Hello so usually when you install a game on steam you end up downloading it, but the usual problem is the slow internet and data capping.
My friend and I play PUBG together, him having a fast internet download speed always gets his game up to date. So what I would usually do is copy his PUBG game files from steamapps to my external HDD then to my steamapps, I press install then steam just discovers the local files ignoring the downloading option then boom its ready to play.
I saw the advantage on this feature and asked another friend to download Witcher 3 for me since I have purchased it on steam. After downloading the whole game which is 50gb in size(I logged my steam account on his PC to download it of course) I moved it to my external HDD then to my steamapps folder in my PC and click install. The installation failed, saying that the cause is not enough storage space.
Unfortunately for my PC I only have one storage drive, a 120gb SSD with only 90gb extra space left. It turns out that in order for steam to install via local files you need to make sure that your storage space can breakeven with the game file size. PUBG worked just fine for my 90gb space because its only less than 20gb so there is more then enough space to install. But Witcher 3 on the other hand is 50gb in size and leaves 40gb of my 90gb storage space once pasted to steamapps. Like I said earlier you need to breakeven on the storage space, if the game you are installing via local files is 50gb then you need to have 50gb or more space left once pasted to steamapps. But of course that won't work for me since I only have a limited space.
I know just buying an extra storage drive will solve it but my current situation can't go for that option.
So is there any solution for this? Thank you in advance
My friend and I play PUBG together, him having a fast internet download speed always gets his game up to date. So what I would usually do is copy his PUBG game files from steamapps to my external HDD then to my steamapps, I press install then steam just discovers the local files ignoring the downloading option then boom its ready to play.
I saw the advantage on this feature and asked another friend to download Witcher 3 for me since I have purchased it on steam. After downloading the whole game which is 50gb in size(I logged my steam account on his PC to download it of course) I moved it to my external HDD then to my steamapps folder in my PC and click install. The installation failed, saying that the cause is not enough storage space.
Unfortunately for my PC I only have one storage drive, a 120gb SSD with only 90gb extra space left. It turns out that in order for steam to install via local files you need to make sure that your storage space can breakeven with the game file size. PUBG worked just fine for my 90gb space because its only less than 20gb so there is more then enough space to install. But Witcher 3 on the other hand is 50gb in size and leaves 40gb of my 90gb storage space once pasted to steamapps. Like I said earlier you need to breakeven on the storage space, if the game you are installing via local files is 50gb then you need to have 50gb or more space left once pasted to steamapps. But of course that won't work for me since I only have a limited space.
I know just buying an extra storage drive will solve it but my current situation can't go for that option.
So is there any solution for this? Thank you in advance