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Doom DL files and Steam question

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LifePincher

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Very Very limited (15gm max) on internet in my house.

I know it takes a pretty big chunk (45+gb) to download the files needed to run Doom through Steam.
Can I install Steam on a friends PC, log into my Steam account and download like that, or are files actually needed on my pc?

I already did as much as I could with the physical disk.

Thank you.
 
Yes, you could do that... though, I think once the files are on your friend's machine, you may need to select the backup option in steam, so it will create X number of files you can use to install the game on your machine.
 
Elixer said:
Yes, you could do that... though, I think once the files are on your friend's machine, you may need to select the backup option in steam, so it will create X number of files you can use to install the game on your machine.
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Thank you.

If anyone else can chime in on this if there's some other way?
Burn file/s, compress and burn them to a dvd?
 
Backup/restore throws it into one big chunk of a file, so if you don't have a USB that can hold it all, you'll be SOL there (maybe you can create a separated archive .zip?). Bear in mind that sometimes steam will 'see' the new data on-disk where it's supposed to be installed (when you tell it to 'install here now thanks'), and it'll just decide it'd be a good idea to re-download the entire game anyhow. Some CRC not matching what it wants so it just pulls it all down again.
 
[DHT]Osiris said:
Backup/restore throws it into one big chunk of a file, so if you don't have a USB that can hold it all, you'll be SOL there (maybe you can create a separated archive .zip?). Bear in mind that sometimes steam will 'see' the new data on-disk where it's supposed to be installed (when you tell it to 'install here now thanks'), and it'll just decide it'd be a good idea to re-download the entire game anyhow. Some CRC not matching what it wants so it just pulls it all down again.
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IIRC, you can tell Steam to fit it on DVDs and it will make ~4.5gb files.
 
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