README_UPDATE_PROTOBUF_FILES.md

Updating procedure

1. Move all new .proto files to protobuf_files/
2. Make sure that your virtual environment has the protobuf library installed. If not then install it with the version in the requirements/app.txt file.
3. To generate/update python files in src/steam_network/protocol/messages/ from above directory, run command: inv generate-protobuf-messages
4. If you received a warning log in the console that some of the messages already exist, check that the mentioned file is not obsolete.
5. Check imports in steam_network/protocol/protobuf_client.py. Some messages could have moved or been renamed.
6. Build the plugin and check that it works, especially features which may be affected by changes in their protobuf messages.

Sources

• https://github.com/steamdatabase/protobufs
• https://github.com/ValvePython/steam