Steam game the wrong size

[Dorkenstein]

I am downloading a game from Steam which I have never downloaded on my hard drive before, yet when I start the download from square one it says "64%". I deleted the files several times, even cleared the clientregistry.blob file and it still does this. Anyone know what causes this? The disk usage in properties also says its about 5 gigabytes, and I know for a fact that it's much smaller than that.

 

[zerocool84]

what game is it

 

[450R]

Is it a Source game like TF2, Garry's Mod or one of the HL2 episodes? Some of them share content so you would see something like that.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Originally posted by: Dorkenstein
The disk usage in properties also says its about 5 gigabytes, and I know for a fact that it's much smaller than that.

Size on disk can be much larger than download size if files are de-compressed after downloading and/or if some content is generated randomly.

Did you ever try running the game?

 

[Painman]

Originally posted by: 450R
Is it a Source game like TF2, Garry's Mod or one of the HL2 episodes? Some of them share content so you would see something like that.

This.

 

[Sam25]

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons

Originally posted by: Dorkenstein
The disk usage in properties also says its about 5 gigabytes, and I know for a fact that it's much smaller than that.

Size on disk can be much larger than download size if files are de-compressed after downloading and/or if some content is generated randomly.

Did you ever try running the game?

Correct. The files will take a much larger space when de-compressed once full downloading is done.

 

[Dorkenstein]

It's Titan Quest Immortal Throne.

 

[Painman]

That's an expansion pack for Titan Quest, right? Since it most likely uses a bunch of data from your original Titan Quest install, that's probably the 64% you're seeing. Just let Steam do its thing.

 

[450R]

Yeah, TQ:IT uses content from the original. Technically, you don't even have to download TQ as installing the expansion will automatically grab what it needs from the original.

In other words, it's perfectly normal.