Steamcmd update gets stuck when creating new instance

OS Name/Version: Centos 7

Product Name/Version: AMP “Triton”

Problem Description: Steamcmd update gets stuck when creating a new instance and never finishes doing the initial update, neither ark nor project zomboid.

Example of the output console:

SteamCMD12:53:29
Redirecting stderr to '/home/amp/Steam/logs/stderr.txt'
ILocalize::AddFile() failed to load file "public/steambootstrapper_english.txt".
[ 0%] Checking for available update...
[ 0%] Downloading update (0 of 81,685 KB)...
[ 0%] Downloading update (7,025 of 81,685 KB)...
12:53:30
[ 8%] Downloading update (13,788 of 81,685 KB)...
[ 16%] Downloading update (19,413 of 81,685 KB)...
[ 23%] Downloading update (25,626 of 81,685 KB)...
[ 31%] Downloading update (31,274 of 81,685 KB)...
12:53:31
[ 38%] Downloading update (36,870 of 81,685 KB)...
[ 45%] Downloading update (42,522 of 81,685 KB)...
[ 52%] Downloading update (48,708 of 81,685 KB)...
[ 59%] Downloading update (53,612 of 81,685 KB)...
12:53:32
[ 65%] Downloading update (56,428 of 81,685 KB)...
[ 69%] Downloading update (59,527 of 81,685 KB)...
[ 72%] Downloading update (62,353 of 81,685 KB)...
[ 76%] Downloading update (65,170 of 81,685 KB)...
12:53:33
[ 79%] Downloading update (68,264 of 81,685 KB)...
[ 83%] Downloading update (71,084 of 81,685 KB)...
[ 87%] Downloading update (73,910 of 81,685 KB)...
[ 90%] Downloading update (77,017 of 81,685 KB)...
12:53:34
[ 94%] Downloading update (79,852 of 81,685 KB)...
[ 97%] Downloading update (81,685 of 81,685 KB)...
[100%] Download Complete.
[----] Applying update...
[----] Extracting package...
[----] Extracting package...
[----] Extracting package...
12:53:35
[----] Extracting package...
[----] Installing update...
[----] Cleaning up...
[----] Failed to remove temporary unzip folder, continuing anyway
[----] Update complete, launching...
12:53:36
Redirecting stderr to '/home/amp/Steam/logs/stderr.txt'
ILocalize::AddFile() failed to load file "public/steambootstrapper_english.txt".
[ 0%] Checking for available update...
[ 0%] Download Complete.
[----] Verifying installation...
[ 0%] Downloading Update...
[ 0%] Checking for available update...
12:53:37
[ 0%] Download Complete.
[----] Extracting package...
[----] Extracting package...
[----] Extracting package...
12:53:38
[----] Extracting package...
[----] Installing update...
[----] Cleaning up...
[----] Failed to remove temporary unzip folder, continuing anyway
[----] Update complete, launching...
Redirecting stderr to '/home/amp/Steam/logs/stderr.txt'
ILocalize::AddFile() failed to load file "public/steambootstrapper_english.txt".

and this is repeated ad infinitum

Steps to reproduce:

  • Step 1: create instance
  • Step 2: Update new instance
  • Step 3: get desperate because he got stuck

I’d recommend against using CentOS 7, due to its age a lot of things don’t work properly on it any more. If you don’t have too much on the system I’d recommend moving to a more modern distribution such as Debian 11.