The files are not there either. I'm not sure where they are on my computer but they're taking up space. So if anyone knows how to find the files or just delete them it would be much appreciated!
This has been a known issue with Steam for sometime. Although, per the Steam Support forums, it seems the most popular method to troubleshoot this:.
For future reference, Steam Support Forums are always a great place to start for Steam related problems! So your question is more about finding what is using disk space where than about steam specifically. Of these, I've only used Scanner, and found it works well though a bit slow on modern large disks.
After plotting your disk usage, you should be able to easily find any large folders easily. If those games really are taking up considerable space, you'll be able to find them pretty quickly. Download WizTree for free. Step 2 Open Steam and find Steam in the upper left corner. Step 3 Select Backup and restore games While restoring Steam backup file with the custom files, make sure all these files copied to the corresponding folders.
You have to re-install Steam to a location without special characters. Steam does not backup the saved games, custom multiplayer maps or configuration files. To restore a saved game in Steam, you can use Apeaksoft Data Recovery to scan and find back the saved games.
Step 1. Step 2. Create a new folder within it named steamapps. Then, create a folder in steamapps called common. Step 3. Locate the game folder created in Steam backup originally, copy and paste into the new location in step 2. Step 4. Step 5. Once the uninstallation is done, click the Install button find the Choose location dropdown to choose the Steam folder on your new hard drive.
Then Steam will detect the game file and you can play the game in a new drive as usual. Reactions: jolorulz and PUTZ. It could be the case of where on the disk those games are being stored. If that is the case, buy a new HD before more stuff goes bad. Reactions: jolorulz. Sep 15, 27 0 0. I have had this problem with ro2 for a couple of days, but after choosing another language and not touching any gamefiles fixes or other things it is gone.
Backup your game files, so you must not reload the whole game and check the game in steam. But use not the steam function for backup, it will not work. Apr 22, 1 0 0 Did you check the cache or maybe tried using a different language? And also, do backup. You must log in or register to reply here. If you would like to try it will require copying the game to your separate drive, or at least moving the existing data out of the steamapps folder you'll be using, because this is an experimental technique and can destroy existing installation data.
Here is a method I posted in a Reddit comment around a year ago, with a slight edit changing BytesToDownload to 0 :. Move the game install data out of the steamapps folder if you haven't already, such as to your desktop.
Then in Steam right click the game and "Delete Local Content" to make sure there's nothing left of it in that location, and then start the installation and pause it ASAP.
Make sure it has the value of "BytesToDownload" set to something other than 0 though; otherwise it's useless. Open the appmanifest file in a text editor and copy the value from "BytesToDownload" and paste it into the value of "BytesDownloaded" value goes between the double quotation marks, e. It should quickly change to "Discovering Existing Files", meaning it's verifying the game install data.
I would test, but I'm waiting for Steam Support to get back to me about an issue that was crashing my computer which seemed to be caused by the Steam client, and will not launch it again until I get reassurance that it's been fixed or was not the issue.
Currently day 2, not including the report I made to the beta discussions which was ignored. Another edit: Leaving BytesToDownload alone may actually help make this work if it does not work when changing that value. Just an afterthought, still haven't been able to test. I've looked up your issue on steam support. Since you do not have enough space to allow the installation process to locate the game, your 2nd option is to try getting steam to recognize the installation by having it check it's library folder instructions below.
If it still doesn't recognize the game you can try moving the game to a new location and then try to get steam to recognize it from there:. This will open a window with all your current Steam Library folders.
Click the "Add Library Folder" button and select the folder with your installed games. Once you have added the new Library folder your installed games should appear in your Steam Library. If that does not work, then your final option is to delete the installed files and do a fresh installation. I don't think you have any other options. Edit: There might be a third option: You could try deleting some of the game files. Just enough to give you enough free memory to initiate the installation process.
This should allow steam to locate the game, and then run a repair on game files to reinstall any files that where deleted. Finally a guide for all cases. So I can do this instead of downloading a game again, right? I've just installed DOTA2 on one of my computers but don't wanna waste all that time downloading it on the other one again.
So if I basically copy the files steam should recognize them, right? Stating the obvious here but if you've recently added another Steam library folder i. The current Steam client will notify you that it is discovering existing files when this is working correctly.
If you do not see this message, you are re-downloading the game. Show 4 more comments. AsinineVulpine AsinineVulpine 51 1 1 silver badge 1 1 bronze badge. Thank you, I used this info and opened the manifest file in notepad to see the installdir so that i understood which name i should give for my game folder, inside common.
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