Stuck at ...% downloading!

[bobbygr]

I have been sitting at 99% downloading for a very long time - going on an hour. It won't download that last percent. What's going on?

[theliferobotic]

This is happening to me too. It's been about an hour and it won't budge off of 99%. Can anyone help?

[smash]

I got the following from https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=6966-IADH-1503, but there's other possible fixes in that link, too.

General Troubleshooting

Try launching the stalled game by double clicking it. This may allow the download to finish.
If the issue persists, please double check your current download region:

• Start Steam
  
• Go to Steam > Settings > Downloads tab
  
• Under Download region, select the region that you are in or that is closest to you.
  
• You can also try various regions near your location to see if a better connection is available.

If you continue to see this issue, please exit from Steam and rename the ClientRegistry.blob. Restart Steam to replace the file and then finish the game update.

[MrLee]

Mine is also stuck at 99%. I clicked play and got these options, play the game or run the benchmarking utility. I clicked on the Benchmark Utility now I got a whole new window and it says its updating, but it's going very slowly!

[smash]

It could also be giving you an incorrect percentage, and you're actually still unlocking the game.

[theliferobotic]

Thanks for the help, but that link doesn't go anywhere.

I have tried starting the game, it goes to the updating window and says "ready to launch in approximately 1 second..." and then counts upward to infinity. The problem is that there isn't anything left to download, I've had the game preloaded for days. But instead of unlocking I've got this 99% glitch.

I would try your suggestion with ClientRegistry.blob, but I don't know where to find that file.

[smash]

The link should work now.

https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=6966-IADH-1503

And ClientRegistry.blob information is here.

[theliferobotic]

Thanks for the help. Before I could mess with the ClientRegistry file I restarted Steam for what had to be the tenth time and it is finally at 100%! Gonna play it now finally!

[Maxximooose]

I'm in the same boat. I preloaded on the 23rd and I sit at 99% as we speak. I'm "downloading" at 0 bytes/s at this moment and time, and when clicking the button to launch game, it brings up the update dialogue as I would expect, starting at 1 second remaining, and then going up. as I write it's gone up to 4.5 minutes and going up every second.
Maybe it's just an issue with the serverload? Maybe too many people downloading at once?
I'll try the suggestions you gave smash, thanks for the tip.
Hope we can all play this soon!

[MrLee]

Mine is done dowloading thru the update window. Took about 12mins.
No biggie for me, about to play soon! :)

Hope you all get yours going!

[Leni]

I closed steam, reopened and then right clicked on download to restart - went to 100% fast. Then sat there - restarted computer and now I am sitting waiting for updates - 12 min to go...

[NetshadeX]

@ 99% and the game won't budge..Tried all of the above... no luck. I'm off to work now :( Hope this thing will run when I get back...

[Vertigogo]

Originally posted by Scot G. Russian:

I'm in the same boat. I preloaded on the 23rd and I sit at 99% as we speak. I'm "downloading" at 0 bytes/s at this moment and time, and when clicking the button to launch game, it brings up the update dialogue as I would expect, starting at 1 second remaining, and then going up. as I write it's gone up to 4.5 minutes and going up every second.
Maybe it's just an issue with the serverload? Maybe too many people downloading at once?
I'll try the suggestions you gave smash, thanks for the tip.
Hope we can all play this soon!

This exact same thing is happening to me as well

[Steve]

I made an exact same thread a few hours ago but I managed to fix it. Not sure if this will work for everyone but what I did exactly was:

1. Stop and started the download several times on the "Downloads" page.
2. Left it on paused.
3. Changed the region
4. Exited Steam and opened it again.
5. Bioshock disappeared from the "Downloads" page but it said "Download Paused" in the game library.
6. I clicked on "play" and an update windowed showed but stayed stuck.
7. I closed the update window and then clicked play again and it slowly started to update.
(And the timer is supposed to go up).

Not sure if this will help but this is exactly what I did to fix it.

[Beefystew89]

i have tried everything here, mine is stuck with the pre load compete and at the bottom of my steam it shows one item paused, but if i go to the downloads page there is nothing there, and if i try to pause and resume the pre load it just tells me the same thing about when the game is officailly released i will be able to play :(

[Feesty]

yeah Im having the same problem as everyone else its just stuick it says 100% but when I click on play it comes up with the still downloading window and thens tarts counting up. its ajoke that you pay all this money for a game but it wont even start and you get the same BS reply from steam help