Game size

I just reinstalled windows so i was about to play game and it ahked me to download file from steam. file was 20 gigs. ist taht wrong?!

i reckon thats long time. it will take me 11 hours to download it. is tere any other way around it. i mean game got 2 discs and now i need to download another 20 gigs?!

doesnt sound right if you are loading from disc. should maybe be 500meg-1 gig in patches etc.
i read something in the shogun 2 forum about steam downloading entire 20 gig game even though discs were being used.
sounds like steam maybe downloading entire ntw game. check shogun 2 forums and ask there
in the meantime pause the download

If you installed the game from discs, just stop the download, and then the game will run as normal. I had the same with empire.

well i put disc in. go install. it opens steam and validates game in like 20 secs. then windows pops up saying updating napoleon total war and there is steam window showing downloading at 5%... almost 20 gigs left to go?!

this isnt just rite . why doyou need cd anyway if you are downloading 20 gigs?!.
so ther eisnt way around it hm.... steam sux

Originally Posted by St Vitus

well i put disc in. go install. it opens steam and validates game in like 20 secs. then windows pops up saying updating napoleon total war and there is steam window showing downloading at 5%... almost 20 gigs left to go?!

this isnt just rite . why doyou need cd anyway if you are downloading 20 gigs?!.
so ther eisnt way around it hm.... steam sux

Yes there is, stop the download by closing steam. Then login again.

existen mate you could be rite

it says its downloading from disc and now says only 1 hour left. cheers!!!

existen you were right. installed from cd and now confirming over steam. thanks for hlep

Originally Posted by St Vitus

existen you were right. installed from cd and now confirming over steam. thanks for hlep

Happy to have hleped