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Steam redownloads whole game new after validating content

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ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#5123 · opened 2017-08-08 by Zamundaaa · updated 2019-07-18 · 7 comments · github
ZZamundaaa 2017-08-08 github

Your system information

  • Steam client version (build number or date): Built: Jul 17 2017, at 23:10:56
  • Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): Ubuntu 17.04
  • Opted into Steam client beta?: [Yes/No] No
  • Have you checked for system updates?: [Yes/No] Yes

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

I had very strong network lags in Rocket League, just on my machine under Ubuntu, and not on my brother's machine on Windows. Because of this I thought I should validate the game files, so if some file were wrong and creating this issue, it would be downloaded again and replaced with a working version.
Steam then deleted the whole game and started to download it completely new. Neither my home folder, nor my steam library (which is on an external NTFS partition) are encrypted

Steps for reproducing this issue:

  1. open steam
  2. go into library folder
  3. pick some game, click "VERIFY INTEGRITY OF GAME FILES..." in preferences-LOCAL FILES
  4. see the game files checked and steam saying it found a whole bunch (it was ~7000 when I tried this on Endless Sky) of wrong files and it starts to download the whole game
ZZamundaaa 2017-08-08 github

When the download seemed to be finished I tried to start the game. It then seems to have deleted the game contents anew and started the download again. This happens with all games I tried!

ZZamundaaa 2017-08-08 github

steam_error
This is what it displayed after the second try

ZZamundaaa 2017-08-08 github

More system information: https://gist.github.com/Zamundaaa/8b64dd4af1608559850bee93fe271d3d

ZZamundaaa 2017-08-08 github

The game files seem to be in the downloading folder in my steam library. When I copied them into the gamefolder and started steam, I could start the game again. Still trying to verify the integrity of the game folder does result in a new download

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2017-08-14 github

Hello @Zamundaaa, it sounds like you are encountering #4800. Does the workaround at https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/4800#issuecomment-271763278 avoid the issue?

ZZamundaaa 2017-08-22 github

Even though the problem occurred on my machine even with small games (like 75MB), it does avoid the issue completely. Thanks

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2017-08-22 github

Thanks for testing. Closing as a duplicate of #4800.

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