file verify

[Forsaken]

every time after update waiting for file verify pls stop it devs its so annoying

[Underscore_101_3]

Nothing the devs can do anything about, it's a Steam/Valve thing.

[Wolfgang]

The file verification is there to check if you don't have any corrupted files (though I wouldn't trust the automatic verification anyway). Be glad it does this to ensure that you don't experience crashes due to corrupted files.

[germanTHX]

Both above answers are insanely stupid.
Hundreds and thousands of steam games dont need to check a whopping 23gigs of files after doing a 80mb update. Thats just bad development.

[Wolfgang]

Originally posted by germanTHX:

Both above answers are insanely stupid.
Hundreds and thousands of steam games dont need to check a whopping 23gigs of files after doing a 80mb update. Thats just bad development.

Then complain to Steam about it.

Steam is botching enough updates as is. At least they try to do something against it.

[room217au]

I think folks are looking at this the wrong way.
Just because it's a 30Mb update doesn't mean it's imply a 30mb file that gets uploaded to a folder and that's that.
That 30Mb might contain 50 fixes to various bugs that have been reported since the last update. These fixes might involve 200 files of maybe 50Kb each, or some such.
Those fixes may be (and usually are) spread across that entire range of files in the game directory. There can also be fixes/additions etc to DLC as well.
ALL of these corrections, file updates, etc MUST be verified after patching so that the game runs as intended.
I look at it as the same as having a checksum on a downloaded file.

[The Pitts]

Just to reinforce what room217au is saying, the most recent update (from v1.48.5.72 to v1.48.5.76) was just 64.8MB for me but contained changes to 295 .sii/.sui files and no doubt other changes to graphics files (I don't track those).

[Irascible_SAP]

Originally posted by germanTHX:

Both above answers are insanely stupid.
Hundreds and thousands of steam games dont need to check a whopping 23gigs of files after doing a 80mb update. Thats just bad development.

Agreed, This and ATS are the only game in my library that does this..

Today it verified the entire 21gb install, for a paltry 25mb update! - 25mb!

None of the other games & sims in my library do this, and they get updates just as often.

It's just pure laziness by SCS, if other game developers can manage to update a game and ONLY VERIFY THE PARTS THAT CHANGED, then SCS can too, they just dont, choosing to keep on inconveniencing their user base needlessly instead.

[Wolfgang]

Originally posted by Irascible_SAP:

Originally posted by germanTHX:

Both above answers are insanely stupid.
Hundreds and thousands of steam games dont need to check a whopping 23gigs of files after doing a 80mb update. Thats just bad development.

Agreed, This and ATS are the only game in my library that does this..

Today it verified the entire 21gb install, for a paltry 25mb update! - 25mb!

None of the other games & sims in my library do this, and they get updates just as often.

It's just pure laziness by SCS, if other game developers can manage to update a game and ONLY VERIFY THE PARTS THAT CHANGED, then SCS can too, they just dont, choosing to keep on inconveniencing their user base needlessly instead.

You are downloading the update from Steam. You have to complain to them.

[Jackthedragonkiller [Chirch]]

Originally posted by germanTHX:

Both above answers are insanely stupid.
Hundreds and thousands of steam games dont need to check a whopping 23gigs of files after doing a 80mb update. Thats just bad development.

Hundreds of thousands of Steam games aren't 23 gigs in size.

If you think that's bad, I dare you to have Ark Survival Evolved installed along with DLCs. Small weekly updates but Steam verifies literal HUNDREDS of gigabytes of game.

[Aspen Ridge]

If you have a decent SSD it takes what?...5 mins...grab a coffee and chill maybe?

[The Pitts]

Originally posted by Irascible_SAP:

It's just pure laziness by SCS, if other game developers can manage to update a game and ONLY VERIFY THE PARTS THAT CHANGED, then SCS can too, they just dont, choosing to keep on inconveniencing their user base needlessly instead

Nonsense. There is a trade-off at work here - 'inconvenience' the user on every execution of the game or do so with every update. I know which I prefer.

[Calius]

FYI Arma3, Hunter COW, Rockstar games and a few larger games I have do the exact same thing, so its not SCS.

[VaLiuM]

It's called delta- or diff-patching, 21 GB of data may have changed with an small update but only 25MB of patch is being downloaded and applied to the game files.

Imagine re-downloading all the gigabytes of data every time for such a small patch or in general smaller patches.

It requires a decent CPU and a proper HDD / SSD and a decent amount of free disk space (2 times the game size + temporary files for patching) to make the whole procedure not drain into a mess of oblivion or not working at all.

Sometimes it's faster to re-download the whole game than letting Steam do the patching but that depends on every game and the specifics your PC has.