Rome: Total War Downloading Problems

[MrNukaCola]

I tried to download rome total war, it gets to around 39% before it stops downloading and crashes steam. Any ideas?

[LoTekRabbit]

Hmm...maybe your anti virus or firewall is messing up the download? Have you set them to allow incoming and outgoing traffic?

That's my only guess. But no idea why it would only happen to Rome and not every other game.

[5000Cows]

I'm having that exact same problem for some reason. Never had this problem before, and it can lock up my whole steam; it won't even let me turn off the download.

[MiliaT]

Having the same problem. Tried uninstalling and reinstalling Steam and it still happens.

[Haknoes]

I have the exact same problem, Rome: Total War downloads to 39% then freezes Steam. Everything is locked up and I can't stop the download.

[Mostly Harmless]

Same here. Always freezes at 39%.

[Haknoes]

You know, I just kept trying, and eventually it worked. I never really changed any settings or anything, just persisted and it downloaded eventually.

[Mostly Harmless]

That's odd. I would keep trying as well, but since it makes Steam completely unusable meanwhile, I'd rather not.

Some of my other games are downloading just fine, so it's definitely something about this one.

[Haknoes]

Yeah, It totally shut steam down every time It got to 39 percent and failed, but eventually it worked. I guess you'll just have to do it when the time is right. Try deleting all the files you can find related to it before you try to download it again, might help- can't hurt.

[5000Cows]

Should probably post here that I did end up solving this problem; I searched and found this thread http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?p=34453177 , and following those instructions fixed it.

[SerGio68]

Change your server settings.

[blackstem]

Just had this same problem and it was driving me nuts for days--download always stopped at 39% and completely froze Steam every time. I used the fix referenced by 5000Cows above (using Windows Vista + Microsoft Security Essentials--but I imagine these same steps should work regardless of operating system/anti-virus). This is what worked for me:

:: Completely uninstall and delete everything related to RTW (I used windows uninstaller in the control panel because, of course, Steam wasn't working)
:: Set Steam to NOT run on start-up
:: Go into the Steam folder (Program Files) and delete "steam.dll" and "clientregistry.blob"
:: Restart your computer
:: Completely turn-off firewalls and antivirus programs (scary, I know)
:: Go into the Steam folder and run Steam by clicking on the "steam.exe" (Steam Client Bootstrapper)
:: Steam should then begin to extract and install a new update--presumably the one referenced by 5000Cows above--I should note that this happened even though my Steam client noted that it was up to date when I previously requested new updates through the client
:: Log on and install RTW...it should go past 39% now

So glad this worked, because I was ready to smash my computer. Good luck!