If you precopy games but dont have the required disk space left over on a HDD it will not install

[Sgт.SтавSтавS]

I pre-copied GTAV to a 120gb HDD, i went to install

it will not install as there is only 40gb left over.

There needs to be someway to tell steam it will be installing from pre-copied files, maybe a checkbox on install.

"Game preinstalled ignore space restrictions"

[Bumbefly (we/All)]

If you don't have the recommended diskspace left the computer will slow down. That's not recommended to do.

[Tev]

Why would you copy the encrypted pre-loaded file at this point? The game was released in 2015. It would've made far more sense to just copy the game's folders from under steamapps\common\ and its appmanifest_271590.acf from under steamapps\

GTA5 needs twice its space to decrypt the pre-loaded files. That's why so many people at launch had issues unpacking it on i.e. SSDs.

While I could be wrong, I'd imagine its process near end is somewhere similar to having the encrypted file at 100% file size; then extracted at 99.9%. (Thus virtually double its size.) Then when the extracted filesize hits 100%, the encrypted file gets removed.

You've apparently even played the game before, just move the installed files?
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=428340230

[HeyeKaa]

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[Sgт.SтавSтавS]

i copy gtav common files unencypted from a freinds computer over the local network on to my 120gb SSD

This leaves the drive with 40gb left

I go to install the game, it says there is only 40gig left out of 120gb, even though 70gb is the game if it would take 2 seconds to look it wont and says there is not enough space to install it

this is not a GTAV problem its a steam one

[Tev]

Copy the appmanifest file too.

That way you don't have to go through the discovery process.

Originally posted by Sgt.StabStabs:

this is not a GTAV problem its a steam one

The problem is because Steam assumes it's uninstalled (because you didn't copy the file that bridges the client and the folder), and it refuses to do the discovery process without ensuring it has enough disk space.

[Sgт.SтавSтавS]

cheers, can someone post the files contents?

my freind only has the non-steam version, the files work when the cache does its check and fixes a few small things

[Tev]

Originally posted by Sgt.StabStabs:

cheers, can someone post the files contents?

my freind only has the non-steam version, the files work when the cache does its check and fixes a few small things

Mine looks like this,
appmanifest_271590.acf

"AppState"
{
	"appid"		"271590"
	"Universe"		"1"
	"name"		"Grand Theft Auto V"
	"StateFlags"		"4"
	"installdir"		"Grand Theft Auto V"
	"LastUpdated"		"1481637985"
	"UpdateResult"		"0"
	"SizeOnDisk"		"73755496192"
	"buildid"		"1503580"
	"LastOwner"		"76561198000720538"
	"BytesToDownload"		"1558483200"
	"BytesDownloaded"		"1558483200"
	"AutoUpdateBehavior"		"0"
	"AllowOtherDownloadsWhileRunning"		"0"
	"UserConfig"
	{
		"language"		"english"
	}
	"MountedDepots"
	{
		"228984"		"3215975441341951460"
		"228990"		"1829726630299308803"
		"271591"		"1305694459736373225"
		"271592"		"7945147665216131174"
		"271593"		"884947165531941009"
		"271594"		"8238564767351233236"
		"271595"		"4898511214642125194"
	}
	"InstallScripts"
	{
		"0"		"_CommonRedist\\vcredist\\2012\\installscript.vdf"
		"1"		"_CommonRedist\\DirectX\\Jun2010\\installscript.vdf"
	}
}

Exit Steam, place it under the steamapps -folder in the same Steam library location where your Grand Theft Auto V is installed.