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    Hi

    The game has worked great for a very long time but yesterday a download appeared for the game. It is less than 1MB. It appears as paused and when I try to enable it, it doesn't begin/work. I then try to start the game and the download window comes up. After a second an error shows up that says "disc write error". So now I am stuck, I can't launch the game and I can't download the patch. I have validated my cache and restarted steam. Anyone got a clue?
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    Last edited by Ygge; June 24, 2013 at 06:07 AM.

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    I don't know about your yesterday but Monday's download for me was 16.9mb.

    Reinstall the game is always a option but only when all else fails.

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    I have not recieved such download as far as I remember. This is the first for some time. Here is the error message:

    Last edited by Ygge; June 12, 2013 at 01:06 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ygge View Post
    I have not recieved such download as far as I remember. This is the first for some time. Here is the error message:

    How much free space do you have?

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    You may want to check the modified.txt to see if anything shows up in there.
    delete the two .blob files in steam folder for starters.
    Delete the shogun2 folder in users\username\appdata\roaming\the creative assembly folder and verify the game cache would be next.

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    About 15GB, nothing to worry about. It might be good to mention that I reinstalled shogun 2 to my SSD from the HDD about a month ago. Steam is on the HDD.

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    Default Re: Can't start the game

    Quote Originally Posted by Ygge View Post
    About 15GB, nothing to worry about. It might be good to mention that I reinstalled shogun 2 to my SSD from the HDD about a month ago. Steam is on the HDD.
    I swear I read somewhere that Shogun 2 need free 20GB (for page file swap etc) to play. Maybe that's the case ?


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    Maybe the problem but I would hope not. Search the Steam forums would be a good place to start, then.

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    Sure, I am just going to try your alternatives first.

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    ^^I have read the same thing.

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    That did not work. I have tried to reinstall the game but the download size is just 6MB for some reason. Also, the damn error comes up all the time. This is really annoying, I can't continue to work on my mod when I can't play the game.

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    Check the Steam forums?

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    All right, looks like I could have solved it because the game's downloading again. Here is what I did(Quote from Nicklaus@CA):

    "Hello,

    Please do the following:

    1) Go to C:\Program Files\Steam and delete the following folders:
    - AppUpdateStats.blob
    - ClientRegistry.blob
    2) Start Steam as an administrator(it will update) and validate Shogun 2 via right click on Total War: SHOGUN 2 > Properties > Local Files tab > Verify Integrity of Game Cache."

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    God to hear. Let us know if it actually works.

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    It worked! Thank you guys for your assistance.

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    Good to hear. Enjoy playing.

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