Rewriting entire game to SSD on update?

[JoshyBiznasty]

Hello,

Can anyone give me an answer on this? I'll admit I have no experience in this regard so I'd appreciate the help.

The game just started updating with a 1.5G update and I updated pretty quick but now it's patching the entire 75.9G game again.

Is this normal? is it rewriting the entire game all over again? I've never seen this happen before and it seems kinda ridiculous that it feels like I'm redownloading the whole thing a second time for a 1.5G update.

If I am misunderstanding the situation, then that's my bad.

Thanks,

[Valteron]

It's not rewriting the entire game, it's just patching the changes to the code.

[TimeSpent]

Its stuck at 2% for me and wont install the ♥♥♥♥. Happens everytime they update and I still have no ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ idea how to fix it

[Anndy578]

it's the way steam handles files which is really dumb

[WarWrath]

The last major update someone posted the same issue. There was a reply to uninstall the game and then re-install it as the 2% means it thinks you dont have enough space in the SSD. I did that and it worked. I think it was even faster that trying to install the 75g the normal way.

[JoshyBiznasty]

Originally posted by WarWrath:

The last major update someone posted the same issue. There was a reply to uninstall the game and then re-install it as the 2% means it thinks you dont have enough space in the SSD. I did that and it worked. I think it was even faster that trying to install the 75g the normal way.

It wont even let me uninstall it! Its just stuck at 2% and even if I try to pause it or have another game update, it wont let me. It just says, "Unable to uninstall due to: Busy"

[kenundrum]

I just updated it yesterday, and it took a loooooong time, and now today a 3.2 Gig patch. This is ridiculous.

[Futanari Dreams]

Originally posted by Anndy578:

it's the way steam handles files which is really dumb

No it's just this ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ game. It did the same ♥♥♥♥ when I played it in beta on ps4 years ago. It literally has to re-install the whole game for an update yet marks it as an update.

[WarWrath]

Originally posted by JoshyBiznasty:

Originally posted by WarWrath:

The last major update someone posted the same issue. There was a reply to uninstall the game and then re-install it as the 2% means it thinks you dont have enough space in the SSD. I did that and it worked. I think it was even faster that trying to install the 75g the normal way.

It wont even let me uninstall it! Its just stuck at 2% and even if I try to pause it or have another game update, it wont let me. It just says, "Unable to uninstall due to: Busy"

mine locked up too. I had to restart my computer, then un-install, then re-install.

[KornKron]

It is installing. Sometimes it gets stuck at 2% and stops showing progress although it is working, just wait half an hour or more and it will finish.

[Defiant]

The 1.5gb patch has to be added to all parts of the game. It's not just like a 1.5gb file that gets added to the game. It's stuff that gets injected throughout the code.

You're only downloading the 1.5gb. The rest of it is up to your HD speed regarding how fast it gets done. This isn't exactly uncommon for large games, especially in early access. You probably just don't notice it with other games as they're often much smaller installations. Ark is pretty large.

Chances are your SSD is very close to being full, so you have no wiggle room. I always keep about 10% - 15% of my drive free so that when installing / updating stuff the drive has space to manage things.

But yeah, it's not "downloading" or "installing", it's patching. It's a specific process.

And I'm not some fanboy either lol, I've given the game a negative review but this? It just is what it is.

[Defiant]

Originally posted by Futanari Dreams:

Originally posted by Anndy578:

it's the way steam handles files which is really dumb

No it's just this ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ game. It did the same ♥♥♥♥ when I played it in beta on ps4 years ago. It literally has to re-install the whole game for an update yet marks it as an update.

It's called patching. Has always existed in games. This is *extremely* common. If it was reinstalling the whole game you'd need to download the installation files again. Massive massive massssssive difference.

Honestly it sounds like you don't know anything whatsoever about how computers work, so maybe educate yourself instead of nerd raging lol.

[wildbill]

Well just do a search on patch or update here. Every single patch release, someone complains about the exact same thing. Its been this way, hasn't changed.

[Fallen]

This is how Unreal Engine games update, this is not a steam thing. They "bake" the files and need to patch to new files and rewrite the whole thing on major updates. The small 300MB updates are usually just exe updates.

[Basoon]

Its not just patching. Everybody quick to dismiss this issue. I have the same thing, and I've had it with zero other games out of the couple hundred in my library

Every update, it downloads the update just like every other game on steam. THEN it goes on to disk write 150 gigs or so, and always freezes up before finishing. Again, only ASA that does this, never ASE, never any other game. People act like patching is a new concept, but its not. It is 100% an issue with ASA specifically.

[Sarecho]

Originally posted by WarWrath:

The last major update someone posted the same issue. There was a reply to uninstall the game and then re-install it as the 2% means it thinks you dont have enough space in the SSD. I did that and it worked. I think it was even faster that trying to install the 75g the normal way.

reinstalling a game is the last thing you do when nothing else worked. you start with that and you're probably getting nowhere. it's something on their computer interfering, either because steam is in program files or somewhere OTHER THAN THE ROOT OF THE DRIVE or it's antivirus/win11 onedrive/windef blocking stuff

MOST people with steam have it installed in the default program files location and that's just totally wrong and will always cause them problems