Doom DL files and Steam question

[LifePincher]

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.

 

[Elixer]

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.

 

[LifePincher]

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.

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?

 

[sxr7171]

Just take a big USB drive

 

[[DHT]Osiris]

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.

 

[sxr7171]

64GB flash drive is around $16. And it will be used again and again.

 

[Raduque]

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.

IIRC, you can tell Steam to fit it on DVDs and it will make ~4.5gb files.