How to save time downloading

[GenJoe]

You can just copy your game folder over to steamapps / common/ folder. Steam won't recognize it at first but it will eventually recognize the game as having been installed. (takes me a couple days/reboots)

Alternatively, you can start the download on steam, pause it, then overwrite the game folder with your own.

If you still have the original install, Steam actually has a back up option that's very convenient. You can even resize the files and it'll give you multiple files in the size of your choice. You can just use the back up files to restore the installation.

[celespsycho]

You can just copy your game folder over to steamapps / common/ folder. Steam won't recognize it at first but it will eventually recognize the game as having been installed. (takes me a couple days/reboots)

Thats a good news. thanks.

Alternatively, you can start the download on steam, pause it, then overwrite the game folder with your own.

But my backup is of the entire game... Steam + Square Enix all patches and updates so Steam will not recognize the files

If you still have the original install, Steam actually has a back up option that's very convenient. You can even resize the files and it'll give you multiple files in the size of your choice. You can just use the back up files to restore the installation.

The Steam version its out of date and much smaller than the complete game. Retore deleted all the SE downloaded content to a friend and he had to download all over again from SE.

[celespsycho]

If you still have the original install, Steam actually has a back up option that's very convenient. You can even resize the files and it'll give you multiple files in the size of your choice. You can just use the back up files to restore the installation.

Steam Restore do not work with FFXIV.
In fact I would like to ask if there is some way to backup the game without Steam which as I said have an oold version without patches and updates.