Q: If you already have BDO installed, will buying from steam make you download it again?

[GXV3]

Hello !!

Sorry for the question..
I played the 7 day trial a while ago and kept meaning to go and buy the full game.. so i still have the game installed on my pc....
but if I buy from steam.. will I have to install another version?

(I realize that any progress wont transfer over, I will have to start from scratch)

also another Question if I may..
Will steam players and the official site BDO players be on the same server?

lol sorry I am dumb and confused :P

[amershrz]

I'm wondering the same thing... i'm currently importing the black desert files into the steamapps/common folder right now and later going to check the integrity once its finished with repair tool built into steam will let you know if it works.

[GXV3]

Oh thanks amershrz, yea that would be cool if you could let me know.. and ill do the same thing.
Fingers crossed for you!

[Heathy]

it should work its exactly the same client i would think, but yes just move it into the steamapps directory let it check the files, it might have to download something but probably not the whole thing.

just click install on steam, wait till it starts downloading, close steam, move the folder, fire up steam again, and it should check the files and download whats missing.

[Danjal]

They've indicated on the store page that steam accounts and original accounts are not interchangeable.

Pre-Existing Users

The Steam version of Black Desert Online requires the purchase of the game from Steam as well as the creation of a new Black Desert Online account. Pre-existing Black Desert Online accounts created from methods other than Steam will not be able to play via Steam.

[GXV3]

yup, it does work buy sliding your game files into the SteamApps file... though it will varify the files for about 10 mins.. and poop your in

[Golden Lilly]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von GXV3:

yup, it does work buy sliding your game files into the SteamApps file... though it will varify the files for about 10 mins.. and poop your in

What files do you slide in exactly?

[elsie]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von el chapo jr:

Ursprünglich geschrieben von GXV3:

yup, it does work buy sliding your game files into the SteamApps file... though it will varify the files for about 10 mins.. and poop your in

What files do you slide in exactly?

yes what files? i don't want to download the game again when i buy it

[GXV3]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von el chapo jr:

What files do you slide in exactly?

Hey im so sorry only just saw this.

the original game you downloaded from the website should be located in your files here..

C:\Program Files (x86)\Black Desert online

But here is what i did.


I opened 2 document windows side by side.

1 was C:\Program Files (x86)\ (With Black desert online highlighted)

the other was Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common (you should see folders of all ur steam games)

I just clicked on the entire folder "Black desert online" (without going into that folder)

and slid it over to Steams games folder (click on BDO folder and without taking your finger off the mouse button slide it over to the steams games folder)

take your finger off and it should then transfer file location , will take a few secs.

Now your BDO folder is in your steam game folder along with your other games.


then just launch your Steam launcher app... go into your games.. and hit download on BDO, it will then Varify files instead of downloading.. and maybe download a patch if needed. that will take about 10 mins.

Im sorry im not so good at explaining things :P

[Jack :3]

If you already started the download on steam make sure to pause it, right click bdo on steam and uninstall, otherwise this wont work...make sure to put the files in BEFORE you click install

[Codester]

Just so you guys know there is way to completely Xfer your files so they work with the steam version. I know a LOt of people who have already done so. It requires file and folder moving part way into the install.

[JabuJabu]

Thanks to GXV3 for the detailed explanation. After multiple failed attempts I finally got Steam to accept the files and only had to download an extra 200 MB.

What I would suggest if anyone is still having trouble is to first run your non-Steam BDO client and let it patch anything automatically, if files are outdated and you try giving them to Steam it will just reject everything and want to download the whole game. After that, just copy the Paz folder to where it would be on Steam's folder (see GXV3's post here for detailed folder paths). I used WinMerge to check what was actually different and only copied over the files from the Paz folder that existed in the steam folder (which were previously generated by a previous failed attempt at downloading through steam which I uninstalled before starting anew). So once I got the list Steam wanted from the Paz folder, I proceeded to only copying those files and skipping anything else. Then relaunched Steam, told it to download the game and it automatically started verifying what I placed in the Steam folder. After it was done verifying, it started downloading the game with a 49.0GB of 49.2GB progress. I doubt the WinMerge thing was a necessary step, just copying the Paz folder should be enough.

[NovaMew]

So does this let you log in as any account?

[GXV3]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Nova:

So does this let you log in as any account?

No sadly... this is only for the steam account.

- if you buy on steam.. use on steam.

- if you bought direct from the site, you can only use the official BDO launcher
(though you can use steam to launch the BDO official launcher, by adding BDO from your PCs game libary.. but it wont give you steam achevments.)

[Repomeister]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von GXV3:

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Nova:

So does this let you log in as any account?

No sadly... this is only for the steam account.

- if you buy on steam.. use on steam.

Jesus... the same game running from the same servers and the brainiacs haven't figured out how to handle the accounts. So all that progress is just going to be GONE. Guess I am not buying this game from Steam.

[NineShadow Deathfold]

pretty sure it just activates your account status to "owned" and no fresh install will be needed.

NM: was reading your trying to cross play from desktop to steam version. yea that doesnt work. also...why does this decide whether you play on steam or not? like your progress on trial account was probably worthless anyhow. and easily recovered in a few hours. especially now that youve learned a bit.