Help> I can't transfer my Nier Automata from another PC

[76561198062473005]

Here's the story. I installed the game on my pc at home, later to find out that the disc only installs 6gb out of 26.5gb data. I can't download all that file at home since my donwload speed maxes at 136kb. So I decided to open my steam at work and download it there through another pc. I finished downloading the whole game, it plays ok. So now I want tried copy pasting the whole Nier fold to steam/steamapps/common. But it always download and starts at 0%. How can I fix this. Thanks in advance for the answers.

FYI: the games works when I just open the .exe file straight up. But steam doesn't recognize it and just keeps downloading.

[Cathulhu]

How have you copied the whole game?
Have you used the Steam Backup Feature?
Have you manually copied the game folder?

If it's the latter, did you copy the appmanifest ACF file for Nier as well?

[shanqs]

You need the appmanifest_524220.acf file one directory up from game folder(steamapps) copied over as well.

[76561198062473005]

Here are the methods that i tried.

-Manually copy-pasting the whole near folder into common folder, over writting the old unfinished files. Didn't work.

-Copy pasting the files in the downloading folder in steamapps, it still starts at 0% download and just downloads everything any way even though all the files are present in the folder.

[76561198062473005]

Diposting pertama kali oleh §hλŋqʂ:

You need the appmanifest_524220.acf file one directory up from game folder(steamapps) copied over as well.

Is it different from the appmanifest file from my PC at home and the PC at work? Let me get this straight, I need to copy the Nier game from my work pc to my home pc via steamapps>common>NieRAutomata and also copy the appmanifest from pc work pc to my home pc?

[76561198062473005]

Diposting pertama kali oleh §hλŋqʂ:

You need the appmanifest_524220.acf file one directory up from game folder(steamapps) copied over as well.

When it starts to download at my home pc an appmanifest_524220.acf is present at the steamapps folder. Or should I copy the one from my work pc?

[shanqs]

Diposting pertama kali oleh Andre:

Let me get this straight, I need to copy the Nier game from my work pc to my home pc via steamapps>common>NieRAutomata and also copy the appmanifest from pc work pc to my home pc?

Yes

[76561198062473005]

Diposting pertama kali oleh §hλŋqʂ:

Diposting pertama kali oleh Andre:

Let me get this straight, I need to copy the Nier game from my work pc to my home pc via steamapps>common>NieRAutomata and also copy the appmanifest from pc work pc to my home pc?

Yes

I see. I did not know that they were completely different files even though they have the exact same file name. Thanks. I will definitely try tomorrow. I hope it will work.

[ReBoot]

Use the Steam backup function, it takes care of all there is to take care about.

[76561198062473005]

Diposting pertama kali oleh ReBoot:

Use the Steam backup function, it takes care of all there is to take care about.

Alright, I will try Shanqs and the backup function tomorrow. Whichever works would be good.
But I've never tried it before, are there any downside to it?

[ReBoot]

From what I noticed, it compresses the files, meaning that process takes longer, than an ordinary Copypasta.

[Joke]

Just do what you did, copying the game folder from your school PC to the home PC.

When you then try to install the game on your home PC, the steam client will start from 0% just like you saw, but it will then discover that the files are already there.
It will then simply verifiy that the files are correct, counting up the % as it goes, which is much faster than downloading the whole thing.

[76561198062473005]

So I did what §hλŋqʂ' said. I just copied the appmanifest_524220.acf from the orginal pc from where I completely downloaded Nier from to the other pc and it worked. Thanks to all the other answers.