Anyway to speed up the installation/downloading process?

[Punk Rubber Riley]

I just bought the game, and it says that I have to possibly wait an entire day for it to stop installing/downloading! I feel like I shouldn't be waiting that long, is there any way to make this go faster without ruining my computer?

[mudofNYnumber1]

You should shut down other processes on your computer. That seems way too slow for any modern internet connection, so I'd imagine it is on your running processes or streaming. Are you streaming or downloading elsewhere on your internet? Are you connected via WiFi in lieu of connected?

Try a speedtest.net to check your connection. If you have good looking results, search up port forwarding and do it for Steam. Here is a link for Steam ports to forward.
https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/2EA8-4D75-DA21-31EB

[Punk Rubber Riley]

My ping is 65, my download is 3.15, and my upload is 1.26, is that bad?

[brownie689]

That is really slow internet. Who is your internet service provider and what state do you live in? Have you ever gone to speedtest.net and tested your connection?

[brownie689]

here's an example. I literally just tested my speed and it was 1ms response time with 503Mbps download and 487Mbps upload.

[brownie689]

with your slow speed of only 3Mbps it is gonna take you hours to download any game on here.

[IBOT]

Originally posted by Punk Rubber Riley:

My ping is 65, my download is 3.15, and my upload is 1.26, is that bad?

Yep that is slow

[Punk Rubber Riley]

My ISP is Spectrum, and I live somewhere in New York!

[mudofNYnumber1]

Yeah, your internet. You got some issues. First off, make sure your household isn't streaming or downloading. Definitely direct connect to your router. Don't rely on wifi. There is also a chance your ISP is having issues.

I'll note, even super remote internet is going to give you 25 download. Even Elon's Starlink is like 80 download. Definitely an issue at hand.

[Skoden]

Keep in mind Mb (with a lowercase b) is for megabit and MB is for megabytes and it's 8 megabits to 1 megabyte. This is how troll ass internet providers trick some people when they see a big number and think they're getting a fast speed but all they'll actually be getting is 5-10 megabytes lol.

[Clail]

Originally posted by Punk Rubber Riley:

My ISP is Spectrum, and I live somewhere in New York!

Yeah that is extremely slow speeds. Even if you were on a WiFi setup.
I'd go on the Spectrum website and run through their automated troubleshooting first; when those fail to resolve the problem they will schedule a Field Tech to come out to your place. It's quite possible you need a cable or fittings replaced on one of the cables going into your home.

I'd review what speeds you subscribe for as well, but if it's spectrum i'm pretty sure their lowest package is 200mbps now-a-days.
It is also possible your modem is bottlenecking your speeds if you bought your own and it's a bit dated. But again, most ISP's can supply modern modems and routers that you know will at least get you the speeds you pay for.

[Punk Rubber Riley]

Well that's weird, turns out, one of my wifi network changed to a weaker wifi network, so I changed it back to the current one I use, and my download speed just increased dramatically! however, I tried it out again, and the speed decreased as well!

[brownie689]

how strong is your WiFi signal? Is there any way you can run a hard wire from your router to your PC?

[Punk Rubber Riley]

Don't worry, I managed to fix the install issue, I'm playing the game like a charm!

[guts' theme (Cut & Looped)]

Originally posted by Punk Rubber Riley:

My ISP is Spectrum, and I live somewhere in New York!

Oof, you have my sympathy

[ace_mon0 (REAPERS)]

Originally posted by Punk Rubber Riley:

I just bought the game, and it says that I have to possibly wait an entire day for it to stop installing/downloading! I feel like I shouldn't be waiting that long, is there any way to make this go faster without ruining my computer?

the only thing I can think of is to shut down everything that you have going to your router. And any applications you have running on your computer. Might have to turn off Netflix for awhile.