XCOM will not install.

[Viral Frog]

I just purchased the XCOM complete pack today. Nice sale, and I've wanted the game for a long time now.
However, when it gets to aout 3 GB downloaded, it stops and bumps down to the queue.
I cannot start the download, it just stays stuck in the queue.
Auto updates are off, and none of my other games need updating anyway.
I figured I would wait for it for a while, but it never started back up again.
Never had this issue with Steam before... What gives?

[A Large Cat]

I'm having the same problem. Since buying enemy within I haven't been able to play it or download the DLC. I've tried deleting the game and reinstalling and all the other fixes I could google with and nothing.

[Viral Frog]

I did that as well, and Google was also no help for me.
However, I left the install in queue all night, and when I woke up today it had 10% left. It has since been successfully installed.
Thinking back, I did actually have this same thing happen with PAYDAY 2 when it went on sale a while ago.
My guess is that the sheer volume of people purchasing and downloading may have been a factor in this. However, that's just a shot in the dark. I have no idea what it really was.
The game itself works just fine, though, so although I was frustrated that I didn't get to play last night, I can make up for it today.

[spacealf]

I think some people said to check the files in the Verify Files Cache also, but I would place the problem on the servers from Steam and Internet traffic messing up downloads sometimes.

[kabukiman]

I'd try the usual solutions for download issues with steam:

-reset/restart your router/pc
-start steam as administrator
-verify game integrity
-delete/rename .blob files in steam directory

Usually one of those fixes problems with stuck downloads.

[A Large Cat]

I've done everything spacealf and kabuiman have mentioned with no success. Looking at the steam stats doesn't seem to indicate that the valve servers are not near their peak.

[TheFishBoy]

having the same problem, keep trying to up it in the download queue and it stops after a second. any help???????????????????????

[kabukiman]

Just to be sure - check if \Steam\Steam.exe and \Steam\bin\Steamservice.exe are allowed access through your firewall. If this is the only Steam DL that doesn't work, this shouldn't be an issue though.

[TheFishBoy]

It's definitely not that.

[TheFishBoy]

For individuals experiencing the same thing, because I know there will be more:

Eventually after reopening steam a couple of times and kind of hard balling the queue the game started downloading just fine after the 2.5gig range. So be patient and it'll download just fine.

[Remien]

Having the same issue after getting the expansion, tried to remove the whole game and re-download it again and it keeps getting stuck

[WonderGamer]

Probably an issue on Steam's side with a lack of data on the server you are trying to download from, you should consider opening a support ticket with Steam. Sometimes you can get around this by changing the server you're downloading from; I'm currently downloading from the Denver server using the Steam beta client (not the beta of the game) & haven't had this issue.

[LightManMage]

I've had the same issue with downloading the whole pack. It seems to happen with Enemy Within. What I did to fix it was just keep bumping it up to the top of the Q in Manage Downloads screen, and running the local cahce check. After 10-30 minutes of doing this it'll stay downloading just fine.