Init: Base directory: D:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\chivalrymedievalwarfare\Binaries\Win64\ Init: Character set: Unicode Log: Executing Class UnrealEd.MakeCommandlet --------------------Core - Release-------------------- --------------------Engine - Release-------------------- --------------------IpDrv - Release-------------------- --------------------GFxUI - Release-------------------- --------------------GameFramework - Release-------------------- --------------------UnrealEd - Release-------------------- --------------------GFxUIEditor - Release-------------------- --------------------WinDrv - Release-------------------- --------------------OnlineSubsystemPC - Release-------------------- --------------------OnlineSubsystemGameSpy - Release-------------------- --------------------OnlineSubsystemLive - Release-------------------- --------------------OnlineSubsystemSteamworks - Release-------------------- --------------------UDKBase - Release-------------------- --------------------UTEditor - Release-------------------- --------------------UTGame - Release-------------------- --------------------UTGameContent - Release-------------------- --------------------AOC - Release-------------------- --------------------AOCCustomizationContent - Release-------------------- --------------------AOCAudioContent - Release-------------------- --------------------StarWars - Release-------------------- Analyzing... D:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\chivalrymedievalwarfare\Development\Src\StarWars\Classes\StarWarsKOTH.uc(72) : Warning, Unknown property in defaults: linenumber=75 (looked in StarWarsKOTH) Scripts successfully compiled - saving package 'D:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\chivalrymedievalwarfare\Binaries\Win64\..\..\UDKGame\ContentSDK\StarWars.u' Warning/Error Summary --------------------- D:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\chivalrymedievalwarfare\Development\Src\StarWars\Classes\StarWarsKOTH.uc(72) : Warning, Unknown property in defaults: linenumber=75 (looked in StarWarsKOTH) Success - 0 error(s), 1 warning(s) Execution of commandlet took: 3.16 seconds [Jan 18, 7:24 AM] COMMANDLET 'UDKEditor.exe make -final_release -full' SUCCEEDED [COMMANDLET 'UDKEditor.exe CookPackages -nohomedir -platform=PC StarWars -Guid=58A1FDAC44C20155CACBBC95B010C38C -final_release -multilanguagecook=INT -ModName=StarWars' STARTED IN ''] Jan 18, 7:24 AM Init: Version: 10246 Init: Epic Internal: 0 Init: Compiled (64-bit): Dec 14 2015 20:23:37 Init: Command line: -nohomedir -platform=PC StarWars -Guid=58A1FDAC44C20155CACBBC95B010C38C -final_release -multilanguagecook=INT -ModName=StarWars Init: Base directory: D:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\chivalrymedievalwarfare\Binaries\Win64\ Init: Character set: Unicode Log: Executing Class UnrealEd.CookPackagesCommandlet Log: Read config file: ..\..\Engine\Localization\INT\UnrealEd.INT Cooking with SEPARATE Lighting TextureFileCache... Cooking with SEPARATE Character TextureFileCache... Ignoring multithreaded flag because of incompatible options... GeneratePersistentMapList> Clearing existing lists There are 0 levels to process Loading base level ..\..\UDKGame\ContentSDK\StarWars.u Building adjacency information for static mesh 'SW_WP_Bowcaster.SM_Bowcaster'. Warning, Forcing UseTextureFileCache to FALSE for CookedPC... Running w/ PMap Object size optimization DISABLED. Fontlib/IME package UDKFrontEnd not found INT resources will be substituted for missing LOC packages Materials will be cleaned up... StaticMesh materials will be cleaned up... StaticMesh CleanUp: Adding Class : Engine.ActorFactory StaticMesh CleanUp: Adding Class : Engine.SequenceObject TagCookedStartupObjects> Using Shipped PersistentCookerData - this must be DLC... Tagging 0 already handled materials Tagging 0 already handled material instances Cooking