Why does steam re download the entire game every time there is a new update?

[DarthRobin1138]

I'm having this problem with Star Wars Jedi Survivor, everytime there is a new update it's like the game deletes itself and re dowloads. It's annoying, is there any fix for this?

[MadZec]

Eerrrr it does not, it only downloads the patch. It sometimes redownload entire game if there was some big modification in the game itself made. But it only downloads the patch files.

[( ( < < <🤖> > > ) )]

have you asked the game makers on their forum.....

[DarthRobin1138]

Thanks guys, you've been real helpfull.

[( ( < < <🤖> > > ) )]

steam have a hardware and OS forum if its technical...

but if a game maker decides the games needs a full download
instead of partial patch then not much you can do about it...

[Overseer]

I don't have the game but you can check packages and depots on steamdb and what exactly has been changed.
https://steamdb.info/patchnotes/11216488/
Normally games use container files to store many files in a compressed form that can be accessed directly via the engine during run time. In this case .pak files. And those can be big with several GB. So even changing just a tiny bit inside of a container can mean a big GB download for the container file.

[DarthRobin1138]

1. I have two computers and I only have this problem on one of them.

2. It's not just a big update, the game literally deletes it's flies from the folder, the game is 155GB but as as son as I launch steam after an uppdate it's suddely just 3GB. This doesn't happen on my other computer, it only downloaded the patch, usually 5GB, but on this one where I'm having the issue it downloads 118GB every time.

[DarthRobin1138]

Also if I pause the update I lose progress.

[Overseer]

You can go through troubleshooting, especially the cache and a different drive.
https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/21F5-8D5D-0141-7A5E

[TheLevelCap]

The game is redownloading because the entire game is being made after you paid for it. EA did it to BF2042, it was a success, but they're doing this again.

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