I keep randomly getting a cog wheel in middle of my screen saying important stuff is being downloaded but when i go to blizzard APP there is nothing being downloaded… How do i turn this off or what is happening…
Sounds like this issue:
The small green circle icon at the top center of the screen that shows game data being downloaded has been persistently running since last night, 8 PM CST. It’s behavior has me concerned as to what’s actually happening. I’ve checked for updates via the launcher, and it says I’m up to date. I did the repair tool. It finished and did a small update, then finished as normal.
I tried to exit the game and wait for the launcher to recognize it was no longer running. Normally if there are updates, the…
There’s a temporary fix in that thread that works for some (worked for me).
Hey again everyone,
Our Battle.net engineers have identified what is causing this issue and are working on pushing a fix out. We do not have a timeframe for that however.
As others mentioned, the best known workaround for this is to uninstall/reinstall WoW through the Battle.net app and then disable downloading of future patch data. You can disable this in the Battle.net app Settings under Game Install/Update → Automatic updates → select “Apply latest updates for recently played games”.
This of course is a temporary workaround while the core of the issue is being worked on. Once the issue is resolved you should not have to redownload the game and the fix should patch up your existing install.
If you want to be covered for future patches, we would recommend to go back in and re-enable downloading future patch data after patch 9.0 has released.
Thank you again for all the reports, the logs, and for sharing the workarounds you’ve found.
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