Installation Issue

[stewdanko]

I bought Pillars of Eternity: Champion Edition from Amazon.com because it came on a DVD instead of a download.  I have very limited bandwidth, so the DVD media was a paramount issue.  I tried to install from the DVD, but  the installation immediately switched to a 6GB download.  I ran it overnight and it is only 30% downloaded. 

 

I tried doing this, but to no avail.  Is there a way that I can install from the media instead of a download?  Steam is supposed to do the DRM, no be a stumbling block for installation.  Please respond with a resolution to this issue.

[Fardragon]

Am afraid lots of games do this nowadays. The DVD doesn't have the media on it, only the set up files.

[stewdanko]

"Am afraid lots of games do this nowadays. The DVD doesn't have the media on it, only the set up files."

 

I appreciate you responding to this, especially since this seems to be a Steam problem and not an Obsidian one.  I tried getting technical support from Steam, but their only solution was to send me to this forum.

 

I purchased the game version specifically for the DVD.  I inspected the media itself and it appears to have the full 6 gigabyte content that I am now downloading from Steam over several days.  If you look at the link in the original post, you will see a disclaimer that the DVD version only works for a retail version and not a backup version.  The media I got was in its original packaging and had a valid Product Unlock Key.  Could this be a locally burned copy with an Obsidian media logo?