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Toggling Proton version on/off forces redownload of entire game

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ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#7168 · opened 2020-06-06 by vadi2 · updated 2020-06-06 · 2 comments · github
Vvadi2 2020-06-06 github

Your system information

  • Steam client version (build number or date): June 4 2020
  • Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
  • Opted into Steam client beta?: Yes
  • Have you checked for system updates?: Yes

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

I have "Force compatibility tool" enabled to use Proton with a certain game. Looking into the dropdown of available Proton versions to see if the Proton beta is available for testing, it's very easy to accidentally disable the option altogether.

Re-enabling the option caused a re-download of the entire 64GB game.

Steps for reproducing this issue:

  1. Enable 'Force compatibility tool' option, install game
  2. Disable/re-enable 'Force compatibility tool' option
  3. Observe whole game is redownloaded.
Kkisak-valve maintainer 2020-06-06 github

Hello @vadi2, this issue is already being tracked at #5901. Closing as a duplicate.

Vvadi2 2020-06-06 github

Right! Thanks. I searched for redownload but didn't find relevant reports.

Nothing extracted yet.