Game needs to install again? How can I make it download faster?

SoSparkly

Today when I tried to log on to the game all of a sudden steam prompted me to reinstall the entire game but I was playing last night just fine. Is this a common issue? How can I avoid this in the future? I am not looking forward to another 7 + hour download (I didn’t even get the game that long ago I started playing in August). I have had so many issues with Steam I gave up redownloading from the Steam client and chose to download it through the game’s website. Can I speed up the download? It has been 40 minutes and I’m only at 3%

Edit:I checked my maximum download in the settings of the launcher and it says unlimited

Edit again: I found out I can’t play if I download it from the main website if I bought it through steam so I paused that download (only at 5% after 2 hours anyway) to resume through steam again I’m not even sure if this is a question thread anymore but I’m so annoyed and confused and not sure why the game uninstalled itself in the first place

This is a roller coaster if anyone reads this thank you for your time and apologies for the frustrating journey

ZOS_Bill

@SoSparkly

Did you recently run any Windows updates?

Something may have changed with the game install path making Steam think the game is uninstalled.

lurkin777

Steam sucks

SoSparkly

@ZOS_BillE thank you for responding! And no, I have updates on my computer turned off. I have no idea why it happened but a handful of guild mates have also mentioned this happened with their game in the past (and they all play through steam as well). I really hope it doesn’t happen again it is such a bummer when you just want to play but get a 7 hour download instead

Recapitated

It also happened to me.