[Responded] Using Steam Causes SotA to Re-download 6.6GB

1. Title: Using Steam Causes SotA to Redownload 6.6GB
2. Reproduction Rate: Unknown
3. Blocker? Time/Bandwidth waster
4. Details: With SotA fully updated and working with the SotA launcher in my Steam folder at C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\SotA attempting to run SotA from Steam resulted in 6.6GB being re-downloaded.
5. Steps to Reproduce: Update SotA with SotA launcher in the Steam SotA folder. Run Steam and attempt to play SotA through Steam.
6. User Specs: AMD FX(tm)-8350 Eight-Core Processor (8) System RAM: 16347
   GPU: Radeon (TM) RX 470 Graphics GPU RAM: 4044
   SotA.EarlyAccess.LIVE.Win.64.659.Date.09.05.17

 

the sota-Launcher (standalone SotA) has some different files than the steam installation of SotA-

so steam detects there are wrong files and discards the standalone ones, and steam mostly downloads near the full game everytime (update, check systemfiles etc...) so i think that has something to do with how the files are packed together for the steam installation...

(SotA Updates for standalone are much much smaller than steam updates...)

I spent the diskspace for 2 seperate installations one steam - one standalone
that works fine and you can use both simultanously....

 

Any chance the developers could fix that?

 

Yes, steam will re-download if it detects a problem. I've had it happen when I had an internet hiccup right when it was patching. doh.
Keep in mind, there are going to be situations when you will want to re-install if there is a corrupt file. It can prevent a lot of heartache and frustrations down the road when the game later has a weird glitch that seemingly isn't happening to anyone else...
I do hope this is a single occurrence for you, @Sonja If this becomes a larger issue we'll see what we can do.