StarWars Building adjacency information for static mesh 'SW_WP_Bowcaster.SM_Bowcaster'. Copying shader cache SDKShaderCache-PC-D3D-SM3.upk Copying shader cache SDKShaderCache-PC-D3D-SM5.upk Copying shader cache SDKShaderCache-PC-OpenGL.upk Warning/Error Summary --------------------- Warning, Forcing UseTextureFileCache to FALSE for CookedPC... Success - 0 error(s), 1 warning(s) Execution of commandlet took: 25.85 seconds [Jan 18, 7:25 AM] COMMANDLET 'UDKEditor.exe CookPackages -nohomedir -platform=PC StarWars -Guid=58A1FDAC44C20155CACBBC95B010C38C -final_release -multilanguagecook=INT -ModName=StarWars' SUCCEEDED Copied DefaultStarWars.ini into cooked directory "..\UDKGame\CookedSDK\StarWars_58A1FDAC44C20155CACBBC95B010C38C" Copied Localization [Uploading to Steam] Jan 18, 7:25 AM [FILE WRITE TO '..\UDKGame\CookedSDK\__CMWSDKFiles\wsinfo_StarWars.txt' FAILED] Jan 18, 7:25 AM System.IO.IOException: The process cannot access the file '..\UDKGame\CookedSDK\__CMWSDKFiles\Starwars.png' because it is being used by another process. at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath) at System.IO.File.InternalCopy(String sourceFileName, String destFileName, Boolean overwrite, Boolean checkHost) at System.IO.File.Copy(String sourceFileName, String destFileName, Boolean overwrite) at SDKFrontend.Pipeline.WorkshopUpload.Execute(IProcessManager ProcessManager, Profile InProfile) [COMMANDLET 'WorkshopUserTool.exe wsinfo_StarWars.txt' STARTED IN 'D:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\chivalrymedievalwarfare\Binaries\Win32'] Jan 18, 7:25 AM WSTOOL: Initializing Steam client Looking for $MicroTxItem Found $MicroTxItem Looking for $MapContest Waiting for Steam task to finish. WSTOOL: Getting file details for user Workshop FileId: 345101687 -----> Successfully got file details for FileId: 345101687, Filename: "AOCSDKLevels_3EBD20DA41A5794C17DCE0B78AD6FC45.cmwsdk" Published: 1, Subscribed: 0 WSTOOL: Getting file details for user Workshop FileId: 424219668 -----> Successfully got file details for FileId: 424219668, Filename: "AOCSDKLevels_564F6C7345BC886222B72291114291E4.cmwsdk" Published: 1, Subscribed: 0 WSTOOL: Getting file details for user Workshop FileId: 326432827 -----> Successfully got file details for FileId: 326432827, Filename: "AOCSDKLevels_7BF4F78840F8EB10387248B8B3B5199F.cmwsdk" Published: 1, Subscribed: 0 WSTOOL: Getting file details for user Workshop FileId: 346267578 -----> Successfully got file details for FileId: 346267578, Filename: "AOCSDKLevels_0C598F1C4711AFBBF9560EB535E87F10.cmwsdk" Published: 1, Subscribed: 0 WSTOOL: Getting file details for user Workshop FileId: 579605216 -----> Successfully got file details for FileId: 579605216, Filename: "FootmanSet.upk" Published: 1, Subscribed: 0 WSTOOL: Getting file details for user Workshop FileId: 392459811 -----> Successfully got file details for FileId: 392459811, Filename: "AOCSDKLevels_3ACAA08F4ABA836D0D4E77B36DA7192E.cmwsdk" Published: 1, Subscribed: 0 WSTOOL: Getting file details for user Workshop FileId: 229390650 -----> Successfully got file details for FileId: 229390650, Filename: "aocsdklevels_182477564707041bb66ea69470ae2e90.cmwsdk" Published: 1, Subscribed: 0 WSTOOL: Getting file details for user Workshop FileId: 362072432 -----> Successfully got file details for FileId: 362072432, Filename: "AOCSDKLevels_AE7BCAC3418350A910B9A5B697B99FCC.cmwsdk" Published: 1, Subscribed: 0 WSTOOL: Getting file details for user Workshop FileId: 353975728 -----> Successfully got file details for FileId: 353975728, Filename: "AOCSDKLevels_6F67FFA94DFF5A691C7816B67E8B1CAD.cmwsdk" Published: 1, Subscribed: 0 WSTOOL: Getting file details for user Workshop FileId: 323102544 -----> Successfully got file details for FileId: 323102544, Filename: "ZomboShortsword.upk" Published: 1, Subscribed: 0 WSTOOL: Getting file details for user Workshop FileId: 598366648 -----> Successfully got