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[Steam] Updating the updated client ?

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Hurque
Native Freshfood
Minmatar Republic
#1 - 2012-12-06 20:06:09 UTC
Hi guys, here's the problem:

I have the EVE on my Steam acc, so I decided to use it instead of downloading the normal client. Yesterday I downloaded the game, and when I ran it for the first time the launcher downloaded all the files (updates.etc).

Today i got the #2 update as well, played a bit and started doing my RL stuff. When I got back to my PC the steam was in the middle of a 3,1GB eve update !! Is this happening to everyone ?

Besides the ~leave the steam client~ answer there's anything that I can do so it wont happen again ?

OBS: When the download finishes I will update this post saying what happened. (launcher updating the whole game again, nothing, pc on fire, etc)
arria Auscent
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#2 - 2012-12-06 20:21:18 UTC
steam just tried updating eve now and has screwed my game data up
this was while i was playing eve too

now it looks like steam downloaded 3.1gb of junk and the eve launcher needs a 4gb patch to fit it
Hurque
Native Freshfood
Minmatar Republic
#3 - 2012-12-06 20:24:54 UTC
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and the eve launcher needs a 4gb patch to fit it


Are you serious about the 4GB patch ?

That meme just came to my mind...
// Steam
// wat r u doing
// plz
// stahp
arria Auscent
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#4 - 2012-12-06 20:26:46 UTC  |  Edited by: arria Auscent
i just quit steam and now im running eve launcher
4.2gb to redownload because of those idiots at steam who cant be bothered fixing the eve files they have

also funny how steam forums are offline at the same time
Aria Karadem
Imperial Shipment
Amarr Empire
#5 - 2012-12-06 20:42:37 UTC
Disabling Auto Updates should solve this problem
I seem to have forgotten to set this last time I reinstalled Steam... 5.7 gigs later...
arria Auscent
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#6 - 2012-12-06 20:44:31 UTC
Aria Karadem wrote:
Disabling Auto Updates should solve this problem
I seem to have forgotten to set this last time I reinstalled Steam... 5.7 gigs later...



fyi auto updates was off on my steam client
didnt stop it screwing my game folder up
Hurque
Native Freshfood
Minmatar Republic
#7 - 2012-12-06 20:52:17 UTC
arria Auscent wrote:
Aria Karadem wrote:
Disabling Auto Updates should solve this problem
I seem to have forgotten to set this last time I reinstalled Steam... 5.7 gigs later...



fyi auto updates was off on my steam client
didnt stop it screwing my game folder up



arria are you 100% sure ?. Maybe you formated your pc and forgot to set it off again. ?

if you're right what should I do now ? Download the entire client from eve site ?
arria Auscent
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#8 - 2012-12-06 20:56:28 UTC  |  Edited by: arria Auscent
to stop steam messing it up yes
or go on as you are and see if it works

on a side note you could backup your game folder
which im going to do now

then if it screws up just copy it over and run eve launcher or repair exe and save downloading the whole lot
Hurque
Native Freshfood
Minmatar Republic
#9 - 2012-12-06 21:13:11 UTC
arria Auscent wrote:
to stop steam messing it up yes
or go on as you are and see if it works

on a side note you could backup your game folder
which im going to do now

then if it screws up just copy it over and run eve launcher or repair exe and save downloading the whole lot


The Steam update **** just messed up pretty bad. The download was 3.3GB of 3.1GB , so I paused, and restarted steam. Now its 2.0GB of 3.1gb.

Just deleted the EVE-steam-game, and now I'm doing a clean install using the website downloader. **** STEAM
arria Auscent
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#10 - 2012-12-06 21:20:11 UTC
Hurque wrote:
arria Auscent wrote:
to stop steam messing it up yes
or go on as you are and see if it works

on a side note you could backup your game folder
which im going to do now

then if it screws up just copy it over and run eve launcher or repair exe and save downloading the whole lot


The Steam update **** just messed up pretty bad. The download was 3.3GB of 3.1GB , so I paused, and restarted steam. Now its 2.0GB of 3.1gb.

Just deleted the EVE-steam-game, and now I'm doing a clean install using the website downloader. **** STEAM


yeah steam is bad sometimes
not as bad as origin tho lol
MItchell Jensen
The Black Widow Company.
#11 - 2012-12-13 23:30:25 UTC
What needs to happen is CCP needs to send a new data package to steam, so that all the clients update themselves to the most recent expansion, rather than all the way back to Incarna.

Currently steam is hosting the game files for the Incarna update back in July 2011, so basically if you try and move the client files back in, Steam will delete them and download an unnecessary patch.

Don't know if a petition is the way to go, or to ask through the forums.

CCP Dropbear: rofl

edit: ah crap, dev account. Oh well, official rofl at you sir.
CCP Paradox
#12 - 2012-12-14 11:35:11 UTC
Steam now hosts the Retribution client. If you had EVE installed before this patch went out, then Steam does not know any better. It only knows what it downloaded last time (the Inferno expansion files)

As Aria Karadem said, you should disable Steam auto updates for pretty much any game which uses a launcher delivery system to patch your game so that the launcher will handle your client updates for you.

CCP Paradox | EVE QA | Team Phenomenon

Space Magician
MItchell Jensen
The Black Widow Company.
#13 - 2012-12-14 21:18:19 UTC
CCP Paradox wrote:
Steam now hosts the Retribution client. If you had EVE installed before this patch went out, then Steam does not know any better. It only knows what it downloaded last time (the Inferno expansion files)

As Aria Karadem said, you should disable Steam auto updates for pretty much any game which uses a launcher delivery system to patch your game so that the launcher will handle your client updates for you.


Thanks for clearing that up!

The first time I tried to move the files into Steam, it automatically reset my update settings and started downloading a 5.6GB patch. I'm going to try again and see if I can get anywhere.

CCP Dropbear: rofl

edit: ah crap, dev account. Oh well, official rofl at you sir.