So I've been downloading a few games, and whenever my PC shuts down, it automatically deletes the .cache file responsible of storing the download progress of the game, and the download would instantly go back to 0%.
I've looked online a lot, and finally got it working by recovering the download files and forcing steam to use them.
Here are the tips if anyone has a similar problem.
I've looked online a lot, and finally got it working by recovering the download files and forcing steam to use them.
Here are the tips if anyone has a similar problem.
- Unqueue the download, and close steam.
- Check your game's appid. (ex. 570 for Dota2)
- Go to /steam/steamapps/common and create a new folder, named the exact same thing as the game's core files. Google that up. For example: It's 'dota 2 beta' and not 'Dota 2'.
- Go to /steam/steamapps/downloading/ and copy the files in the [appid] folder to /steam/steamapps/common/[folder you created earlier]
- In /downloading, delete all state_[appid]_xxxxxx.patch files.
- In /downloading, delete the [appid] folder.
- In /steamapps/temp, delete the [appid] folder.
- In /steamapps, delete the appmanifest_[appid].acf folder.
- Rerun steam, the download should not appear in your Downloads Queue.
- Run the game from your library, it will show ask you to select a directory as if it's a fresh install, proceed with the wizard, until you see 'Verifying existing [game name here] files...". Once done, the download will be queued, and upon being started, it will resume from where it was left off.