Total War: Rome II - Emperor Edition won't download full game or launch

[Modern Apache]

Hey all, I've searched through the forums for 2-3 hours and can't find a solution to this problem. I am trying to download Total War Rome II on my iMac. I already have 40+ hours of gameplay with this game, so I know it works. The problem is that I went to install it again yesterday and it only installs 637.5 MB and then says done. I try to play the game and it immediately says "Rome II... quit unexpectedly".

When I first try to install it says this:
Disk space required: 3125 MB

Then when I start to download it says:
0 MB/637.5 MB

After it downloads and I go into my steam game folder it says it is taking up 1.22 GB

None of this makes sense. The game takes at least 22GB. How do I get the entire game to download and launch?

These are the current solutions I have tried:
- uninstalling and reinstalling the game
- deleting all Total War Rome 2 files from my computer and clicking uninstall through steam
- verifying integrity of game files
- clearing download cache in Steam settings
- deleting steam and my entire game library, reinstalling steam and trying to download Rome 2
- restarted computer and steam

My computer is plenty powerful enough so I know that's not the problem.

My computer specs are as follows:
iMac 27-inch (2017)
Processor: 4.2 GHz Intel quad core i7
Memory: 40GB
Graphics: Radeon Pro 580 8GB

I have uninstalled and reinstalled the game about 10 times throughout this process and nothing is working. What is going on?

Thanks for your help in advance.

[Modern Apache]

Also, I tried the patch-17 trick, and it still doesn't work. It does nothing but update. The update is approximately 180MB, which is still way to small for this game.

[Omniscience123]

same problem encountered

[Red Spot]

Uninstall using Steam. Try deleting the appdata folders for Rome 2 and possibly try to install to a different drive. See if that helps.

[Modern Apache]

Originally posted by Red Spot:

Uninstall using Steam. Try deleting the appdata folders for Rome 2 and possibly try to install to a different drive. See if that helps.

Thanks for the reply Red. I tried deleting app data and I also deleted every Steam related file off of my computer and no luck. I made a separate folder and tried to download it there. It still only downloads 637.5MB and then says it's done.

I see that quite a few others are posting similar problems. Is CA aware of what's going on?

[Modern Apache]

Also, I have read the stickies about problems with Rome II and problems with Empire Divided. However, the only solutions given are for Windows users, not Mac. I need a solution that will work for my system. Can CA, Sega please provide a solution for Mac users? The only mention of Mac is when they say to use the patch-17 trick, which didn't work.

[Mcas]

Hi there, wondering if you found a solution somewhere? I'm in the same situation as you were. Sorry for the necropost but I can't find any solution anywhere.