Game files validation error

[Maggy&Me]

I Haven't played the game for awhile now , but was looking to start playing again .
Except I've found after what ever the last update / patch dropped after its finished downloading, the game is automatically starts verifying the game files .
it gets to 99 / 100 % & then something strange happens it starts verifying the game files from 0 % To 99% then loops back to to verifying from scratch over and over again ?
is anyone else experiencing this , should i delete the game & re download fresh ?
or should I be doing something else ? , Yes NVIDIA drivers are up to date .
Thank you for any helpful advice , o7

[ace17]

What kind of drive is the game installed on ? Mechanical? SSD? NVMe ?

[Maggy&Me]

on a Hdd ,
my rig spec's are :
WIN 10 64 Bit
I-7 8700K (water cooled)
RTX 2080
16 gb sys ram
with hdd & SSD NVMe 2 , (Storage)


o7

[ace17]

Your issues might be caused by a faulty hard drive ; You might work around the issue by uninstalling and re-downloading the game, however, there's no guarantee. If there are bad sectors on your hard drive, this might impact anything. Can you get your hard drive checked?

[Maggy&Me]

Originally posted by ace17:

Your issues might be caused by a faulty hard drive ; You might work around the issue by uninstalling and re-downloading the game, however, there's no guarantee. If there are bad sectors on your hard drive, this might impact anything. Can you get your hard drive checked?

TBH Dude there's no guarantee You're work in progress game is bug free !..or when it will be complete ?..
I will re down load fresh & see what transpires then ..
you wrote " If there are bad sectors on your hard drive, this might impact anything"
literally my HDD has not adversely affected anything else I have installed on it ...
The Only thing acting a little wacky is you're work in progress !.

[Sneaky_Beaky]

I think it might be some kind of network problem. It's a long story. I got fragged update files for another game, and it stopped loading correctly. Validation detected them and redownloaded, and it was fixed. So some kind of packet loss must've occurred during the original update download, resulting in those files being unusable.

The reason the error is persisting through reinstall, is because Steam Cloud. It saves a snapshot when you uninstall. So bad files are saved as is, and copied right back.

Disable Steam Cloud, then reinstall, to get fresh files.

[DasaKamov]

Originally posted by Maggy&Me:

The Only thing acting a little wacky is you're work in progress !.

When you're the only one having a particular issue, the game software is not the cause of your problems.

[Maggy&Me]

Originally posted by DasaKamov:

Originally posted by Maggy&Me:

The Only thing acting a little wacky is you're work in progress !.

When you're the only one having a particular issue, the game software is not the cause of your problems.

The Fact is pal , I'm Not the only one experiencing a issue similar to what I've encountered...

[Sneaky_Beaky]

In 9 out of 10 cases, it's the user's fault. In the other 1 case, it's the ISP's fault.

[Maggy&Me]

Originally posted by Sneaky_Beaky:

In 9 out of 10 cases, it's the user's fault. In the other 1 case, it's the ISP's fault.

Wait what ??? your logic is that Game files validation error is the user's fault ?

[Maggy&Me]

in the End I solved the Issue by doing what I should of done (a fresh install) without any meaningful input from those that chimed in here...
I know now I wont waste my time asking for advise in here again ! lul...

[Sneaky_Beaky]

Originally posted by Maggy&Me:

Originally posted by Sneaky_Beaky:

In 9 out of 10 cases, it's the user's fault. In the other 1 case, it's the ISP's fault.

Wait what ??? your logic is that Game files validation error is the user's fault ?

It's a computer joke. "ISP" means Internet Service Provider (like the cable company). Usually computer problems stem from something on the user end, like a bad hard drive, or an outdated version of Windows. In this case it seems that your files were damaged in transmission. So I remarked in jest, that this time, we could blame the ISP.

Also btw it's a double computer joke. 2x. Combo. In Age of Empires 2 back in the day, they had audio taunts you could play from the chat. One of them was "Ehhhh sure, blame it on your ISP...."

[Maggy&Me]

I know what a ISP is dude , my isp provides Fiber optic to my House ..
as far as you're comment being a joke my expression in hearing it would be similar too (*_*)
but that's beside the point I guess..
hopefully someone found humour in it .

[Sneaky_Beaky]

Well if you have fiber, then it must've been your fault somehow. Everyone else's files work fine.

[ace17]

> TBH Dude there's no guarantee You're work in progress game is bug free !

It's a file download/storage/validation issue, which occurs before the game is even launched. Not a single instruction coming from the Eugen code has been run at this point.

Clearly, the game is not bug free. However, a bug in a program can't impact your computer ... if you haven't even run the program yet. This is why I think looking for an explanation in the game code would be a guaranteed waste of time.

I was trying to help you solve your issue ; however, if my technical advice doesn't match your expectations please, feel free to ignore it.

> you wrote " If there are bad sectors on your hard drive, this might impact anything"
> literally my HDD has not adversely affected anything else I have installed on it ...
> The Only thing acting a little wacky is you're work in progress !.

Did you validate the game files of all your other Steam games?

Hard drives do fail, because the magnetic support gets worn ( There's a reason why the Steam client implements game data file validation! ) . When it happens, your hard drive starts playing Russian roulette with the data stored on it.

However, it might go unnoticed for some time, because most of the data on a hard drive is seldom used, and the overwhelming majority of the data is never validated ... Steam games are the exception here, because they're both big and data-validated. Which means when a hard drive fails, the likelihood of the issue being detected first on a big Steam game is very high.

[Maggy&Me]

Originally posted by Sneaky_Beaky:

Well if you have fiber, then it must've been your fault somehow. Everyone else's files work fine.

Now that is Hilarious !!! xD