Copy Preload file

[_Qazax_]

Anyone know where it preloads to? I can see the Cyberpunk 2077 folder in my normal steamapps folder but the folder is empty. I want to put it on a flash drive and give to a friend who has terrible internet connection.

[웃]

steam/depotcache, the "1091501" files.

[VolcanoSheep]

Don't know if that's legal mate

[_Qazax_]

Originally posted by 웃:

steam/depotcache, the "1091501" files.

My Depotcache file is 78mb and my preload is complete...

[The Tempted Man]

Originally posted by VolcanoSheep:

Don't know if that's legal mate

It is. Unless the friend buys the game, his steam id won't match the files and game won't launch anyway.

[_Qazax_]

Originally posted by VolcanoSheep:

Don't know if that's legal mate

He has purchased the game on Steam. The preload is encrypted so he will need Steam to decrypt it when the game is released, which will only happen if he has Cyberpunk in his Steam library. This is simply about preloading, not piracy.

[JaBoosted]

\Steam\steamapps\common\Cyberpunk 2077

You're aware this isn't the entire game right? Its only 53GB of a 70 GB download. You can't even backup the data.

[웃]

Oh sorry, it's steam/steamapps/depotcache for the actual files, whereas their manifest is in the steam/depotcache. You'll need both, the former's the data, the latter their label, if you will.

[The Former]

Yeah, legal maybe, but it won't be much good to the friend.

[DeadFishGod]

Originally posted by VolcanoSheep:

Don't know if that's legal mate

Yeah this... also I don't even know if that would work these days.... he has a few days to download it.. play it safe mate.

[_Qazax_]

Originally posted by 웃:

Oh sorry, it's steam/steamapps/depotcache for the actual files, whereas their manifest is in the steam/depotcache. You'll need both, the former's the data, the latter their label, if you will.

Ah spot on, many thanks!

[VolcanoSheep]

Originally posted by _Qazax_:

Originally posted by VolcanoSheep:

Don't know if that's legal mate

He has purchased the game on Steam. The preload is encrypted so he will need Steam to decrypt it when the game is released, which will only happen if he has Cyberpunk in his Steam library. This is simply about preloading, not piracy.

fair enough, you seem to know what your doing. I just tend to be wary of licensing stuff, but what your saying makes sense.

[Piderman]

That wont work. Do it the other way around, bring your friends PC to your place so that he can use your connection to download the game. As Tempted Man already said, the files are without matching steamID worthless anyway.

[The Former]

So your friend has already bought it. Why doesn't he just preload it himself? At 50 kb/s, it would take him 15 hours to preload. He has 50 hours before launch. I fail to see the problem here to be honest.

[BlackRock Saber]

just go with the flow and deal with the DL. Don't even try these shortcuts. Your RIG your Specs don't mix match with others because it is already coded once it is bought.

[웃]

Originally posted by BlackRock Saber:

just go with the flow and deal with the DL. Don't even try these shortcuts. Your RIG your Specs don't mix match with others because it is already coded once it is bought.

That's just not true. The data DL'd is the same for everyone, and the manifest is a directory of them. Without it, steam won't recognize what files it actually has available, that's all...