DON'T verify cache for ESO on steam

joebob645_ESO · March 2017

I went to verify eso's cache on steam, it said it found 508 corrupt files and then deleted the game from my computer. I searched for the issue on the steam forums and there are people complaining about this happening since 2014!? how has this not been fixed? now I have to wait 12 hours to re-download the game for no good reason, please fix this or get Steam to fix this, this is absurd, eso is a huge download and can kill many players monthly data if something goes wrong.

Plexiate · March 2017

I've had issues with the game since I started.
I had to extract the launcher to go in and find the files to install without running the actual .exe launcher you download from the site.After that I'd go into the downloaded files and move that folder to a new area where I had enough space for it.

And when a new patch comes out I have to download the whole game since it won't work to update the 250MB's it needs.

Total this week 80GB+ in downloads.
Thank god for my fast internet though.

mildlylucid · March 2017

The game on Steam is not the current/complete game, hence why the first time you use the launcher it downloads a bunch more than you've already downloaded. So when you verify cache it looks at the files and finds that they've changed since Steam installed the game.

Easiest way to avoid this is to not verify cache in steam and if you have an issue with the game then use the repair option in the eso launcher.

Jemcrystal · March 2017

We Steam users need our own Steam thread on these main forums. Steam's forums are ... difficult. Plz make a thread here for those of us who use Steam. And this should be posty noted.