Steam keeps downloading pre-chaching content for Path of Exile

steamopen Not a bug

ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#6524 · opened 2019-09-23 by binarydepth · updated 2019-09-23 · 3 comments · github

Bbinarydepth 2019-09-23 github

Your system information

Steam client version (build number or date): September 9 2019 at 01:52:58 API v019 Steam Package version 1568860339
Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): Kubuntu 18.04
Opted into Steam client beta?: No
Have you checked for system updates?: Yes

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

Steam keeps downloading Shader Pre-Caching content for Path of Exile after I play and when I open Steam any time.

Steps for reproducing this issue:

Install Path of Exile and download the first pre-caching content package
Play Path of Exile
Close Path of Exile
Restart Steam

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2019-09-23 github

Hello @binarydepth, unfortunately, Path of Exile has a massive set of auto-generated shader variants, and it's likely that each update is a small, but legitimate change in the large shader pre-cache set.

Related to #6486.

Ddpanter 2019-09-23 github

Small? It is several gigabytes every time... and look, there's another one just now.
Today it's 6,5 GB, and two days ago it was 3,0 GB.

Seriously. What the heck. Not a bug? Really?

Dduderand 2019-09-23 github

I understand, and I agree, that's not a bug but it would be cool if we could reduce the pre-caching shader update scheduled. For example instead of updating on each change to reduce it to every week or every month.

There might a be less optimal FPS with an outdated pre-cache but I think many would like that trade-off.

I also think that the default option should be at most once a week for these kind of updates. I have uninstalled Borderlands 2 because of these downloads and I wouldn't have done so if the update scheduled was less aggressive.

Nothing extracted yet.