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submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by Buffalox to c/linux_gaming
 

For the past 6 days, I've received 5 updates of more than a Gigabyte!
What are these updates? Although the game has very few issues, they are never fixed!

Edit:
Apparently it's not updates, but downloads of undermined purpose?

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[–] Buffalox 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

OK I didn't know you could do that, this is very strange? Is there a way I can see a log of my steam downloads?
https://steamdb.info/sub/46441/
Says here May 2024 was latest update.
But it's not just me, my wife also get these ~~updates~~ downloads?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Are you sure it's not just validating? Like, do you actually lose a GB of space on your drive every day?

[–] Buffalox 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

IDK, it actually just says "downloading 1 of 1 items",
But AFAIK it doesn't need to download to validate.
It just did it with Borderlaqnds GOTY Enhanced while I was playing Borderlands 2?
It only says downloaded and completed, nothing about why there was a download.
I started it by mistake, just before playing Borderlands 2, and skipped it before it was finished with shaders?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

If you hover over the (i) symbol next to the title, you'll see that's a shader cache update.

[–] Buffalox 1 points 3 days ago

OK Thanks, the notification is gone now, but I'll try next time.
But I thought shader cache was generated locally?