Downloading Files Size

[local gay cryptid]

So, DLed the game, it did its thing and such. However, I got to the DLing files stage. I'm on 5481 out of 21566. How large is this download? :P

[edorward]

Big. As indicated in every other thread in this forum. It will take about as long as it did to download the game to begin with. And yes, it's perfectly normal.

[local gay cryptid]

Originally posted by edorward:

Big. As indicated in every other thread in this forum. It will take about as long as it did to download the game to begin with. And yes, it's perfectly normal.

Okay then...I may end up leaving it on overnight in that case.

[edorward]

That would be wise.

Edit - As I read my previous post, it sure did sound snarky. That wasn't how it was intended - apologies to you.

[76561198077869228]

The basic download of LOTRO from Steam is 17.7 Gig-a-bytes. That download is 18+ months out of date.

Since then there have been two Expansions (Riders of Rohan and Helm's Deep) plus numerous Patches, fixes, and additional modules -- nominally another 8 Gig-a-bytes.

Much of that "patching" is replacing large portions of previously downloaded material, not simply adding new material. The total on-disk game is now only slightly larger at approximately 23 Gig-a-bytes.

Yes, LOTRO is BIG.

[Lucifeara]

Saw the post and I had to say....Whatever you do don't EVER validate your files on steam. You will have to re-dowload the entire thing and start again from scratch. It just happened to be and that sucks when you have to pay if you go over your internet cap.