# The Witcher 2 and Steam are being tremendous cunts, please help! **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [October 6, 2011, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-witcher-2-and-steam-are-being-tremendous-cunts-please-help/598768 "2011-10-06T07:48:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MichaelEmouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/michaelemouse/32/101_2.png) [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-witcher-2-and-steam-are-being-tremendous-cunts-please-help/598768/1 "2011-10-06T07:48:00Z")
So, I just download The Witcher 2 on account of its many positive reviews on the Dope and other places. I get it on Steam. I click “play” and then it starts installing. I then get the message " Failed to open package file ‘c:\program files (x86)\steam\steamapps\common he witcher 2\CookedPC/pack0.dzip’ " and the installing stops. So, what do I do? Downloading it again would be a major pain; the thing is 17gigs and my monthly download limit is 60 gigs. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-witcher-2-and-steam-are-being-tremendous-cunts-please-help/598768/2 "2011-10-06T10:16:56Z")
> [@MichaelEmouse](#): > > I get it on Steam. I click “play” and then it starts installing. I then get the message " Failed to open package file ‘c:\program files (x86)\steam\steamapps\common he witcher 2\CookedPC/pack0.dzip’ " and the installing stops. That file probably ended up getting corrupted during the download. I would suggest doing a file integrity check (it’s in the properties of the game in the Steam menu). It takes a while, but in theory it should identify the problem and redownload only that particular bit. ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-witcher-2-and-steam-are-being-tremendous-cunts-please-help/598768/3 "2011-10-06T20:51:30Z")
> [@MichaelEmouse](#): > > So, I just download The Witcher 2 on account of its many positive reviews on the Dope and other places. > > I get it on Steam. I click “play” and then it starts installing. I then get the message " Failed to open package file ‘c:\program files (x86)\steam\steamapps\common he witcher 2\CookedPC/pack0.dzip’ " and the installing stops. > > So, what do I do? Downloading it again would be a major pain; the thing is 17gigs and my monthly download limit is 60 gigs. Is it installed enough where you can “[verify game cache](https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=2037-QEUH-3335)”? That should check for then download and replace the missing/broken files so you’ll still need to use some download bandwidth. ---
**Author:** ![MichaelEmouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/michaelemouse/32/101_2.png) [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-witcher-2-and-steam-are-being-tremendous-cunts-please-help/598768/4 "2011-10-06T23:08:30Z")
Thanks Kobal and Trop. The game somehow started working on its own. Thread no longer useful. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-witcher-2-and-steam-are-being-tremendous-cunts-please-help/598768/5 "2011-10-06T23:21:35Z")
Ah well, that’s good then. Happy monster slaying ! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Kinthalis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kinthalis/32/16084_2.png) [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2011, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-witcher-2-and-steam-are-being-tremendous-cunts-please-help/598768/6 "2011-10-07T19:41:41Z")
Play on the new “Dark” difficulty level if you’re feeling brave. I’m doing that now, and it’s really fun, so long as you remember to save often 😉 You also get some cool items and armor that are exclusive to that mode.