Did I corrupt my game files when I shutdown my PC instead of finishing the update installation?

[A]

So Baldur's Gate 3 had a patch 8 update that was less than 10 gb supposedly. I finished the download late at night but it was still "installing" files for like 20 mins. It was very late so I said I'll just do it tomorrow. Why the heck is the game now downloading the whole game (60+ gb)?

It wasn't installing when I restarted and it was downloading something but my network was slow so I thought it's a network issue. I validated the files and now it's downloading again.

[RPG Gamer Man]

If you interrupt updates on steam, yea, they tend to start over from the beginning. That is actually to prevent corruption of game files, which tends to happen when people shut down games in the middle of downloading updates, or using mods uncompatible with the current version of the game. So i doubt it would corrupt your save unless you played it after fully updating the game. Be aware the new update will make all mods incompatible until they are also updated too.

Yes, you should allow it to fully update and complete before playing your game. Doing it while it is updating is also bad as this can also corrupt your game and saves. Fully wait till the game is fully updated before playing it.

[A]

Originalmente postado por RPG Gamer Man:

If you interrupt updates on steam, yea, they tend to start over from the beginning. That is actually to prevent corruption of game files, which tends to happen when people shut down games in the middle of downloading updates, or using mods uncompatible with the current version of the game. So i doubt it would corrupt your save unless you played it after fully updating the game. Be aware the new update will make all mods incompatible until they are also updated too.

How BIG is the update? My steam files for BG 3 still says 150+ GB. I assumed the update was less than 10 GB. Where the heck did this ongoing 60 GB come from? Unless I was wrong to assume it wasn't 10 gb.

I don't have a stable network currently so I'm using limited data. It's actually annoying.

EDIT: it's not 60 but actually 97. I'm cooked.

[wesnef]

Originalmente postado por A:

Originalmente postado por RPG Gamer Man:

If you interrupt updates on steam, yea, they tend to start over from the beginning. That is actually to prevent corruption of game files, which tends to happen when people shut down games in the middle of downloading updates, or using mods uncompatible with the current version of the game. So i doubt it would corrupt your save unless you played it after fully updating the game. Be aware the new update will make all mods incompatible until they are also updated too.

How BIG is the update? My steam files for BG 3 still says 150+ GB. I assumed the update was less than 10 GB. Where the heck did this ongoing 60 GB come from? Unless I was wrong to assume it wasn't 10 gb.

I don't have a stable network currently so I'm using limited data. It's actually annoying.

EDIT: it's not 60 but actually 97. I'm cooked.

Downloads/updates have two numbers. One is the actual size of the download, the other is the size of the "files to be processed installing the update".

So you might get a 100mb download and then it'll show an installing progress of "XXX/100GB" as it installs those 100mb of changes into 100GB of game files. It varies by game / their update style / their file structure / etc.

And the download/update system shows different numbers on different screens. To see the full detail, I believe, you need to go to the actual Download window in the Steam client, not just the little progress bar at the bottom of the Library or the game's page in your Library.

[Satoru]

If you didn’t cleanly shut down steam then yes you likely corrupted the update process

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last up date from windows 10 was pretty bad, older Nvidia and Gforce cards showing errors with graphic displays due to the last update , issue mainly seems to be with having a hdmi connected durning the update.

also remember to update your drivers , microsoft pushing to EOS computers to increase sale numbers for new desktop pc, both the cpu and gpu markets are crashing under the increased prices and lack of people interested in the new over heating hardware.