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Steam downloading games already installed

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  • 30-03-2009 8:39pm
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    Fanny Cradock
    Registered Users Posts: 10,245 ✭✭✭✭


    I'm wondering if anybody else using Steam notices that your installed games will do a partial or full download from time to time. I've just noticed that COH appears to be downloading the entire game again for some reason - hogging my bandwidth and pressing my cap (assuming it is ever enforced) - and I have no idea why. I've not played it in a while and surely an update would only be a fairly small file that would start downloading when I opened the game.


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    #2
    Ardscoil Ris
    Registered Users Posts: 1,020 ✭✭✭Ardscoil Ris


    I know STEAM tries to download full games instead of installing from the disc, but I never heard of it downloading the full game when it's already installed. It's an odd one.

    Actually, just checked the official forums and it's a bug. I'm sure the next STEAM update should fix it.


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    Azza
    Moderators Posts: 5,558 ✭✭✭Azza


    Had this bug before and I tried everything to remedy it. Kept re-installing L4D and other games.


    In the end I was forced to do a re-install of windows :(


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    Fanny Cradock
    Registered Users Posts: 10,245 ✭✭✭✭Fanny Cradock


    Thanks guys. Hope they get that update out soon because I really don't want to keep on having to do this.


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    CutzEr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 837 ✭✭✭CutzEr


    Are you sure that it is not just a large update?


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    Jumpy
    Registered Users Posts: 7,606 ✭✭✭Jumpy


    Its a large update. I got it too. I mean huge. Look at the update fix list. Its pages long.


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    uberpixie
    Registered Users Posts: 1,864 ✭✭✭uberpixie


    Jumpy wrote: »
    Its a large update. I got it too. I mean huge. Look at the update fix list. Its pages long.

    +1

    Takes ages to download.


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    Fanny Cradock
    Registered Users Posts: 10,245 ✭✭✭✭Fanny Cradock


    Well that is good to know.

    It certainly was a massive update. Still, there does seem to be a fair bit of "x game has been installed to Steam" going on of late. Possibly they are all just updates.


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