Re-downloading of the game files on Steam

[pryanick]

For unknown reasons, Steam has started to download the game files again.
In order not to download existing files again, you can use the following algorithm:
1. Pause the download of the game on Steam client.
2. Find the folder with the War Thunder game and rename it (for example, as “War Thunder1”).
3. On Steam client, uninstall the War Thunder game.
4. Rename the game folder back to its original name.
5. On Steam, find the War Thunder game and click "install".
6. Steam will check the files and download the missing ones, if necessary, so you can continue to play.

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RUS
Уважаемые пользователи Steam!
По неизвестным причинам, Steam начал скачивать файлы игры заново.
Чтобы не выкачивать все файлы заново вы можете воспользоваться следующим алгоритмом:
1. Поставьте скачивание игры в Steam на паузу.
2. Найдите папку с игрой War Thunder и переименуйте её (допустим, в War Thunder1).
3. В Steam удалите игру War Thunder.
4. Переименуйте обратно папку с игрой, вернув ей прежнее название.
5. В Steam найдите игру War Thunder и нажмите "установить".
6. Steam проверит файлы и при необходимости докачает недостающие, и вы сможете играть дальше.

[Xformer500]

33.2 Gig download..........WHY

[azhaaghselquar]

Originally posted by azhaaghselquar:
TWO Ways of Bypassing Steam to launch Warthunder:

1. Launch Steam
2. Right Click Warthunder in your library.
3. Click Properties
4. Click Local Files
5. Click the win64 folder.
6. Run aces.exe
7. An error asking if you want to run the launcher will come up, choose Yes.
8. Play War Thunder.

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Repeat steps 1 - 4
5. Click Launcher.exe
6. Wait a few minutes for it to patch
7. Play War Thunder

I had to do method 1 before method 2 worked for me, but I do not have high speed internet so things are different for me.

[azhaaghselquar]

There, it's at the top. READ this page! There is the work around! Try it, you do NOT have to redownload the entire game!

[MarsMan55]

Good job gabgop, have you let your server hamster onto someone's keyboard?

[Doinkster]

Your game is already enough of an inconvenience to play. I dont think ill be reupdating or redownloading. thanks gaijin.

[Mercedes enjoyer]

what if i don't doo that

[Jay Akula]

Publicado originalmente por azhaaghselquar:

Publicado originalmente por Maillotins:

So does that mean we can't open War Thunder directly through the launcher? In other words, if we installed War Thunder through Steam, then it can only be opened trough Steam.

No, what I mean is that Gaijin ALLOWS us to still use their launcher, even though we installed it through steam. Some companies out there will not allow you to use the original launcher. Gaijin does. It's actually the work around I posted to get out of downloading the entire game.

All I'm doing is posting how to get to the original launcher.

Thanks for making the post.

[GenXGamer]

well. after it downloaded, it verified the download. at the end of the verification the launcher tried to connect to some Albanian IP address.

It's been a while since WT's launcher tried to connect to flagged IP addresses.
I've noticed this in several games that implement peer to peer update downloading.
The launcher tries to connect to an IP that is on the global list of flagged list of IP addresses and triggers the alert pops up. Conquerors blade had the same issue as well as some other games. The one thing in common for all the times this happens, the IP address in question is on the global list of malicious IP addresses.
My theory is that these are shared ISP address that rotate, and sometimes bad people get the specific IP address flagged because of malicious activity they are knowingly (or unknowingly) engaged in.

Because of this I've turned off peer to peer in WT. ( no seed, no peer exchange) which reduced the alerts but is it STILL happening from time to time. When it happens, it is right after an update.

It is like the launcher forgets the user's "no seed/peer" setting for a moment.

here is the alert that happened just now at the end of the launcher's "analyizing files" phase:

Malwarebytes
www.malwarebytes.com

-Log Details-
Protection Event Date: 4/8/21
Protection Event Time: 7:18 PM
Log File: b9a6568a-98c0-11eb-af49-80fa5b299dfb.json

-Software Information-
Version: 4.3.0.98
Components Version: 1.0.1249
Update Package Version: 1.0.39243
License: Premium

-System Information-
OS: Windows 10 (Build 19041.867)
CPU: x64
File System: NTFS
User: System

-Blocked Website Details-
Malicious Website: 1
, xxxxxxxxxxSteamLibrary\steamapps\common\War Thunder\launcher.exe, Blocked, -1, -1, 0.0.0, ,

-Website Data-
Category: Trojan
Domain:
IP Address: 178.175.124.56
Port: 27032
Type: Outbound
File: xxxxxxxxx\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\War Thunder\launcher.exe



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[aquitted]

I quit and went to sleep 12 hours ago when this FUCVKUP happened. STILL NOT FIXED. It's screwed up my crafting event (HATE THEM) with only a few items left to go and I'll bet MONEY Gaijin AND Steam wont give a ♥♥♥♥. Sick this CRAP from them. ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ greedy pieces of ♥♥♥♥.

[VirgoCompany]

"You can use the following algorithm"??? I don't think that word means what you think it means, that looks more like a list of instructions.

[Fitonauta]

Manga de inutiles, se merecen esto y mucho mas por bastardear a sus usuarios

[Viceroy]

Publicado originalmente por VirgoCompany:

"You can use the following algorithm"??? I don't think that word means what you think it means, that looks more like a list of instructions.

Algorithm: A process or set of rules to be followed in problem-solving operations.

[USA_Ham]

This unfortunately didn't work for me, even after 3 attempts. I had to do an entire clean reinstall, as Steam kept listing all of the old files as corrupted and wanted to replace every single one of them.

[Silverbird]

All you gotta do is run the launcher from the game's local files. (if you don't know how to get to a games local files on steam, then should you really be gaming on a PC in the first place?)

Not as big a screw up as I had originally thought; RIP the servers though with everybody trying to redownload the game straight in the middle of an event where everyone is actually playing lol...

[LORD_RAKA]

didnt work for me hhhhhhhhhh...... wtf is that?