Update Paused- Content File Locked

[Ulthanon]

I was playing DOS2 just fine yesterday, but today something weird happened. I was loading up my game from the Continue option, and the game crashed out to desktop; after that, it kept telling me I had an update to download, but no matter what I did, the update couldn't finish because the content file was locked. Has anyone run into this before?

[Raze_Larian]

Try verifying local files: in the Steam library, right click on the game and select Properties, switch to the Local Files tab and then click on the 'Verify Integrity of Game Cache...' button.

If you exit out of the Steam client and start the game directly from the '..\SteamApps\common\Divinity Original Sin 2\DefEd\bin\EoCApp.exe' program file, does that work?

If the game will start from the executable:

Try logging out of Steam, exit the client, reboot, start Steam again, log in, and see if that helps.

Try exiting out of the Steam client, then browse to the SteamApps folder where the game is installed and delete the contents of the 'downloading' folder (assuming it is actually trying to download something).
After that, right click on the Steam shortcut and run it as administrator, and see if that helps.

In the client, in the Steam menu select Settings, then Downloads, and try changing your Download Region.


If you can not run the game from the executable:

If applicable, disable Steam cloud support either globally (in the client click on the Steam menu and select Settings, and then Cloud) or just for this game (in the library right click Divinity: Original Sin 2 and select Properties, then switch to the Updates tab and check the Steam Cloud section).

Next, try browsing to the '..\Documents\Larian Studios' folder and rename the 'Divinity Original Sin 2 Definitive Edition' subfolder.
This folder contains the saved games, configuration files and a level cache folder. Deleting or renaming it will get the game to recreate it on startup; playing the game from a different Windows user account would effectively do the same thing. With Steam running and cloud support enabled, the client would just download the cloud copy of your existing profile (assuming it wasn't blocked by the 'update paused' error).

After that, extract the replacement folder from this download[www.dropbox.com] into your '..\Documents\Larian Studios' folder, and see if that will let you start the game from the executable.

The graphicSettings.lsx file is set to 1280x720 Windowed mode, Very Low quality preset and low audio quality, which you can change in the options (manually, or hit autodetect) if this gets the game working through Steam.
If that helps, create a new profile, exit and copy a couple saves from the renamed folder into the newly created profile's ..\Savegames\Story folder. If that continues to let you start the game (and load the saves), move the rest of the saves over.
If you still get this error when starting through Steam, delete the replacement My Documents D:OS 2 DE folder and rename the original back again.


Try doing a clean boot and then test the game. Click Start, or hit WinKey-R, type in msconfig and hit enter; in the General tab, click Selective Startup, uncheck Load startup items (if required) and leave Load system services and Use original boot configuration options checked. Next, click on the Services tab, check the box to Hide all Microsoft services, then click the Disable All button (maybe make a note of which are currently enabled/disabled), then click OK and reboot the computer.
Run msconfig again to switch back to the normal boot configuration.

Try creating a new Windows administrator user account, switch to that account and try starting the game from there, directly from the executable.


In either case:

Try checking your drive(s) for errors. In Windows Explorer, right click each drive and select Properties, switch to the Tools tab and click Check Now in the Error-checking section. For the boot drive, you should be given the option to schedule a scan for the next time Windows is started.