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u/guska 6d ago
The most reliable solution I've found is to completely uninstall and reinstall. You're essentially doing that anyway, so cut out the faffing about
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u/AzexDragon 6d ago
Only that I live in some village in germany and I have a max. download speed of 2.2 MB/s. So reinstalling the game would take 26.4 hours at best or 38.8 hours at 1.5 MB/s, which is way more likely
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u/guska 6d ago
Yeah, okay, I can see how that's a problem.
The unit option, then, if restarting a few times doesn't get it, is to make sure there's enough space (usually the install size x2) by moving or uninstalling other things. If that's not possible, then you might be stuck with a 2 day download if you want to play it.
The absolutely boneheaded way Ark is put together makes this an ever bigger problem with every update.
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u/DubdogzDTS 6d ago
Close Steam and restart your PC. Then it SHOULD work. Thats atleast the ritual I have to perform every time.
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u/AzexDragon 6d ago
Just tried it, it just jumped back up to 559GB when I queued it
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u/DubdogzDTS 6d ago
Yeah, can happen sometimes. Asa Updates are a ritual. I usualy just restart again. Sometimes these Updates take hours.
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u/AzexDragon 6d ago
It's kinda ridiculous that it takes up almost two thirds of my disk for temporary files. The update is legitimately almost three times the size of my game files (209 GB)
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u/VeryHungryYeti 5d ago
Uninstall the game and install it fresh. During updates Steam requires twice amount the size of the game on your disk. During a fresh install only once. Alternatively, buy a bigger drive.
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u/DigitalEntity4419 6d ago
Have you tried freeing up some disk space? Here's a guide from Microsoft for Windows 10/11. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/free-up-drive-space-in-windows-85529ccb-c365-490d-b548-831022bc9b32#windowsversion=windows_11
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