Steam "Corrupt update files" error for Dota 2 since 7.0 update

Question

Please excuse me if this is not the correct forum for this, but I can't get a solution anywhere.

Dota 2 Reborn used to run flawlessly on my laptop with Ubuntu 16.04. Ever since the 7.0 update of Dota 2, whenever an update was downloaded, I got a "corrupt update files" error. I tried reinstalling it - still got the same error. It tries to re-download whenever I try to play the game.

Next, I tried reinstalling Steam. I deleted Dota, completely removed Steam and then reinstalled it. Even now I get the same error on downloading Dota again.

All other Steam games that I have run fine. Dota 2 itself runs perfectly fine on the same machine on Windows 10.

Has anybody had this kind of situation? Any pointer on how to get around this issue would be helpful - I hate depending on Windows for gaming.

Answer 1

It seems to be related to a difference in filesystem. My ubuntu uses EXT4, but my Dota is installed on a NTFS partition, and I have that issue. Haven't tried any of the solutions yet. This could interest you:

https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/4670

http://steamcommunity.com/app/570/discussions/0/1843493219432308676?ctp=2

Answer 2

I think this video might help:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWq1qJVJWEM

ROOT access to edit your /etc/fstab sudo nano /etc/fstab

and add the line to your HDD mount options.

Here's my example for Arch linux: template: [UUID or partition] [directory] [type] [mount options] [dump] [pass]

UUID=XXXXXXXXXXX /run/media/user/drivename ntfs defaults,exec,uid=1000,gid=1000 0 0

Answer 3

As @MachinTruc said, the issue was related to fact that Dota was installed on a NTFS partition (while steam was on the root ext4 partition). I installed Dota in a separate ext4 partition and it works fine now.

This seems to be a regression in Dota 2 update 7.0, as other Steam games work fine from the NTFS partition and older versions of Dota 2 worked fine as well.