When updating ArmA 3, Steam thinks it deleted my game, the files are still there thou

[miketim 20]

I went to update arma 3 to the latest version,

And low and be-fucking hold

Steam decides to fuck up, somehow

My arma 3 stops updating.. but doesnt show in the updates list anymore under downloads

and steam thinks it isn't even installed...

it shows as not being installed at all on steam. steam gives the option to "install" the game

But I checked, all 25 gb of my arma 3 game folder is defintley still present, because steam doesnt even think its installed, I cant even verify cache etc.

Im pretty fucked here, and I dont want to overwrite all my old arma 3 files.. Any suggestions? :(

[orcinus 121]

You might want to try a trick that eggbeast posted re updating retail-DVD installs of A2/CO to 1.63 without downloading the whole 20GB from the Steaming-pile-of.

Be sure to backup all the game files & folders (including those in AppData, etc.) - everything except mods. Back up all the Steam files (if it isn't up to date).

Backup the registry for insurance (I use tweaking.com's registry backup daily, plus before & after installing/uninstalling any program in case something goes wrong).

Hope this works for you

Kind regards

Orc

[kklownboy 43]

this sounds like a PWS fubar