Make a folder called "the witcher enhanced edition" for witcher 1 or "the witcher 2" for Witcher 2. The default one is "Steam\steamapps\common".ĥ. Appmanifest_20920.acf for Witcher 2 or appmanifest_20900.acf for Witcher 1. Go too "\Steam\steamapps" and find the appmanifest file with the correct SteamID. My patch files looked like this for Witcher 2:ģ. Only delete those with the correct SteamID number in them. If the game started to download through Steam, go to "\Steam\steamapps\downloading" and delete the folder with the SteamID you're trying to install. The numbers ending the url are the steamID, in this case 20920 for Witcher 2.Ģ. To find it easily go to the game store page. You have installed the GoG version, and want to get that install recognized by Steam, so you don't have to download the game again through Steam.Īll directory and folder locations are between quotation marks ("folder\subfolder").Īll games on Steam have a steamID. You own the game (witcher 1 or witcher 2) on GoG and Steam. I prefer the way GOG handles downloads (with the installer and of course DRM-free), but wanted all my games in one place. Pretty stupid that Valve removed the ability to do that. Guess I'll just continue playing GOG version, I really don't feel like downloading it again (with my line speed it'll take about 3/4 days of constant downloading to complete). I've also tried all of the methods that you mentioned, but none worked. It has something to do with the appmanifest files, so maybe you can find out what it needs to be for the game, but I gave up in the end and just let Steam do its thing. I also tried starting a download, then pausing it and exiting Steam, then copying the files into the created subfolder within steamapps\downloading, but on restarting Steam and resuming the download it just proceeded to overwrite the files, even though they were identical.
However, once they added in the new steamapps\downloading folder and the new SteamPipe content format, just putting the game files into the relevant location in steamapps\common no longer works. TheImpZA: I've tried to do similar things with Steam, and there used to be a way to do it.