Validating Took 20 minutes???

[Eagle99]

Is anyone having a problem with validating everytime u close dota 2 or even crash? and its not a normal validating, it took 15-30 minutes to validate?? why is this happening, or anyone knows how to fix this??

[SiEgE]

Sounds like your HDD/SSD is in trouble

[mimizukari]

SSD = only 3 second check for all of dota 2 files

[Eagle99]

i mean, i have SSD tho, but this problem started just after Aghanims labyrinth update, i dont think SSD or HDD is my problem and this problem just happen in dota 2, my other steam game's doing fine :( , i've tried everything from the internet but this problem still remain :(

[SiEgE]

Originally posted by Eagle99:

i mean, i have SSD tho, but this problem started just after Aghanims labyrinth update, i dont think SSD or HDD is my problem and this problem just happen in dota 2, my other steam game's doing fine :( , i've tried everything from the internet but this problem still remain :(

Check if your PC is not infected with something abusing your HDD/SSD. There might be read/write processes, or your CPU getting overused, which makes the transfer process too slow.

You need to make sure your HDD/SSD performs alright.

Try this trick:
1. Copy(not move, copy) your Dota folder to a same folder(it should appear besides the original one, but with a slightly different name).
2. Remove the old Dota folder.
3. Rename your copied Dota folder back to the original name.

If there are damaged read/write sectors on your storage device, that trick should move the Dota files away from them UNLESS there are many of them all over it. It MIGHT help, but absolutely no guarantees. If that helps, then it means you need to replace your storage device ASAP.

[Leon]

Originally posted by Eagle99:

i mean, i have SSD tho, but this problem started just after Aghanims labyrinth update, i dont think SSD or HDD is my problem and this problem just happen in dota 2, my other steam game's doing fine :( , i've tried everything from the internet but this problem still remain :(

Its SSD problem. All hardware have lifespan.

[LIGHT]

I am getting tired of this issue. Got stuck on loading after picking phase. closed Dota .. and it started Validating for 10 mins. went back in game just to found out i got abandon plus 8 hrs cooldown !!!! It was fine before the event update ... is there any solution to this thing?

[***** games 2024]

Had this issue couple of days before, like most of dota 2 players as well. Game was validating every single time before i started the game, even if dota 2 client crashed during the match, which caused an abandon for me.
Search for invalid or corrupted files in start menu, only God know's how to play dota w/o issues after those last damn updates.

[LIGHT]

i did verify integrity files .. but it keep happening every time.

[menz]

same ♥♥♥♥ after some of the latest updates. sometimes (mostly after crashes) it's starting to check for hours

[OnlyFarm]

Bro let me tell you about my small solution. Just run dota.exe from win64 folder. It goes lol no need 20mins validation. Unless there's a must update

[GlipGlop]

♥♥♥♥ the people who work on dota 2, same ♥♥♥♥♥ happening to me, keeping me in a continuous loop on LP for getting abandons because of not being able to connect or even see the heroes selection. ever since this ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ bs update too. ♥♥♥♥ you all.

[Im Sorry]

The biggest joke we did reported issue to steam support, that fellow is explaining reasons for Low priority. He dont even understand what we wrote earlier with printscreens

[Youbornforme]

Originally posted by deneb altair vega:

SSD = only 3 second check for all of dota 2 files

i have m2 ssd and w8 15 min , wtf fake info lol

[jerrygreen]

I'm getting this issue right now. Haven't played the game several years, and now facing this.

I noticed, though, that if I click «Verify integrity of game files», then there's a fraction of a second when the button highlights «Play» instead of loading icon with Validating-Updating statuses. If I'm quick enough, I can start the game. This hack helps, a little... But it's a weird way to start a game.

[Undying Jungle]

just fully reinstall your computer when in doubt