file details for FileId: 598366648, Filename: "StarWars_58A1FDAC44C20155CACBBC95B010C38C.cmwsdk" Published: 1, Subscribed: 0 WSTOOL: Getting file details for user Workshop FileId: 289400128 -----> Successfully got file details for FileId: 289400128, Filename: "aocsdklevels_16851181484e9299c736fb8e7247cd81.cmwsdk" Published: 1, Subscribed: 0 WSTOOL: Getting file details for user Workshop FileId: 393135432 -----> Successfully got file details for FileId: 393135432, Filename: "WepTest_F9594BC44333085ADF629D8AD729F39A.cmwsdk" Published: 1, Subscribed: 0 WSTOOL: Adding file(s) from directory: "..\..\UDKGame\CookedSDK\StarWars_58A1FDAC44C20155CACBBC95B010C38C" to archive: "D:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\chivalrymedievalwarfare\UDKGame\CookedSDK\__CMWSDKFiles\StarWars_58A1FDAC44C20155CACBBC95B010C38C.cmwsdk" -----> Adding file: "UDKGame\CookedSDK\StarWars_58A1FDAC44C20155CACBBC95B010C38C\CH_Stormtrooper.upk" -----> Adding file: "UDKGame\CookedSDK\StarWars_58A1FDAC44C20155CACBBC95B010C38C\DefaultStarWars.ini" -----> Adding file: "UDKGame\CookedSDK\StarWars_58A1FDAC44C20155CACBBC95B010C38C\Localization\INT\HelmetsMod.INT" -----> Added 3 file(s) to archive "StarWars_58A1FDAC44C20155CACBBC95B010C38C.cmwsdk" -----> Added 3 file(s) to archive "StarWars_58A1FDAC44C20155CACBBC95B010C38C.cmwsdk" -----> Adding file: "UDKGame\CookedSDK\StarWars_58A1FDAC44C20155CACBBC95B010C38C\SDKShaderCache-PC-D3D-SM3.upk" -----> Adding file: "UDKGame\CookedSDK\StarWars_58A1FDAC44C20155CACBBC95B010C38C\SDKShaderCache-PC-D3D-SM5.upk" -----> Adding file: "UDKGame\CookedSDK\StarWars_58A1FDAC44C20155CACBBC95B010C38C\SDKShaderCache-PC-OpenGL.upk" -----> Skipping file: "StarWars.ini" -----> Adding file: "UDKGame\CookedSDK\StarWars_58A1FDAC44C20155CACBBC95B010C38C\StarWars.u" -----> Adding file: "UDKGame\CookedSDK\StarWars_58A1FDAC44C20155CACBBC95B010C38C\SW_CH_Cultist.upk" -----> Adding file: "UDKGame\CookedSDK\StarWars_58A1FDAC44C20155CACBBC95B010C38C\SW_CH_Hansolo.upk" -----> Adding file: "UDKGame\CookedSDK\StarWars_58A1FDAC44C20155CACBBC95B010C38C\SW_CH_Jedi.upk" -----> Adding file: "UDKGame\CookedSDK\StarWars_58A1FDAC44C20155CACBBC95B010C38C\SW_CH_Rebel.upk" -----> Adding file: "UDKGame\CookedSDK\StarWars_58A1FDAC44C20155CACBBC95B010C38C\SW_Sounds.upk" -----> Adding file: "UDKGame\CookedSDK\StarWars_58A1FDAC44C20155CACBBC95B010C38C\SW_WP_Bowcaster.upk" -----> Adding file: "UDKGame\CookedSDK\StarWars_58A1FDAC44C20155CACBBC95B010C38C\SW_WP_DarthSaber.upk" -----> Adding file: "UDKGame\CookedSDK\StarWars_58A1FDAC44C20155CACBBC95B010C38C\SW_WP_E11.upk" -----> Adding file: "UDKGame\CookedSDK\StarWars_58A1FDAC44C20155CACBBC95B010C38C\SW_WP_Lightsaber01.upk" -----> Added 16 file(s) to archive "StarWars_58A1FDAC44C20155CACBBC95B010C38C.cmwsdk" WSTOOL: Compressing archive: "StarWars_58A1FDAC44C20155CACBBC95B010C38C.cmwsdk" -----> Successfully compressed archive: "StarWars_58A1FDAC44C20155CACBBC95B010C38C.cmwsdk" WSTOOL: Uploading preview file: "starwars.png" Waiting for Steam task to finish. Waiting for Steam task to finish.. Error uploading preview file. Make sure you got a valid connection to Steam. [Jan 18, 7:25 AM] COMMANDLET 'WorkshopUserTool.exe wsinfo_StarWars.txt' SUCCEEDED [Jan 18, 7:25 AM] ALL PIPELINE STEPS COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY.
If I leave the workshop preview image blank I get this error instead.
Error opening preview file. Make sure that the file UDKGame/CookedSDK/ is valid and not accessed by another program.
Is there anything I can do to fix this or this on Steam’s end.
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It’s probably on steam’s end. Their servers get worse every day.
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had the same problem, change the name of your preview picture file
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^ that worked.
Shoddy programming must be the issue. :P