Large Update Fix

[martino]

Opt into the Steam Beta to stop downloading the unnecessary 72GB update:
https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=7021-EIAH-8669

This might not fix the issue if your available disk space was already low before the update started. Then you have to let the update finish.

Don't delete any .ACF files, without these Steam can not recover existing files.

[Toni 'Bō' Jones]

Originally posted by Amber:

what happened when u redownloaded?!!

Still in the process of downloading. I will let you know when I'm done

[Waifucatcher]

How are you going to apologize to us for this trouble? I paying for ESO+ and lost all day today for downloading useless files.

[beats]

the download from yesterday got reset today... tomorrow too? one last try before i give up.

[bantam]

I looked in my steam ESO folder and theres a 112GB and a 44gb folder and it still wants more space to finish downloading. I'm trying to wait from some word from Steam while my last month of ESO plus is running out before i touch anything. I paid 3 months of ESO plus to make holiday play easy...well i guess the holiday is over. :)

[ꭗ𝘰]

This better work, since i can run it without steam client from the steam's folders

[ꭗ𝘰]

This literally didnt do anything at all. When i started steam without beta, for the first time, the game simply disappeared from my installed games list. I didnt get any update or downloads for the game, it simply wasnt listed on installed list.

Now i do have only 5gb or less of space on my HDD, so i suppose game couldnt add itself to the list again since it requires 55gb of free space just for preallocating... but if it were an update shouldnt the downloads list have told me that i dont have enough free space and kick the game out of download queue and put it on non queued section?

Either way after doing this beta thing, the game still isnt in my installed games on steam, however i still have the game files on my pc and game works by launching it through eso64 in steam files and logging in via eso login

So how to fix this? Is there a secure way since downloading 100gb (since game requires way more space than 55gb that allocation requires, after steam download is done starting a launcher counts as playing the game on steam -- while launcher still downloads 50 more gb or so -- this is basically scamming out buyers out of their 2 hour refund ability since it takes way more than 2 hours to download 50gb)

It already happened to me couple times when i was trying to verify the files and steam basically deleted everything for no reason whatsoever. I'd like to play this on steam again so it can count my hours, take screenshots and so i could buy ESO+ potentially when i have time

[^2Rayline [NOR]]

Another thing that worries me with this large update is that my anti virus program highlighted and locked out a file stated to be a potential security risk in Steam folder after update. Some long string with "Coin.Miner" in the name.

[Auster]

Fix didn't work at all. Still downloading 64+ GB

Not cool.

[lisadavis13]

this worked for me, thank you <3

[Toni 'Bō' Jones]

Originally posted by Amber:

what happened when u redownloaded?!!

Did it. So basically what I did - I uninstalled the game from the Steam client (from the list of games). Haven't touched anything - not a single file or folder myself. After that you'll need about 115-120 GB of free space in total - at least what I needed. I have full game + Morrowind chapter, without Summerset. After that I installed the game again. At first it asked about 94 GB free hdd space, but after it will ask for additional ~20 GB (when you will instal the Steam Launcher).

After everything finished - you will get back your ~20 GB of free space. Launched the game - everything works! No more scheduled updates.

Again, I haven't touched anything manually - I simply uninstalled the game and installed it again. Oh, and I always have my Steam client in Beta.

Hope that helps.

[mmiller259]

This did nothing to help me

[Ebix]

try this :
move Zenimax Online folder out of common folder . then uninstall eso from steam library close steam completely and open it again , then move Zenimax Online folder inside common folder (your steam should be open before you move zenimax online folder back ) ,right click on elder scrolls online in your steam library and install it , wait for steam to discover already existing files for eso and hopefully like mine you will only need to update like 1-2 gig .

[Linden]

Fix worked, at first I was quite distraught that the paused download is still there, but after I clicked to continue, the download immediately finished and the game started up.

[Siabair]

I'm completely stressed out, WTF is this update? Why? Anyone knows? Does everyone has it or is it only some of us?

[Nyte]

Okay, the thing martino said didn't work for me. I have just deleted ESO from steam and reinstalled the game fully, which took me 3-4 hours or so. Am ingame now and it works fine again, hope this info will help somebody