Steam won't download Killing Floor

[FenwayFan25]

This is a problem with steam (I think). I didn't play it for like a month, then when i went to play it, it just stopped working. I did the "Verify integrity of the game cache" and it still didn't work. I noticed that it said "Fragmentation: unknown." I clicked on defrag and it said that i should run a whole system defrag, I did, but it still wouldn't work. Then i decided I would "delete local content" and when I did that it said, "You don not have enough disk space to run this game." What? I'm deleting it, how do i not have room to delete it? It still went to NOT INSTALLED. Then when i tried to re-download it, it said the steam servers where busy, I have proved this wrong by downloading other stuff. I deleted all the program files for it too. HELP!

 

[James Nade]

maybe you still got some files from the game left which prevents you from reinstalling it, i had the same problems with borderlands after i tried to reinstall it.

Deinstall the Killing Floor entry with "windows installer clean up" , reboot install the game via steam and you are done!

http://windows-installer-clean-up.softonic.de/download

i hope this will help you.

 

[FenwayFan25]

maybe you still got some files from the game left which prevents you from reinstalling it, i had the same problems with borderlands after i tried to reinstall it.

Deinstall the Killing Floor entry with "windows installer clean up" , reboot install the game via steam and you are done!

http://windows-installer-clean-up.softonic.de/download

i hope this will help you.

This didn't work

Anyone else have any ideas?

 

[therajuncajun]

Reboot your PC in safe mode, delete clientregistry.blob from your steam folder, restart steam and download.

 

[FenwayFan25]

Reboot your PC in safe mode, delete clientregistry.blob from your steam folder, restart steam and download.

That didn't work either. I don't know if this will help, but it says it only needs 221mb for the download and I'm pretty sure thats not the right size. I sent a message to steam, hopefully they might help.

 

[therajuncajun]

You may need to do a full steam reinstall. Sounds like a steam, not a KF, issue.

 

[FenwayFan25]

You may need to do a full steam reinstall. Sounds like a steam, not a KF, issue.

The one thing i was wondering about that is, would that delete all my games? I just want to know because I wouldn't want to do that and possibly lose all my games (Only if It didn't fix the problem).

 

[therajuncajun]

Go into your Steam folder, cut and paste steamapps folder to your desktop. Delete anything related to killing floor in it. Uninstall, reboot, reinstall steam. Put your steamapps folder back in.

 

[FenwayFan25]

Go into your Steam folder, cut and paste steamapps folder to your desktop. Delete anything related to killing floor in it. Uninstall, reboot, reinstall steam. Put your steamapps folder back in.

Thats exactly what I'm doing, I'll get back if it works.

 

[Nekomancer]

You can backup the steamapps folder, but that's where probably the problem is, just delete the Killing Floor folder from the steamapps/common/ folder should be enough to completely remove Killing floor from your hdd. Try that first, before you kill everything^^.

edit: ninja'd, i'm to slow^^.

 

[FenwayFan25]

Ok, I uninstalled steam, and it still isn't working.
I hope that steam will respond to my message.

 

[FenwayFan25]

Well, I've learned one thing, steam doesn't respond quickly (If at all).

 

[vempajor]

The one thing i was wondering about that is, would that delete all my games? I just want to know because I wouldn't want to do that and possibly lose all my games.

Maybe you know, but as I see nowdays (mostly with new users) there are a lot of players who don't...

You cannot lose any of your games what are on your Steam account! If you delete everything, or your HD dies and/or set a new one, you only need to sign in again in your Steam account and you can download all your games. Your stats, achievements will remain too.

 

[Zetsumei]

did you try verifying the integrity of the game cache for killingfloor?

 

[FenwayFan25]

did you try verifying the integrity of the game cache for killingfloor?

No offense but did you even read my post?

 

[therajuncajun]

Sounds more like your operating system is malfunctioning, instead of steam. You may just need to reconsider a reformatting. It's not that hard to do, just put all your absolutely crucial stuff on a flashdrive or disk, then boots from a windows disk you have for your PC. Reformat the partition and install freshly on it. Redownload all your drivers and update windows fully. Then put your stuff back on, download steam, redownload KF. When's the last time you reformatted? I'd recommend a full wipe every 6-8 months.

 

[vempajor]

I have that feeling this "verify your game files" on this Forum is similar, like in the IT Crowd series:

"Have you tried turning it off and on again?"

 

[FenwayFan25]

Sounds more like your operating system is malfunctioning, instead of steam. You may just need to reconsider a reformatting. It's not that hard to do, just put all your absolutely crucial stuff on a flashdrive or disk, then boots from a windows disk you have for your PC. Reformat the partition and install freshly on it. Redownload all your drivers and update windows fully. Then put your stuff back on, download steam, redownload KF. When's the last time you reformatted? I'd recommend a full wipe every 6-8 months.

Okay, first, I've never formatted, and second, theirs no way I'm gonna do that.

 

[therajuncajun]

Well then I'm sorry but you'll probably just have to live with it. Your OS isnt properly handling installations/uninstallations. It takes maybe one evening to reformat, and if you've never reformatted and your PC is over a year old, then youre due. Cant come blaming TWI or Steam for issues that are caused by your PC.

 

[FenwayFan25]

Well then I'm sorry but you'll probably just have to live with it. Your OS isnt properly handling installations/uninstallations. It takes maybe one evening to reformat, and if you've never reformatted and your PC is over a year old, then youre due. Cant come blaming TWI or Steam for issues that are caused by your PC.

Its definitely steam, it happened by itself. I didn't do anything to break it (like uninstall it).I guess i just have to wait to see what steam has to say.