validating files does nothing

[Ch1pzHoy]

I'm having an issue with trying to fix one of my games. I've already tried re-installing, restarting my computer and validating the files. When i validate it keeps on telling me one file didn't pass and will be re-installed but it never does. I'm not sure what else i can do or if this is a steam issue, it is an older game but has worked perfectly fine in the past. Has anyone else experienced this recently?

[Baron Von Boom]

Ive had this before with some older titles & Its usually a file that is either blocked your AV or needs executing from the game folder itself. ie an older graphics driver etc
I would try deactivating your anti virus first when validating & see if it goes through, also wouldnt hurt to have a dig through the games own community hub to see if theres any tips/tricks there.

[Ch1pzHoy]

引用自 Baron Von Boom：

Ive had this before with some older titles & Its usually a file that is either blocked your AV or needs executing from the game folder itself. ie an older graphics driver etc
I would try deactivating your anti virus first when validating & see if it goes through, also wouldnt hurt to have a dig through the games own community hub to see if theres any tips/tricks there.

ill give this a shot and hope it works, thank you

[natshely]

You can add the game to Windows Defender and antiviruses list of exceptions.

[crunchyfrog]

This is normal and it's how it's supposed to work, so it's not an error.

You will ALWAYS need to reacquire 1 file when you verify a perfectly "clean" game. That's how it's supposed to work.

If you are having other problems then it's something else.

[spookster]

引用自 crunchyfrog：

You will ALWAYS need to reacquire 1 file when you verify a perfectly "clean" game. That's how it's supposed to work.

this is not true.
a proper installed game will validate without having to download anything at all ("all files successfully validated").
i just tested this with a freshly installed game.

[crunchyfrog]

引用自 spookster：

引用自 crunchyfrog：

You will ALWAYS need to reacquire 1 file when you verify a perfectly "clean" game. That's how it's supposed to work.

this is not true.
a proper installed game will validate without having to download anything at all ("all files successfully validated").
i just tested this with a freshly installed game.

It CAN, but the point is it doesn't always. It depends on the game as far as I understand. Might be just older games that still do it as it was certainly the case a few years ago.

[Mr. Monday]

Either way, the "one file failed to validate" issue is common for many Steam games. It shouldn't be an issue though as far as playing the game is concerned. If your game still isn't working OP I suggest asking in that game's forum for help as those people will likely know what's going on.

[Ch1pzHoy]

引用自 Mr. Monday：

Either way, the "one file failed to validate" issue is common for many Steam games. It shouldn't be an issue though as far as playing the game is concerned. If your game still isn't working OP I suggest asking in that game's forum for help as those people will likely know what's going on.

yeah that seems to be the case rn, i tried a few things and still nothing is working. thank you all for trying to help tho.

[Daggoth]

https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/0C48-FCBD-DA71-93EB

Important: One or more files may fail to verify.
This is normal for most Steam games. The files that fail to verify are local configuration files that should not be replaced as part of this process. You can safely ignore this message.

[дождливые народы]

normal day for me. I have been experiencing radical Steam alteration for few days. Every time i start steam client, my social network is not working. After i launch a game, cs go, it say that vac can not verify my session. I close everything down, i start it up with compatibility mode, online shop comes back but nothing works. After that, i close everything and start it as the way as it was in beginning, everything works. Even csgo but it is filled with cheaters all the time. Today the alteration was that while i was playing, VAC thought that i wont work anymore. I started a online competitive match making and i connected, almost and VAC failed again to verify. I tried everything but since today, i havent been able to connect to competitive mode because STEAM ♥♥♥♥♥ is giving me cooldowns bc their software is not working.

[Mr. Monday]

引用自 рожден мертвым：

normal day for me. I have been experiencing radical Steam alteration for few days. Every time i start steam client, my social network is not working. After i launch a game, cs go, it say that vac can not verify my session. I close everything down, i start it up with compatibility mode, online shop comes back but nothing works. After that, i close everything and start it as the way as it was in beginning, everything works. Even csgo but it is filled with cheaters all the time. Today the alteration was that while i was playing, VAC thought that i wont work anymore. I started a online competitive match making and i connected, almost and VAC failed again to verify. I tried everything but since today, i havent been able to connect to competitive mode because STEAM ♥♥♥♥♥ is giving me cooldowns bc their software is not working.

1) Hijacking threads is rude.

2) You're getting VAC errors due to problems on your end, not Steam's. If you don't try fixing it you'll continue to receive cooldowns. https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/22C0-03D0-AE4B-04E8

[Obsidian]

引用自 Ch1pzHoy：

I'm having an issue with trying to fix one of my games. I've already tried re-installing, restarting my computer and validating the files. When i validate it keeps on telling me one file didn't pass and will be re-installed but it never does. I'm not sure what else I can do or if this is a steam issue, it is an older game but has worked perfectly fine in the past. Has anyone else experienced this recently?

I've found that Steam's "verify cache" is useless and annoying and in all cases, for me, it is better to uninstall the app, purge all register entries/cache, and redownload, on another drive if available, and be done with it.

[Satoru]

引用自 Obsidian：

I've found that Steam's "verify cache" is useless and annoying and in all cases, for me, it is better to uninstall the app, purge all register entries/cache, and redownload, on another drive if available, and be done with it.

Note validating your game files does what its supposed to do

If however you decided to massively destroy your game files, registry, etc, then yes fixing the existing data files isn't going to help but that's not really the fault of the verification but that you basically took a blowtorch to the game

[Ch1pzHoy]

引用自 Satoru：

引用自 Obsidian：

I've found that Steam's "verify cache" is useless and annoying and in all cases, for me, it is better to uninstall the app, purge all register entries/cache, and redownload, on another drive if available, and be done with it.

Note validating your game files does what its supposed to do

If however you decided to massively destroy your game files, registry, etc, then yes fixing the existing data files isn't going to help but that's not really the fault of the verification but that you basically took a blowtorch to the game

I was recommended to do something similar and it didn't work either. I've uninstalled it several times, restart my computer and tried to delete the game files all together and download it on a different drive, none of that worked in the end. But I'm not worried about loosing save files, I don't mind replaying the whole game one bit. Just sad that I can't play it now.

[crunchyfrog]

引用自 Ch1pzHoy：

引用自 Satoru：

Note validating your game files does what its supposed to do

If however you decided to massively destroy your game files, registry, etc, then yes fixing the existing data files isn't going to help but that's not really the fault of the verification but that you basically took a blowtorch to the game

I was recommended to do something similar and it didn't work either. I've uninstalled it several times, restart my computer and tried to delete the game files all together and download it on a different drive, none of that worked in the end. But I'm not worried about loosing save files, I don't mind replaying the whole game one bit. Just sad that I can't play it now.

Yes, but the point is Satoru IS correct.

Valdating the files means it checks what you have ther on your disk is the same as what is being put up for download. If it matches then cool.

But that DOES NOT mean it guarantees to run because you can easily break things. So in your case this ain't the problem. Something else is.

It can be other software wrecking things, it can be mods wrecking things, or literally a whole host of other things. Validating files isn't a magic wand, that's the point.