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Other Steam converting game data

Discussion in 'Software' started by Xir, 24 Nov 2012.

  1. Xir

    Xir Modder

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    Hi,

    I haven't been paying attention for a few months.
    When I start a game, Steam tells me
    "Converting game contents into a new format"

    What is this about?

    Regards,

    Xir
     
  2. deathtaker27

    deathtaker27 Modder

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  3. Xir

    Xir Modder

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    Thanks....
    It takes ages on my machine, which is NOT great.
     
  4. Bob1234

    Bob1234 What's a Dremel?

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    Speed is probably a combination of free RAM, CPU speed, hard drive speed and level of drive fragmentation.
     
  5. Igniseus

    Igniseus What's a Dremel?

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    Its a one time job per game and future downloads wont need the convert, so it will soon be a thing of the past. And on the positive side it means whenever you get a game update it wont be as massive, for example i believe many Unreal Engine 3 based games had huge patches, even if there was 5 fixes it could be 500+ MB.
     
  6. Xir

    Xir Modder

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    Which are all Sh*te in mine. :D
     
  7. CrazyJoe

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    There is no positive side to converting Chime, it's a game that no longer gets dev support so will never be updated and when you convert it you lose all save data.

    RAGE! :wallbash::wallbash::wallbash:
     
  8. Xir

    Xir Modder

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    *sigh*
    I suppose I'll just redownload everything on the new machine when it arrives (eventually), was hoping to avoid that, my ISP will probably throttle me if I completely redownload my steamfolder
     
  9. CrazyJoe

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    I've no idea how it works but only some titles need to be redownloaded, some only need to be partly downloaded and some don't need a download at all.
     

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