steam install, then launcher install?

[bubsa2]

I downloaded eso via steam last night, 60 gb, and tried to run it this morning and the application i downloaded 60 gb for asks me to install a second 87 gb install

running osx sierra

how to fix?

[Trigger]

first steam downloads BASE game and DLC'S, then ESO launcher downloads ALL Updates made to game since launch and there have been many.

[Trigger]

if you buy just BASE GAME, you still get download of full game. Why, in case you decide to buy afew dlc's-just pay for them, log out of steam, then enter again and your dlc's are ready to play. Already downloaded.

[bubsa2]

@trigger not helpful.
I purchased "elder scrolls online: tamriel unlimited" and it's a 62 gb install, then when i open the application it tells me i need to install another 87 gb of game files

is there a way to avoid the second install or are both installs necessary to play the game?

[bubsa2]

Originally posted by Trigger:

if you buy just BASE GAME, you still get download of full game. Why, in case you decide to buy afew dlc's-just pay for them, log out of steam, then enter again and your dlc's are ready to play. Already downloaded.

why is there 87 gb of updates to the game????

[Trigger]

have you made account with ESO yet ?

[bubsa2]

Originally posted by Trigger:

have you made account with ESO yet ?

i have not but would that affect how much install there is?

[bubsa2]

Originally posted by Trigger:

have you made account with ESO yet ?

i made an accccount now what??

[Trigger]

try pressing PLAY on steam for ESO

[Trigger]

did you confirm your account = check your email that you used for ESO account

[Resident NATO Freedom Enjoyer]

Trigger said multiple times that steam downloads the game. The launcher downloads everything added after the release on steam. Come on man. Ain't hard to understand. xD

[Lucifer ★✬]

Originally posted by ุVacate Sandman ุ:

Trigger said multiple times that steam downloads the game. The launcher downloads everything added after the release on steam. Come on man. Ain't hard to understand. xD

you would say that but the number posts here that are the same thing as OP is really big. probaly the biggest question.


people dont seem to understand that any game downloads the bace (or how it was day 1) and then all its updates. every update adds to the size

[bubsa2]

Originally posted by Lucifer ★✬:

Originally posted by ุVacate Sandman ุ:

Trigger said multiple times that steam downloads the game. The launcher downloads everything added after the release on steam. Come on man. Ain't hard to understand. xD

you would say that but the number posts here that are the same thing as OP is really big. probaly the biggest question.


people dont seem to understand that any game downloads the bace (or how it was day 1) and then all its updates. every update adds to the size

so the game really is like 140 gb?????

[Trigger]

ESO recommands 85 GB for game installation. It's not over 85 GB yet. STEAM has screwed something in their download.

[Trigger]

If you read the store page for ESO on Steam, it says all thats needed for ESO to run is an account with ESO, not STEAM, steam is a middle-man you involved by buying ESO through Steam. Should have bought ESO from ESO website with just 1 very long download. Steam has it's own download and then you have to download through ESO launcher the updates.

[RiverPhobia]

Man. Y'all were something else seven years ago. I'm so high that I'm basically on Mars right now and reading this entire thread is giving me a headache. So I take it, the game content installs through Steam, along with the launcher. The launcher already detects content with steam, but no update data. So, it prompts for updates, which have built up over the years and are now gigs to install all at once.

TLDR; Steam has the ESO content, launcher is installing all updates since the steam version was released. [insert asking why they don't update steam version here]
Edit: They do update the steam version. The launcher says it will install 20 gigs and install nothing.