I can't stop laughing at how incredibly stupid this pre-load was.

[Erwin Smith]

NOT ONLY is it not installed and needing to be unpacked, but the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ SIZE of the game is LARGER than the initial download stated. AND YOU NEED AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OF STORAGE SPACE EQUAL TO THE AMOUNT YOU ALREADY DOWNLOADED. SO NOW I HAVE TO ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ DOWNLOAD THE THING STRAIGHT ANYWAY.

[MechaDeka]

Hi. Welcome to PC gaming.

[Trixa]

Originally posted by Tactical Taun-Taun:

NOT ONLY is it not installed and needing to be unpacked, but the ♥♥♥♥ing SIZE of the game is LARGER than the initial download stated. AND YOU NEED AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OF STORAGE SPACE EQUAL TO THE AMOUNT YOU ALREADY DOWNLOADED. SO NOW I HAVE TO ♥♥♥♥ING DOWNLOAD THE THING STRAIGHT ANYWAY.

Someone is bad at PC's... poor lil thing.

[acecrisp]

guess people miss read the words "pre-download"

[Erwin Smith]

Originally posted by acecrisp:

guess people miss read the words "pre-download"

ROFL, yeah, man, whenever someone "downloads" something, they totally go and also press the "unpack" button, followed by "Install" on all other platforms

[Th3G3ntl3man]

I hear ya man. Made room on my SSD to pre-load and then had to make twice as much just to start "unpacking" O.o Wanted to play before bed but work ain't getting any farther away xD #theunpacking #isalmostcounterproductivetopreloading #bringiton

[Lemonforce]

This is how steam preloads work, you download an encrypted version of the game to be unpacked upon launch date. When the time comes to unpack you begin to decrypt your local encrypted game files. This process literally copies the files of the encrypted game thus making 2 copies of the game until the decrypting is complete then the encrypted game is deleted.

Maybe do a quick google search before you do things like this. It is never ever recommended to preload if you have remotely decent internet speed because you can download the game faster than your computer can decrypt it, unless you have it on an ssd.

[the literal worst]

Are you new at pc gaming?

[Trixa]

Originally posted by Lemonforce:

This is how steam preloads work, you download an encrypted version of the game to be unpacked upon launch date. When the time comes to unpack you begin to decrypt your local encrypted game files. This process literally copies the files of the encrypted game thus making 2 copies of the game until the decrypting is complete then the encrypted game is deleted.

Maybe do a quick google search before you do things like this. It is never ever recommended to preload if you have remotely decent internet speed because you can download the game faster than your computer can decrypt it, unless you have it on an ssd.

Wow great response and yet the other ignorant fecal loaded response is tagged as the answer...gotta love steam :P

[Erwin Smith]

Originally posted by Trixa:

Originally posted by Tactical Taun-Taun:

NOT ONLY is it not installed and needing to be unpacked, but the ♥♥♥♥ing SIZE of the game is LARGER than the initial download stated. AND YOU NEED AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OF STORAGE SPACE EQUAL TO THE AMOUNT YOU ALREADY DOWNLOADED. SO NOW I HAVE TO ♥♥♥♥ING DOWNLOAD THE THING STRAIGHT ANYWAY.

Someone is bad at PC's... poor lil thing.

Or maybe someone- along with thousands of others- has not "pre-downloaded" a game before because every other one is just installed along with the download, regardless of whether it's done before launch or not.

[Trixa]

Originally posted by Tactical Taun-Taun:

Originally posted by Trixa:

Someone is bad at PC's... poor lil thing.

Or maybe someone- along with thousands of others- has not "pre-downloaded" a game before because every other one is just installed along with the download, regardless of whether it's done before launch or not.

No...been this way for 10+ Years now bud... ever major title on steam has been exactly the same ..

[Erwin Smith]

Originally posted by Lemonforce:

Maybe do a quick google search before you do things like this. It is never ever recommended to preload if you have remotely decent internet speed because you can download the game faster than your computer can decrypt it, unless you have it on an ssd.

Idk if you've ever realized this, but most people don't google search problems that they have never experienced. That's the entire point of the human learning experience. Your response is mostly helpful, actually, but that little tidbit is irrationally condescending. Keep in mind, you're also not speaking just to me, but most likely to thousands of others.

Which should say something... if a feature's mechanisms are not this obvious, and people are complaining and apparently have before, it's probably in Steam's best interest to clarify that at the start of the "pre-download" with a warning or clarification like the one you provided.

All I saw was a green button that said "pre-download", there was no disclaimer suggesting it might be faster to download it at launch, or any indication of what a "pre-download" actually entails.

[felps]

It absolutely amazes me how these ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ idiots cry like that after EVERY SINGLE PRELOAD. How can people be so dumb I actually dont believe it

[rex8112]

PCs need to do encryption to prevent people from breaking into the game early, it's less prevalent on consoles because consoles are too limiting in the first place for you to break into the game files.

[Erwin Smith]

Originally posted by Trixa:

Originally posted by Tactical Taun-Taun:

Or maybe someone- along with thousands of others- has not "pre-downloaded" a game before because every other one is just installed along with the download, regardless of whether it's done before launch or not.

No...been this way for 10+ Years now bud... ever major title on steam has been exactly the same ..

Maybe you didn't read the comment but... not every person has downloaded a major title on steam, at launch, and in the past 10 years. Not a wise assumption to make. Also, this problem would be easily clarified and remedied with a disclaimer immediately after clicking the button at launch.

[Erwin Smith]

Originally posted by Rex 81-12:

PCs need to do encryption to prevent people from breaking into the game early, it's less prevalent on consoles because consoles are too limiting in the first place for you to break into the game files.

This makes sense, but would not have without anyone's help explaining the matter.