What happens if the creator of the item decides to delete the workshop item they made, or it gets taken down by other means, but it’s already in the published map. Will it stay? Will the item be removed? I have a couple decorations that are steam workshop items but maybe I’ll get rid of them if they will interfere with the future of the map.
What would happen is those items wouldnt load as you suspected, its probably not a good idea to use workshop items apart of the main course unless you’ve uploaded it or can rely on the uploader.
even after the map is completely published? the items would disappear after the fact?
as far as i know unless i’m completely wrong, if the model is gone it wont be able to load it as there is nothing to load. It might load if the model is still saved in your workshop cache (if enabled) but then a new user who hasn’t loaded it before wouldn’t be able to load it.