Game refusing to acknowledge downloaded files. Please help!

[Camronicus]

This game is telling me that i have nothing installed and continually tries to download over 100GB of data. I have turbo ♥♥♥♥ internet so this is going to take several days. I have 155GB of baldurs gate 3 files in the correct file location. When i verify game files it just continues to try to download the 100GB. Does anyone know how i can get this ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ game to actually scan the files properly and notice that i allready have everything i need.

[Grumpy]

Did you try to close Steam and reboot your pc ?

[Camronicus]

Originally posted by Grumpy:

Did you try to close Steam and reboot your pc ?

i have tried closing steam, i also tried repairing the drive. But ill try simply turning my computer off and on again and report back.

[Camronicus]

Originally posted by Grumpy:

Did you try to close Steam and reboot your pc ?

Did nothing

[Hawke]

If nothing else, could try running the game from the bg3.exe?

[Camronicus]

Originally posted by Hawke:

If nothing else, could try running the game from the bg3.exe?

would you happen to know what the pathway for that is?

[Memorize]

got the same issue, tried to update the game and it says "systemfile not supported",
cant play until the update is through, reinstalled the game and steam, turned my pc on/off and verified the files multiple times and the problem still remains :(

[Hawke]

Originally posted by Camronicus:

Originally posted by Hawke:

If nothing else, could try running the game from the bg3.exe?

would you happen to know what the pathway for that is?

Should be in the Baldur's Gate 3/bin/ folder, will check in a few hours.

[Camronicus]

Originally posted by Memorize:

got the same issue, tried to update the game and it says "systemfile not supported",
cant play until the update is through, reinstalled the game and steam, turned my pc on/off and verified the files multiple times and the problem still remains :(

they didnt even give me the honor of telling me anything was wrong. Gave me no error, just told me my files were validated and then continues to ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ download 100GB

[Finwickle]

Originally posted by Camronicus:

Originally posted by Hawke:

If nothing else, could try running the game from the bg3.exe?

would you happen to know what the pathway for that is?

Right Click the game in your Steam library -> Manage -> Browse local files. It's in the bin subfolder.

[Camronicus]

Originally posted by Finwickle:

Originally posted by Camronicus:

would you happen to know what the pathway for that is?

Right Click the game in your Steam library -> Manage -> Browse local files. It's in the bin subfolder.

just ran it as admin. Hilariously it just ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ resumes the download :^))

[Hawke]

Originally posted by Camronicus:

Originally posted by Finwickle:

Right Click the game in your Steam library -> Manage -> Browse local files. It's in the bin subfolder.

just ran it as admin. Hilariously it just ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ resumes the download :^))

Sorry to hear. The update might be unavoidable at this point - the files present seem to be just the space reserved by Steam for the actual content.

[Camronicus]

Originally posted by Hawke:

Originally posted by Camronicus:

just ran it as admin. Hilariously it just ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ resumes the download :^))

Sorry to hear. The update might be unavoidable at this point - the files present seem to be just the space reserved by Steam for the actual content.

The files i currently have are an exact copy of the files that my girlfriend has on her computer. Hers is capable of launching. So it cant just be a reserved space thing. I agree with your conclusion that it is unavoidable though. Just another massive tedious barrier of modern gaming. Feelsgooman. Thanks for the responses everyone.

[Hawke]

Originally posted by Camronicus:

Originally posted by Hawke:

Sorry to hear. The update might be unavoidable at this point - the files present seem to be just the space reserved by Steam for the actual content.

The files i currently have are an exact copy of the files that my girlfriend has on her computer. Hers is capable of launching. So it cant just be a reserved space thing. I agree with your conclusion that it is unavoidable though. Just another massive tedious barrier of modern gaming. Feelsgooman. Thanks for the responses everyone.

If it is the exact copy, then you could try to change the updates to "at launch" (in the Properties, the updates are impossible to disable completely), switch Steam to the offline mode, and then launch from the bg3.exe. Might work.