Has been downloading all day - what gives?

[Dayemos]

Hi BG3 fans,

I have literally been downloading this game since 8:00am this morning and it's still at 89% - my download speed appears to be throttled at 40mbps, but my Internet is 250mbps.

I've gone into settings and confirmed DL speeds are not selected as being throttled.

Why is this downloading so slowly? Why weren't we allowed to pre-install the game?

[hoot hoot]

Just a stab in the dark, but are you sure you started the download after the game was released? idk what would happen if someone is downloading the EA during the moment the game is released.

And apparently EA games can't be pre-loaded. It's a Steam issue.

[Steppenrazor]

i d/led it in about an hour and a half.. (started at around 4pm cst.. finished by about 5:30ish CST)

you might want to check your connection / hardware.

[Pheex]

It's also installing while downloading. If the speed caps at 40 mbs it could be throttling because it has to wait for your drive.

Are you on a regular good ole hard disc drive (non ssd)?

[Thanatos]

mine is downloading abnormally slow as well. probably the servers are hammered.

[Ozmiz]

No problems DL'ing here.... AFTER I noticed my virus scanner in overdrive examining every bit downloaded and slowing it to a crawl.

I selected to disable the virus scanner for 1 hour, and it finished the remaining 80%+ in under 20 minutes.

[benji27potf]

I have a Gig connection and it finished in 14 minutes. granted no one else in the house hold was awake yet to use the internet.

Are you streaming while downloading by any chance? or maybe multiple users at home? or are you Using an SSD hard drive? with just your connection it should have been done in an hour. Maybe your geographical location has many BG3 downloads on the server.

[Dungeoncrawler69]

What is the speed steam is d/ling at?

[AlexAwef]

Change around your Download Region under Settings>Downloads, maybe the region you're on is under heavy load.

[FATE]

first check your cpu and disk usage, its doing the unpacking at the same time downloading, so if you got slow cpu or installed on hard drive or sata ssd, download often hault or slow down when a segment is done downloading but not unpacking

[Dyldo Baggins]

Same issue here but with installation, taken me 3 hours for "install" after download and freezes at 98%.

[Kensloth]

Pause download, go into settings and choose a different download server, then restart steam and restart your download and see if anything is better. This in addition to all the usual stuff like rebooting PC and cable modem. Sometimes doing this will un-stick it for me. Good luck to ya.

[soul like that be capable of]

Originally posted by Dayemos:

Hi BG3 fans,

I have literally been downloading this game since 8:00am this morning and it's still at 89% - my download speed appears to be throttled at 40mbps, but my Internet is 250mbps.

I've gone into settings and confirmed DL speeds are not selected as being throttled.

Why is this downloading so slowly? Why weren't we allowed to pre-install the game?

early access games not allowed for pre load according to steam rules that main reason .

[soul like that be capable of]

Originally posted by Dayemos:

Hi BG3 fans,

I have literally been downloading this game since 8:00am this morning and it's still at 89% - my download speed appears to be throttled at 40mbps, but my Internet is 250mbps.

I've gone into settings and confirmed DL speeds are not selected as being throttled.

Why is this downloading so slowly? Why weren't we allowed to pre-install the game?

i would restart steam and let download cont after. that might boost your speed