0% Halflife preload error.

[renz0r]

<trollguard>
Yes, I did a search before posting this.
<\trollguard>

Recently (a few days ago) my preload status (which had been @ 100%) dropped to 0%. It will not download any content and my files ~4GB are still in the /Steamapps directory.

Has anyone experienced this problem and found a resolution?

Sorry if this has been discussed before, I am a regular viewer and don't recall seeing this come up before - and again I did do a search.

 

[DarkSonic]

Mine hasn't dropped to 0%, but it refuses to download the new stuff. I click continue and nothing happens...

 

[briggsb2k]

nvr experienced this problem b4. Once the preload box came up and it said 0% and quickly changed back to 88% but apart from that i cant say i've experienced that. Although mine stuck at 88% for about a week and when the steam update was released yesterday, mine reported it was 100% again. think theres something wrong with the way the monitor displayes the amount you've downloaded. I wouldnt do anything drastic, i would say it will be sorted by valve in an update, sooner or later.

 

[anomalousstuff]

i am having the same problem too it was at 85% then dropped to 65% and now is at 0% and will not move or let me preload for shit. I also get an error when i try to preload alot of people have been getting it it seems too.

 

[Varsity]

Does clicking contine not do anything? Even appear to freeze Steam?

 

[Ansur]

Best to create a steam support ticket

 

[DarkSonic]

Wow, don't you just LOVE Steam? Gah...horribleness in a bag....

 

[The Monkey]

<trollguard>
Yes, I did a search before posting this.
<\trollguard>

Recently (a few days ago) my preload status (which had been @ 100%) dropped to 0%. It will not download any content and my files ~4GB are still in the /Steamapps directory.

Has anyone experienced this problem and found a resolution?

Sorry if this has been discussed before, I am a regular viewer and don't recall seeing this come up before - and again I did do a search.

It's syill there. It's just the percent-counter that is a bit mad.

 

[renz0r]

Yet more weirdness...

I closed Steam, then moved the .gcf files (~4GB) to another folder. I then relaunched Steam, and started the preload again. At about .1% complete I opened the /steamapps folder and noticed that I had about 2GB of .gcf files there. I am guessing that Steam does a HD search for files before downloading?

I then closed Steam and moved all the .gfc files that I had originally moved back to the /steamapps folder. After relaunching Steam it appears that the original .gcf files are not detected as valid as Steam seems to be simply overwriting them with new data.

So, here we go again.. at 6.7% percent now. Hopefully (without anymore issues) I should have everything preloaded for the 16th. Thank god for broadband or I would be really pissed - mostly it's just an annoyance.

Thank you all for your help and gl with Steam

 

[Ennui]

I'll be preloading in the last days before release... hope I don't have problems, a plane ticket to Seattle and a crowbar to beat the shit out of the Steam server would be expensive.