Fix the unpacking of files during updates already

[Fes]

Maybe you ******* kids called WC will fix it? To download 800 mb you have to free the full weight of the game. Have you eaten your ears there? No game has such a thing only you, and for such a time it could be fixed, but no you will add unnecessary hj like paid dinos.
Those who write that here I have a 4 tb disk and I'm all right, do not, what these damages are doing wrong. You can ban, but it will only confirm that you do not f********g do anything useful and only milk the players in their m******y.

[Silver]

I downloaded 600Gb data in the last 4 days just because they just ♥♥♥♥ on us customers.

[DrunkenOrca]

I downloaded 60gb last patch and thats all. Strange.

[Sarecho]

Originally posted by Silver:

I downloaded 600Gb data in the last 4 days just because they just ♥♥♥♥ on us customers.

you're not taking the 3 seconds to read what is going on. ALL of aberration hasn't even been 80gb of downloads, but the patching has been 200gb or so. steam separates the download size from teh patch size for you.

[Kleos]

I rarely agree with the negativity on steam but in this case you are 100% correct. After years of Ark SE patching so badly I really did think that when I heard about this, they would have solved the issue but it's still the same years and years later. It's no wonder they release patches in such a poor state, they cannot test it internally because they spend their entire working day patching their client :D

[Kleos]

Originally posted by Sarecho:

Originally posted by Silver:

I downloaded 600Gb data in the last 4 days just because they just ♥♥♥♥ on us customers.

you're not taking the 3 seconds to read what is going on. ALL of aberration hasn't even been 80gb of downloads, but the patching has been 200gb or so. steam separates the download size from teh patch size for you.

It's quicker to reinstall the game than patch it if you have good internet :)

[Oblivion]

took me less than 5min to update. check your pc/connection guys

[DarkerFate]

I've been stuck on 2% installing for at least 40 minutes now. That's after the download and patching process. I have 288 gigs free on that SSD

[Automatic12pro]

Either I'm lucky and don't experience OP's issue or people don't know what their talking about and assume the patching/verification part of updates are using their internet. How it works for me is I download the initial patch/update and internet usage is idle for the rest of the install. I'm also downloading just the patch not a 100+gb game.

[Twi'lek Testis]

we deserve refunds! THIS IS HORRID!

[Sarecho]

Originally posted by Kleos:

Originally posted by Sarecho:

you're not taking the 3 seconds to read what is going on. ALL of aberration hasn't even been 80gb of downloads, but the patching has been 200gb or so. steam separates the download size from teh patch size for you.

It's quicker to reinstall the game than patch it if you have good internet :)

no it's not, you most likely have one drive (win11 only) or antivirus or windows defender (win10 or win11) interfering with stuff. basically, if you don't know what every single process in your task manager is doing, you aren't in actual control of your computer and stuff can and does mess with other stuff.

for the past 10 years people have been told to NEVER install a game on the desktop, in program files or any UAC-controlled folder but in the root of the drive itself but how many people reading this thread right now have steam installed in program files? probably half. games are getting to the point that people who are just smart enough to USE the computer but not understand it are going to be left on the outside looking in. modern PC gaming is like modding and requires a lot of effort on your part to keep it all working.

[Sutsko]

Stuck on 2% as well... was stuck on 1% yday having to download the entire game again after it deleted itself :^)

[Sarecho]

Originally posted by Automatic12pro:

Either I'm lucky and don't experience OP's issue or people don't know what their talking about and assume the patching/verification part of updates are using their internet. How it works for me is I download the initial patch/update and internet usage is idle for the rest of the install. I'm also downloading just the patch not a 100+gb game.

MOST PC gamers dont' know what they're doing, at all. every single forum for games is like this. the people who know the least are the most adamant it's not their fault too. average person doesn't know what read-only means or does and it's not like you need a job with computers to know this stuff. they're literally not able to understand the words/numbers on the steam download page for a patch even.

even in the thread i just startd telling folks step by step how to set FSR up properly, they post and say "they shouldn't have to, they're customers" so whatever i guess, i'm not low-T enough to wanna be a damsel in distress so i'll keep trying to help myself and anyone who wants it

[Orlyy]

When the first patch after aberration came out I didn't have the issue(I've had this many times). But when the first minor patch came, it downloaded, unpacked and when it got to fully patched, it went back down to 2%, and stays there. I then reinstalled, and upon coming back from work I saw there was a patch, I hoped that it didn't do it again, but it did. I don't have this issue with any other game. On game pass though, I never ONCE had the issue.

[Sarecho]

Originally posted by Orlyy:

When the first patch after aberration came out I didn't have the issue(I've had this many times). But when the first minor patch came, it downloaded, unpacked and when it got to fully patched, it went back down to 2%, and stays there. I then reinstalled, and upon coming back from work I saw there was a patch, I hoped that it didn't do it again, but it did. I don't have this issue with any other game. On game pass though, I never ONCE had the issue.

where you got the steam folder installed, are you on win 10 or win 11, do you have any antivirus that isn't windows defender and is it all on an NVME or at least an SSD

[Orlyy]

Originally posted by Sarecho:

Originally posted by Orlyy:

When the first patch after aberration came out I didn't have the issue(I've had this many times). But when the first minor patch came, it downloaded, unpacked and when it got to fully patched, it went back down to 2%, and stays there. I then reinstalled, and upon coming back from work I saw there was a patch, I hoped that it didn't do it again, but it did. I don't have this issue with any other game. On game pass though, I never ONCE had the issue.

where you got the steam folder installed, are you on win 10 or win 11, do you have any antivirus that isn't windows defender and is it all on an NVME or at least an SSD

Steam is on my c drive I'm on a 2tb nvme drive. W10, I have malware bytes. But it's the free version.