Installing Rome II from disc ?

**kamikazee786** · August 22, 2013, 03:28 AM

hi guys,

I've bought the hard copy with a guarantee that it will arrive before release so im not worried about getting it late.
however ive read this on another forum :

Originally Posted by ToonTotalWar

with the with disc version you run the risk of not having the game on day one due to the amount of downloads that will be going on.

is there any truth to this statement, because i had bought the hard copy in the hopes to avoid downloading from the busy steam servers

my question is that if i am installing the game from disc, will the busy steam servers affect my installation ?

**anandus** · August 22, 2013, 03:36 AM

It'll depend on a few things
* If it will install from disk at all (sometimes a disk is just a redirect to Steam)
* If there needs to be any data downloaded from Steam (sometimes they put 99% on the disk and the last 1% on Steam as copy protection)
* If there is a 0-day patch (as often bugs are fixed between the moment the disk is pressed and the release date)

And apart from all that, of course you need to activate it through Steam

**Dan113112** · August 23, 2013, 01:15 PM

Originally Posted by anandus

It'll depend on a few things
* If it will install from disk at all (sometimes a disk is just a redirect to Steam)
* If there needs to be any data downloaded from Steam (sometimes they put 99% on the disk and the last 1% on Steam as copy protection)
* If there is a 0-day patch (as often bugs are fixed between the moment the disk is pressed and the release date)

And apart from all that, of course you need to activate it through Steam

https://support.steampowered.com/kb_...5357-FSQM-0382

**Jester** · August 22, 2013, 03:37 AM

i dont think so. it hardly happens anymore and there re plenty of other games released on Steam every month

also, you can always change your download region in the Steam settings. if your default server is busy just try another one. there re many to choose from and one will work

**Rittsy** · August 22, 2013, 03:41 AM

All the game data will be on the disc, what wont be there is the game activation (will require Steam/online connection), the Day 0 patch (also Steam and internet) and the DLC. You'll be able to install the 35 gigs from the disc, so there should be minimal internet usage on your behalf. You don't really need to stress about slow servers etc.

**kamikazee786** · August 22, 2013, 03:42 AM

Originally Posted by Rittsy

All the game data will be on the disc, what wont be there is the game activation (will require Steam/online connection), the Day 0 patch (also Steam and internet) and the DLC. You'll be able to install the 35 gigs from the disc, so there should be minimal internet usage on your behalf. You don't really need to stress about slow servers etc.

thank you very much

**Asuryan** · August 22, 2013, 07:17 AM

Mostly not true, pretty much everything you need is on the disc. You need steam to regis. the game to your account, perhaps download some of the data not present on the disc to complete the installation. It just mean the process will take longer than it should, that's all.

**DogSoldierSPQR** · August 22, 2013, 08:49 AM

My I7 should make short work of that disc installation

**gord96** · August 23, 2013, 12:20 PM

My guess is no you can't install from the disc. 30gb would be 7 discs. I can't see them shipping 7 discs.

**kamikazee786** · August 23, 2013, 12:36 PM

Originally Posted by gord96

My guess is no you can't install from the disc. 30gb would be 7 discs. I can't see them shipping 7 discs.

if thats true then the hard copy is pointless, why would Sega spend money on it ?

Rome II is 35GB, im pretty sure each disc is dual layer which can hold about 8.5 GB, that should make it 4 discs in total.

Shogun 2 had 2 discs and 15.5 gb out of the original game was on the discs and with the day 1 the games size came to about 16gb

this thread shows how to install shogun 2 from disc, im expecting rome II to be similair

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?433337-Installing-From-DVD

**smoke** · August 23, 2013, 01:27 PM

Originally Posted by gord96

My guess is no you can't install from the disc. 30gb would be 7 discs. I can't see them shipping 7 discs.

The entire gold edition of Shogun 2 was on 2 disks. That must have been about 30 gb?

**kamikazee786** · August 23, 2013, 01:43 PM

Originally Posted by smoke

The entire gold edition of Shogun 2 was on 2 disks. That must have been about 30 gb?

yup around about, that allays my fears, thank you

**Raikou** · August 23, 2013, 01:12 PM

My question is if you DO get the disk early, can you install that 99% of content early just like the digital steam copies???

**gord96** · August 23, 2013, 01:41 PM

hopefully. I didn't think of duel layer discs.

**Irishman** · August 23, 2013, 03:27 PM

You can always override the default steam install. If you pop in the disc, and it starts downloading, put the disk back in the PC and select "install from disk". I've never seen a hard copy that didn't have the data on it.

**Dan113112** · August 23, 2013, 03:29 PM

Originally Posted by Irishman

You can always override the default steam install. If you pop in the disc, and it starts downloading, put the disk back in the PC and select "install from disk". I've never seen a hard copy that didn't have the data on it.

Yes, you could do that. Or, you could just do this:

Originally Posted by Dan113112

https://support.steampowered.com/kb_...5357-FSQM-0382