I preloaded the game and there is still a 60.8GB file in my steam downloads

[kl250d]

it wont let me download until the game releases. why does preload only let me download half the game? or is this something else

[Will it Blend]

if you go to your downloads it should be a download that says "GAME NOT RELEASED"

[kl250d]

Originally posted by Cadaver:

if you go to your downloads it should be a download that says "GAME NOT RELEASED"

yeah but im wondering why if ive preloaded there is still 60.8GB left to download?

[Valykai Hyena]

Originally posted by kl250d:

Originally posted by Cadaver:

if you go to your downloads it should be a download that says "GAME NOT RELEASED"

yeah but im wondering why if ive preloaded there is still 60.8GB left to download?

It's not download, it's to install

[TacticalGoose]

It's 60.8GB left to unpack, not to download. If you have fast internet but a slow computer/drive it can actually be quicker to download the game unpacked after the release instead of preloading.

[kl250d]

riiiight, ok. mine is the reverse. good computer but slowish internet so i think ive done it the right way around

[Will it Blend]

Originally posted by TacticalGoose:

It's 60.8GB left to unpack, not to download. If you have fast internet but a slow computer/drive it can actually be quicker to download the game unpacked after the release instead of preloading.

Downlaoding is not "unpacked" you still download to the cache folder and while fetching more data it is unpacking from there to the install folder.

I do not know who started this weird rumor that you dont need to unpack if you dont preload.

If you download anything on steam nowadays it even shows you this with the 2 seperate progress bars for download and install/updating files

[TacticalGoose]

Originally posted by Cadaver:

Originally posted by TacticalGoose:

It's 60.8GB left to unpack, not to download. If you have fast internet but a slow computer/drive it can actually be quicker to download the game unpacked after the release instead of preloading.

Downlaoding is not "unpacked" you still download to the cache folder and while fetching more data it is unpacking from there to the install folder.

I do not know who started this weird rumor that you dont need to unpack if you dont preload.

If you download anything on steam nowadays it even shows you this with the 2 seperate progress bars for download and install/updating files

Because preloads are encrypted (to prevent data mining, leaks, etc.) and need to be decrypted on top of being unpacked and installed once the game is released. This is not the case after the game's release, it's been like this forever basically.

[Will it Blend]

Originally posted by TacticalGoose:

Originally posted by Cadaver:

Downlaoding is not "unpacked" you still download to the cache folder and while fetching more data it is unpacking from there to the install folder.

I do not know who started this weird rumor that you dont need to unpack if you dont preload.

If you download anything on steam nowadays it even shows you this with the 2 seperate progress bars for download and install/updating files

Because preloads are encrypted (to prevent data mining, leaks, etc.) and need to be decrypted on top of being unpacked and installed once the game is released. This is not the case after the game's release, it's been like this forever basically.

"By default, all content is always encrypted, on all retail discs and on all content servers. " -Steam Partner Documentation