they trade it to me for popcorn.
seriously though, its a big issue on steam. and its cross platform issue on steam. beyond just preallocation. on nix we often spend longer to process vulkan shaders than download, that rev the hardware. example tombraider - shadow of ... so yea. frustrating as it is, this isnt larian's falt and it was frustrating on steam forums trying to problem solve with people who threw tantrums rather than answer questions. i wish we could follow up on the result its a steam issue, and point our frustration in the proper direction. instead it lands on the doors of affected developers
