Scheduled Downloads

[Bartschinator]

Why does steam schedule my downloads for tomorrow when the upate came out today and i left the computer on so i could jump in and play when i am ready because the client woudl auto-download the update?
We don't all have INternet Speeds of 400Mbit+ :(

Edit: And yes, i have scheduling and download restrictions off in steam.

[dTTb]

Same here, 4 updates queued, for tomorrow, and two of them planned for the exact same time.
What the heck is this...
And yes, in download settings all are unlimited and unchecked apart from 'limit while streaming', and I'm not streaming at all.

another seeing the same: https://steamcommunity.com/groups/SteamClientBeta/discussions/3/1760230157501601548/

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Stagger the downloads to relieve server stress. That is why.

[23 of 9]

Is there a way to disable this staggering. I would rather have my games downloaded without user input rather than having them scheduled 15 hours out. Having to manually tell steam to update 10 games that are mostly less than 50 mb each is beyond a pain. We might as well do away with auto-updates at this point.

[Bartschinator]

Originally posted by 23 of 9:

Is there a way to disable this staggering. I would rather have my games downloaded without user input rather than having them scheduled 15 hours out. Having to manually tell steam to update 10 games that are mostly less than 50 mb each is beyond a pain. We might as well do away with auto-updates at this point.

i found an option named priority update or something like that under properties -> updates. Maybe it helps, i am not sure though. You would have to activate it for the game in question.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Originally posted by Eisberg:

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

Stagger the downloads to relieve server stress. That is why.

You are most likely right.

But another thought is they are being stubborn about bringing back the "do not update" option so they are doing this instead giving people a chance to copy thier current installation , turn off automatic updates, let it update, them put the copied previous installation back, and then just play that game in offline mode so it won't update till you want it to...
Basically useful for those using mods and thier mods haven't been updated to newest version yet.

I do wish steam would bring back the "do not update" option

Not updating was never an option while being online. Poorly worded but had the same function as it does now.

But the part about triggering an update then going offline, that was supposed to be fix a while ago. It should still let the user play even if it triggered one.

[dTTb]

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

Not updating was never an option while being online. Poorly worded but had the same function as it does now.

Don't repeat that hearsay as solid truth everywhere you go, pretty bloody please. This is not the threat for that, but really, drop the gospel. And the QR-meme while we're at it.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Originally posted by dTTb:

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

Not updating was never an option while being online. Poorly worded but had the same function as it does now.

Don't repeat that hearsay as solid truth everywhere you go, pretty bloody please. This is not the threat for that, but really, drop the gospel. And the QR-meme while we're at it.

I've been around for well over 10 years. I know what it was and what it is now... The SAME FUNCTION.

And I do not care if you do not like my QR code.

[dTTb]

I've been around for well over 15[***] years, now what.
Doesn't mean jack about either of us being ANY closer to the truth.

Again, this is not the thread for a cockfight, but please, realise how certainties mostly aren't.


edit1:**'well over' 15 years might be pushing it I realise, at this moment I can't figure out how to check exactly when I joined, but around 2004 seems like it would fit, which would make that remark a biiiit of an overstatement, for which I'll apologise.
edit2:Managed to check, purchase history says first license was in 2007, so yes, admittedly definitely an overstatement. 11 years is what it is, minus a few days.
Man how easy it is to feel dragged into a pissing contest..
Nevertheless, when we joined is not really speaking of what we've used, experienced, experimented with; and seeing your take, I'm assuming that you've never felt much need nor urge to set games to never update; and thus, never experienced the setting actually working. I however, have.

Again, it's all an irrelevant offtopic tangent with regards to this thread, so please come back to https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/10/2828702373002198249/ to further discuss that 'fact'.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Originally posted by dTTb:

I've been around for well over 15 years, now what.
Doesn't mean jack about either of us being ANY closer to the truth.

It is the same exact function that was reworded so it would no longer confuse users is what the fact is.

[dTTb]

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

It is the same exact function that was reworded so it would no longer confuse users is what the fact is.:

It is not. But again, not the thread for that discussion.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Originally posted by dTTb:

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

It is the same exact function that was reworded so it would no longer confuse users is what the fact is.:

It is not. But again, not the thread for that discussion.

Then people need to stop bringing it up in this discussion.

[0235]

I get why they would want to stagger, but people need to be able to choose. I am someone who is fortunate enough that i control what Internet I have in my house, and therefore go for something that could download most games in 1-2 hours, so a staggered update it no hassle to me.

however i know people who run around with joy if their Steam download even passes 200 KB/s, people who would appreciate not having that 15 hour delay, because it would probably take 10 hours to download the update.

the worst bit is actually whenever steam stagger a server, it messes up your queue. you could be downloading an unpopular game that is going to take 18 hours, come back the next morning and it has automatically paused that game and started downloading some trash update for a popular game, instead of downloading the game you queued it up to download.

[SeriousCCIE]

I want to know why it always picks times that I don't have this thing ever open.

I shut off the PC at night, and turn it on... after I am done with work for the day... not at 6:43 am or whatever it picks outside of the time the PC is on. Clearly, it's not based on my usage patterns--or even the PC being turned on and logged into Steam patterns.

It's like it takes zero interest into when I am actually ever logged in, and if I miss a few days between logins (life sometimes prevents it), I am sometimes walloped with a bunch of updates unless I remembered to set the do not auto update flag.

Which sometimes is reset after a steam client update, much to my chagrin and surprise.

Anyway it'd be nice if we could set updates to occur during a given time window, so that way I can come to expect updates between some variable I set, knowing that due to load or world cup streaming or some sort of calamity outside of Valve and My control, the automatic updates will take place sometime within a window of My choosing.

Which can happen if I want to keep it manual, but that isn't the same as automatically updating.

And yes I won't beat the "do not ever update" horse, because it ran out of the barn and got hit by the freight train's steam engine.

[dTTb]

Originally posted by SeriousCCIE:

And yes I won't beat the "do not ever update" horse, because it ran out of the barn and got hit by the freight train's steam engine.

Beautiful phrasing ;)

But onto your remark; you should be able to already:
steam main window->view->settings->downloads->tick only auto-update games between: and select a timeframe.
Unless I misunderstood ofcourse, but hope that helps with what you want to have happen, happen.

[Mordeth Kai]

Yeah, this ♥♥♥♥'s been pissing me off too....

Without the gay censorship: Yeah, this ♥♥♥♥'s been pis sing me off too....