diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
index b4d1dc48b..7304e64d5 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@
     "leaderboards",
     "lerp",
     "LINEARSIZE",
+    "linktarget",
     "lmao",
     "loadouts",
     "loddist",
diff --git a/packages/core/src/steam/steam.ts b/packages/core/src/steam/steam.ts
index f1352c658..09b47d234 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/steam/steam.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/steam/steam.ts
@@ -1,23 +1,57 @@
-import SteamUser from "steam-user";
+import SteamUser, { EConnectionProtocol } from "steam-user";
 
-export class Steam extends SteamUser {
-  // call me master hacker the way i be cheesing this up
-  async logOn(...parameters: Parameters<SteamUser["logOn"]>) {
-    let loggedOn = false;
-    const self = this;
+interface SteamManifest {
+  files: {
+    chunks: {
+      sha: string;
+      crc: number;
+      offset: string;
+      cb_original: number;
+      cb_compressed: number;
+    }[];
+    filename: string;
+    size: string;
+    flags: number;
+    sha_filename: string;
+    sha_content: string;
+    linktarget: unknown;
+  }[];
+}
 
-    this.on("loggedOn", () => {
-      console.log(`Logged onto ${self.steamID!.steam3()}`);
-      loggedOn = true;
+export class SteamVFS {
+  private steam = new SteamUser({ protocol: EConnectionProtocol.TCP });
+
+  private manifest: SteamManifest;
+
+  constructor(
+    private username: string,
+    private password: string,
+    private app: number,
+    private depot: number
+  ) {}
+
+  async init() {
+    this.steam.logOn({
+      accountName: this.username,
+      password: this.password,
     });
 
-    while (!loggedOn) {
-      // @ts-ignore
-      this._connectionClosed = false;
+    await new Promise((resolve) => this.steam.once("loggedOn", resolve));
 
-      console.log("Attempting to log on...");
-      super.logOn(...parameters);
-      await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 1000));
-    }
+    const productInfo = await this.steam.getProductInfo([this.app], []);
+    const manifest = await new Promise((resolve) => {
+      this.steam.getManifest(
+        this.app,
+        this.depot,
+        productInfo.apps[this.app].appinfo.depots[this.depot].manifests.public
+          .gid,
+        "public",
+        (_, response) => {
+          resolve(response);
+        }
+      );
+    });
+
+    console.log(JSON.stringify(manifest.files[0], null, 2));
   }
 }