Also now steam let you choose where download games; i hove NOT tested cross-gaming using the same folder on windows and linux , but just relinked my folder somehow steam lost track of my external HDD and everythings work fine.
If you Start up steam without external HDD, a reboot of steam is needed to let it "see" the folder. At this point games will not work. This will make your Steam recognize your games For each game there is one manifest.
This solution should work if the game is displaying in the library folder in Steam with the words 'update required' written next to it but the game won't recognize the existing game files on the hard drive. So this is why this is important. Go to your Steam library and right click on the game that is causing the issue and then click "delete local content". This will delete the game file from the Steam library and from the Steam directory on the hard drive.
Finally open Steam, the game title should now be grey-ed out in the Steam library and when you right click on it, it should say "install game Now it should work.
If so congratulations! If it did work for you please leave a comment so i can be sure this is a solution that others can use. Click install and you are all ready to go. Sign up to join this community. The best answers are voted up and rise to the top. Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group. Create a free Team What is Teams? Learn more. How to get Steam to recognize existing game files from a different source? Ask Question. Asked 8 years, 11 months ago.
Active 5 years, 1 month ago. Viewed k times. Improve this question. Chris 10 10 silver badges 22 22 bronze badges. I think your best bet would be to find someone who has it on Steam on here and work with them to check the file structure. Steam may arrange the files differently, which would cause it not to detect your files. Related: How to get steam to recognize game files downloaded on another machine?
Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. I think the following is the correct way to currently do what I wanted: Ensure that Steam thinks the game is not installed. Close Steam just to be sure. Launch Steam and install the game. Watch and wait as it downloads only the missing parts. I still have to download 9. Improve this answer. When you actually get it installed, did it keep your game saves? The final folder size is It didn't keep the saves, probably since the Steam saves are kept somewhat differently than the retail version I didn't need it to anyway, since I was did a fresh playthrough for the Steam achievements.
I'm trying to do this with Thief , but Steam doesn't "see" the files. Is there an actual "Discovering existing files" stage? Manu There was, at least when this answer was written. I had the same problem. I fixed it by going to downloads in my setting and unchecking "limit auto-update schedule" box. Thank you devinh91, that fix worked for me.
Originally posted by devinh91 :. Cross View Profile View Posts. Thanks for this solution! Couldn't install a game, which was frustrating me. No problem! Glad I could help. Rivalus View Profile View Posts. Helped me too, thanks! Ninedown View Profile View Posts.
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