Problems downloading Episode 2

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Right so I've been trying to download it ever since it was up for preload. Originally it got stuck on 46% then after a couple of days there was an update for TF2 and after that I noticed it was now stuck at 44%. It's been stuck there saying the servers have been too busy the entire time since. Oddly portal and TF2 both downloaded perfectly.

I've tried pausing and restarting over and over with the same servers busy message. I've even tried deleting local content and when I go to install it again it immediately goes back to 44% and sits there. What can I do? :(
 
I have the same problem. However I think it's just because the steam servers are overloaded atm. And I think the reason it stays at 44% is because it counts source SDK and the other things needed to play EP 2 as a percentage of the download, and because you already have them when even you d/l it starts at 44% (this happened when I bought CSS a while back- I already had the SDK etc. so it started at 63%).
 
My mate had the same problem, he uninstalled steam then reinstalled and still it was stuck at 44% and server to busy, we resolved it by me letting him sign in on my account and hey presto it started downloading and as i have it on my account, it was no problem. Daft way to resolve it but it worked.
 
Damn.. it's not looking good. I might have to contact their support. Could be something mad like it's not showing up on their server side as being right on my account as I have the black box.
 
Tried that several times I'm afraid. Still get the same message:

"The Steam servers are currently too busy to handle your request. Please try again in a few minutes."
 
Trying some tips I've found through google. Deleted local content, closed steam, deleted clientregistry.blob and the episode 2 english.gcf (or whatever it was called) and now I'm restarting steam. It didn't work when I just closed steam and deleted clientregistry.blob

EDIT: nooooo.. still no luck :(
 
Oddly when I just delete the clientregistry.blob the game comes up as 47% complete but still the same server busy message.
 
its downloaded fine for me on xp, but on vista.... i get the same message :(

and i dont want to play it on xp because i dont know if its dx10 or not, and if it is then id like to play in dx10 rather than dx9

alltho if any one knows if it has any dx10 features or not, then please let me know :cool:

alltho portal wasnt, but still was good.
 
No it has no DX10 features currently apart from maybe performance boosts but if you have a DX10 card you won't really need those anyway.

I sent a question off to steam support but it looks like a system that will take about 2 months to get back to me and then another 2 to fix the problem if they ever bother.

If there are a few of us getting the same problem then it could be a symptom of a larger problem (hopefully) which might (hopefully) get fixed soon (hopefully).
 
IceShock said:
not a single dx10 feature? :(
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Not yet. DX10 patches are supposedly on the way but with valves commitment to concentrate on keeping low-mid range systems running their games on high settings I doubt they'll have put much trouble into DX10 when only a very small percentage of their playerbase are running it.
 
The problem is you don't have the EP1 content in your steam folder, thats why it doesn't download. Someone over at the steam forums posted up a link to download the content, although I'm not sure if this is legal or not.
 
What a load of bull.. I can't get Episode 2 without having episode 1? I'll go look for the link.
 
You know where to reach me

I'm not sure if this was intended or if its just a bug or not. But this workaround worked instantly for me.
 
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