Disk Write Error When Trying to Download

[Fork]

Recently I decided to play this game again after a long time of being away and had some technical difficulties with it so I decided to give it a clean install. (Old mods and new versions were fighting)

Upon trying to install it again I keep getting Disk write error when it hits about 300mbs or so downloaded. I've jumped through all the hoops I have found googling including disk scans, hunting down all files associated with the game and killing them with extreme prejudice, registry cleaning, changing the installation path to a different drive, etc. I have also been able to download and install several (about a dozen) completely different games to both drives in my pc.

This leads me to believe there is something about this particular game that is having problems. (Or I have missed some super obvious thing.) Has anyone else had this problem occur with just a single game and if so how did you solve it?

[Online Addict]

Disk write errors typically mean problems with the destination location. I recently had a disk write error downloading from a different source (not Steam) and the solution was that I was low on disk space. Lol.

If you've been able to download and install other games, then the only thing I'd suggest is make sure you have MORE than the required disk space for Gal Civ 3 and ALL the DLC that you're including, that you aren't downloading or installing ANYTHING else at the same time and that Steam has full access to your computer.

If there's still a problem, then I'd blame it on Coronavirus. :D

[Fork]

I cleaned out a ton of space off the drive leaving a full TB free just to give it a massive cushion and that didn't do it.

I didn't notice earlier that if I hovered over the error in steam it said what file it got stuck on and it was the digital manual in the folder. Tried like hell to delete or move or reget that file but that did nothing either.

Finally noticed that when I would force it to resume it would get a little bit farther each time. So I sat here for like 20 mins clicking resume until it finally just started moving on its own again. Essentially I brute forced it past the file lol. Hopefully this doesn't have terrible results when all is said and done.

[Online Addict]

Hmm. Odd. I suppose there's a possibility that the manual file got corrupted on their end. I've not heard of a problem like this before. Glad you were able to "brute-force" past it. If that's all that it was having difficulty with then you shouldn't have any problems with the game itself.

[Nigilius Angelus]

I am having exactly the same problem. The game worked fine on my old PC but it wont download on my new one. I have carried out all the necessary HELP advise but to no avail. I have tons of space on my hard drive plus all my other games have downloaded without any issues. I have raised it with Steam who to date have basically said the problem is with me. I have bought all dlc for this game so have invested a lot of money. The issue is with Steam IMHO.

[Nigilius Angelus]

Ok i just had another attempt at rectifying this issue. I forced the download pass the error message which appeared after 380mb of download and once i got to about 420mb, the rest of the game downloaded without issue. On first viewing of the game it seems to be working ok.

[Nigilius Angelus]

Further to my last i have just verified the game files and 4 were missing even after just downloading the game.

[Yarlen]

2 or so files will be normal - as they're likely the game launcher stuff. A few of those are updated outside of Steam to keep the tiles up-to-date.

[Corin93]

I was getting this too. On two different computers both with lots and lots of free space on all drives (>200Gb). I noticed that Avast had locked the manual PDF and that was the file it was failing on:

GalCiv3_Manual2018.pdf

I added an exception to my antivirus for the download directory:
\Steam\steamapps\downloading\226860

Then I restarted the computer (because the files were already locked) and resumed. Seems to be okay now.

Perhaps the Pdf had something that, when only partially completed, looked iffy.

[Yarlen]

AV will kill us all eventually...

[HellToKitty]

I had exactly the same problem. I can't solve it with adding the exception to the antivirus nor can I force the download.

[Louis-Simon]

Corin93 の投稿を引用：

I was getting this too. On two different computers both with lots and lots of free space on all drives (>200Gb). I noticed that Avast had locked the manual PDF and that was the file it was failing on:

GalCiv3_Manual2018.pdf

I added an exception to my antivirus for the download directory:
\Steam\steamapps\downloading\226860

Then I restarted the computer (because the files were already locked) and resumed. Seems to be okay now.

Perhaps the Pdf had something that, when only partially completed, looked iffy.

I had the same problem with the same file, also using Avast.

Using Corin93's trick did it for me.
I would only add, don't do the same mistake as i did:
If you're installing the game on a different disk than the one steam is installed on, don't add the exception for the downloading folder where steam is installed on, but add the exeption for the downloading folder in the disk where you're installing GalCiv3.

[Corin93]

HellToKitty の投稿を引用：

I had exactly the same problem. I can't solve it with adding the exception to the antivirus nor can I force the download.

which file was it failing on? What antivirus do you use? Perhaps try completely disabling your AV while it downloads?

[Ethric]

Same problem. New computer and fails on manual. Think It's now stardock problem and they need to fix the files.

[Yarlen]

Try disabling anti-virus during the download/install. We haven't updated the manual in over a year.

[Deviak]

I was having the same issue. After trying other solutions which didn't work, tried the suggestion from Yarlen and disabled All Shields on Avast and it finally downloaded and installed. Weird that Avast sees the manual as a threat or enough to block it. It doesn't even show it tried to quarantine it or something.