Extinction won't download: Disk Write Error

[ToothedJaw]

I bought extinction, I woke up early to make sure I have time to download it, and then for the first time in my steam history I get a disk write error. What the heck? I ran a local file valiation thing and three files came back corrupt. Said it would reaquire but it came back as a disk write error.

So now I have to wait another 24 hours before I get to play the game I've been dying to play for months. If anyone has a solution to this problem please share it. I'm so tired of wildcard's crap. I hope this is fixable.

[Bar0th]

Wildcard doesn't do the patching, Steam (Valve) does. Disk write errors can be just that (errors on the disk / insufficient space / corrupt download). Validation doesn't fix that, since it only validates the current game folder, not the update files.

Check to make sure you have 2-3x the download size free (steam's download folder has the patch, it's temp folder has the patched files - larger than the download size). Make sure you have no disk errors (chkdsk), and finally, if it's still not updating:

In Steam settings, under Downloads, click the Clear Download Cache button. The downloaded files will be wiped, you will be logged out of Steam, and it will restart.

Then you can start your download over again, and hope that Steam handles it correctly, because as I said, your issue is nothing to do with WIldcard.

[ToothedJaw]

I have 132 gb left on my pc should be more than enough. I'll try to clear the cache.

[Zothen]

Originally posted by Bar0th:

Wildcard doesn't do the patching, Steam (Valve) does.

Thats simply not true. The patching system is implemented by Wildcard, not Steam. Dont spread such nonsense when you have no clue what youre talking about.

And in case of Ark and Disk Write Errors its most of the time not enough disc space to decompress and patch the game. Wildcard demands a lot of space to decompress, so in certain cases its easier to deintall the whole game and reinstall it as whole.

[ToothedJaw]

thanks. I'll free some space.

[DragAxx]

Originally posted by Zothen:

Originally posted by Bar0th:

Wildcard doesn't do the patching, Steam (Valve) does.

Thats simply not true. The patching system is implemented by Wildcard, not Steam. Dont spread such nonsense when you have no clue what youre talking about.

And in case of Ark and Disk Write Errors its most of the time not enough disc space to decompress and patch the game. Wildcard demands a lot of space to decompress, so in certain cases its easier to deintall the whole game and reinstall it as whole.

The patch is wrote by wildcard but delivered, and iniated by Valve. Watch your processes when you are applying updates. It is Steam that is applying the updante and not the Game itself.

[TomHud™]

uninstall ark and then reinstall.
It will reinstall with Extinction

[ToothedJaw]

I'm sure it's disk space. I've been running on low space for a little while now. I've got 30gb of stuff to get rid of on my pc unfortunantly tho. Also, I can't uninstall/reinstall ark. Ark+mods=200gb on my pc. I have no idea how to delete old unused mods so I've got nearly 3 years of ark mods on my pc...I've got some work to do.

[ToothedJaw]

Solution:

I cleared 193 GB and left the think to download. It reached 7gb downloaded in 2 hours before I had to turn it off (limited network provider had to kill the download before it ate my monthly allowance). Going to try and finish it tomorrow morning but it looks good. Thanks for the advice guys!

[typical deagle players cant kill]

u need like 20 gig morethen the real patch numbers.. due to 99% and had to reinstall it again due to low space ... its so dumb r ure disk is dying

[ToothedJaw]

After nearly a week and clearing a total of 230 GB from my system, I got it installed. If you have this issue, the fix is to clear your hard drive of junk and make room for the expansion. Also, it took me several attemps to download and I had to persist through disk errors to convince the game there was enough space. It was not fun but the dlc is worth it so far. At least for single player gameplay.

[Ancient]

Originally posted by Zothen:

Originally posted by Bar0th:

Wildcard doesn't do the patching, Steam (Valve) does.

Thats simply not true. The patching system is implemented by Wildcard, not Steam. Dont spread such nonsense when you have no clue what youre talking about.

And in case of Ark and Disk Write Errors its most of the time not enough disc space to decompress and patch the game. Wildcard demands a lot of space to decompress, so in certain cases its easier to deintall the whole game and reinstall it as whole.

There's a reason this person is banned. Probably not for being completely wrong here, but it should be.

Delta patches on a huge cache like ARK's can, depending on what is being patched, take 2-3X the size of the actual game.

The logistical facts of why are easy enough to explain, but it's been summed up here: https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/1/648814738537178269/#c648814738526766808