Do I have to redownload the game on uplay?

[Sensei]

I played this game through the weekend for the free weekend and I now have purchased the game through uplay It's telling me I have to download the game but I already have it downloaded through steam. Does this mean I have to redownload the whole game again? Cause when I try to locate the game files through uplay it tells me "Failed to validate game files"

[Edelweiss ✿]

Yes

[KaNdy.MaN]

I actually did the same as you but opposite. I downloaded the free weekend through uplay and later purchased it through steam.

I moved the uplay download files to the steam directory and after a 5MB update it worked. Surely there is a way to reverse this.

[Hiddeus]

There is. But it's tricky.

You need to have the files from the steam map in the same map as where the files you would download the game through Uplay would go. Then when you start the download, Uplay "discovers" those files as files you had already downloaded.

I hope this helps someone. I've been sitting for 30 minutes trying to figure this out :D