Happens to me constantly on all downloads above 900 MB. Apparently, Mega on Chrome browser uses too much memory and it crashes on weak machinery or something? Don't really understand. Switching to other browsers or downloading from other sites (NOPY in this case) is the only way I found to fix this problem.
The way scouting works in this game is that your encounter is predetermined for each tile on the world map, and you are given clues about this encounter depending on your scouting. The higher your scouting 'level' the more clues you are given about the encounter, for instance: the tile you go to next is a Harpy encounter in the first zone, then level 1 scouting will always read "Mountains", level 2 - "Hostile", level 3 - "Harpies". To increase scouting level you need to increase perception attribute or press 'Scout' command in the bottom left, this however will advance time by 1 and consume your food. Nighttime ,I think, decreases it. Scouting level, along with stealth level, also affects some, but not all, encounters: you can avoid ambushes, some enemies entirely, you will avoid tentacle and pitfall traps, and also gain increased gold from hidden treasures + you can find 'Hunger Charm' artifacts (best way to farm gold, imo).
So you don't really miss anything, if your scout level is always at 2. If you want, you can intentionally fail scouting checks inside the encounter or customise your character to have minimal perception stat.
Hope that helps.
