Borderlands 2 updating everyday

[JanWar]

Every morning when I boot up my pc and open steam borderlands 2 always on completed downloads tab. It says download completed couple minutes ago. Anyone else have the same problem?

[Zen_Disaster]

Originally posted by JanWar:

Every morning when I boot up my pc and open steam borderlands 2 always on completed downloads tab. It says download completed couple minutes ago. Anyone else have the same problem?

We'd like to help but your English language is very unclear. Exactly what "same problem" is causing your issue(s) playing BL2? Have fun

PS BL2 has not been updated or patched in quite some years now, as it's a pretty old game that's been long ago optimized.

[JanWar]

Okay, it updates everytime I restart my pc. I boot up my pc, open steam it updates on 7.00 am. Then I clear all update notification, if after that I restart pc, borderlands updates again on 7.15. No other games updates everytime I restart PC, only borderlands 2. Is it just me or others have same experience?
No big problem, just annoying.

[Zen_Disaster]

Originally posted by JanWar:

Okay, it updates everytime I restart my pc. I boot up my pc, open steam it updates on 7.00 am. Then I clear all update notification, if after that I restart pc, borderlands updates again on 7.15. No other games updates everytime I restart PC, only borderlands 2. Is it just me or others have same experience?
No big problem, just annoying.

BL2 doesn't update every time you open Steam ~ Steam updates Steam frequently but I've never heard anyone finding it to be annoying. Generally speaking, Steam's updates are good for all players of all games.

But if BL2 in Steam is overly annoying for you, don't play BL2 in Steam. BL2 is playable (just like the rest of your games excluding those developed by Valve) outside of the Steam platform.

Your time of day isn't really important in the General Forums like this one ~ remember that when it's morning with the sun just coming up in certain parts of the world, it's evening the same day with the sun already set in other parts of the world. Steam serves us all.

Happy Gaming

[Out Of Bubblegum]

It should not be updating. Maybe there is a problem with the cloud saves? Try turning them off.
Try the Steam verify the local files test.

[JanWar]

Originally posted by Out Of Bubblegum:

It should not be updating. Maybe there is a problem with the cloud saves? Try turning them off.
Try the Steam verify the local files test.

Tried verify file integrity, it still updating. Uninstalled for now. Already play it enough anyway.

[Diogenes49]

check your pc game filest o see if they are marked read only

[Potato-pc]

Same problem, can't find a workaround

[elvis.p]

Same here on Linux with Proton. Everday i start Steam, Borderlands2 downloads an "Update" between 40MB and 2GB.

[Radiowavehero]

Elvis.P have you already tried the things mentioned in this topic ?

If not.

Right click borderlands 2 in the library , Properties , installed files , verify integrity. Or you could try to reinstall it completely.

You can also try moving your steam folder , I don't know about Linux with proton so I'm not sure if this applies but on windows 10 and up certain folders are protected system folders , including the folder steam is installed to by default (program files x86) and games sometimes fail to read/write properly to to them without permissions , moving the steam folder to a non system folder can fix it , not sure what the linux proton equivalent would be but make sure the game is properly writing the files it is trying to download,

As Diogenes49 mentioned above check the folders to see if they say write only ,on windows you would right click , manage , security , click the Edit button on that tab and then give permission to read write etc.

Something else you can try is right click borderlands 2 , Manage , browse local files , then sort by update/new whatever and see if anything was just updated , that might give you an idea of what keeps redownloading or the problem is , I remember in the past there were some problems with DLC constantly redownloading and with the way the updates you get are ranging from small to large I would check the DLC folder first since they have that kind of size difference.

[Faster With Feeling]

I don't have this problem but am curious how do you play the game outside of steam? Running the .exe triggers steam doesn't it?

[-]c0c0nut[-]

known problem for some games with their shader-pre-caching & linux

https://steamcommunity.com/app/275850/discussions/1/4133808627029164149/

https://steamcommunity.com/app/221410/discussions/0/4142816719798226986/