Steam internet usage for no reason

[Aspalax]

As of today steam is using up all of my bandwidth to download something (does not show what). Anyone have an idea why?

UPDATE: The client was updating a hidden game that i had left installed for some reason Must take care to be tidier in the future. Thank you all.

[Tharon]

Check your settings if you have low bandwidth mode enabled. If not, Steam will use all of your bandwidth to download images for each game you have in the library.

(the settings can revert itself from time to time, that's already happened to some users).

[Aspalax]

Checked Library settings, it's on low bandwidth. Download settings are set to no limits, but that's for game updates only, right? It's not updating any game, it just keeps the network busy.

[Tharon]

That's odd then. The only things Steam download "stealthly" are the image cache for the library and the client update.

[Aspalax]

Originally posted by Tharon:

That's odd then. The only things Steam download "stealthly" are the image cache for the library and the client update.

I changed the donwnload settings to 16 kb/s and it worked. That means it is downloading something tha t is not related to the library. Is there a large client patch going on or something?

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Check your Hidden games. If a hidden game is updated, the download will be hidden as well.

You can also try using Big Picture mode to see if it shows there.

[Tharon]

Don't know about an update, i'm still using the 2019 OCT client and i've disabled all the updates ;)

[Tharon]

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

Check your Hidden games. If a hidden game is updated, the download will be hidden as well.

You can also try using Big Picture mode to see if it shows there.

:qr:

Didn't know that. Valve finds always new ways to make things more confused.

Edit :
https://steamcommunity.com/groups/SteamClientBeta/discussions/0/2942496178833673513/

Yeah, probably that's the cause.

[Aspalax]

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

Check your Hidden games. If a hidden game is updated, the download will be hidden as well.

You can also try using Big Picture mode to see if it shows there.

:qr:

GOT IT. It IS updating a hidden game. Why on earth did i leave it installed in the first place? Thank you.

[Nx Machina]

Originally posted by Tharon:

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

Check your Hidden games. If a hidden game is updated, the download will be hidden as well.

You can also try using Big Picture mode to see if it shows there.

:qr:

Didn't know that. Valve finds always new ways to make things more confused.

Edit :
https://steamcommunity.com/groups/SteamClientBeta/discussions/0/2942496178833673513/

Yeah, probably that's the cause.

The OP left the game installed but marked it as hidden so Steam will update it. Hardly a ploy on Valve's part as uninstalled games cannot update.

[Tharon]

What of "the game update wasn't visibile in the downloads" you didn't understand ?

A download should be always notified, even when the game is hidden. Otherwise users can't know for sure what Steam is doing, as happened to the OP.

[Nx Machina]

Originally posted by Tharon:

What of "the game update wasn't visibile in the downloads" you didn't understand ?

A download should be always notified, even when the game is hidden. Otherwise users can't know for sure what Steam is doing, as happened to the OP.

Why would a HIDDEN game show up in downloads? Why would you be notified of it?

Hidden - out of sight - not visible - concealed. User error. Not a Steam issue.

[Tharon]

Because the game is hidden, not unexistent.
Since Steam can still download updates for the game, it should notify what it is doing with the user network, and not stealthly download gigabytes of data.

This is either a bug, or bad design.

Anyway, i recognize now you as the one always jumping in to polemize with other users with trivial arguments, ignoring the topic of the thread. I should have blocked you long time ago. Time to do it now.

[Nx Machina]

Originally posted by Tharon:

Because the game is hidden, not unexistent.
Since Steam can still download updates for the game, it should notify what it is doing with the user network, and not stealthly download gigabytes of data.

This is either a bug, or bad design.

Anyway, i recognize now you as the one always jumping in to polemize with other users with trivial arguments, ignoring the topic of the thread. I should have blocked you long time ago. Time to do it now.

Other clients do not inform you about a download if you have hidden a game and did not uninstall it.

You seem to confuse you own bias and superficial arguments with others, after all you blamed Steam not user error in this case which was admitted by the OP.

Also surprising is the reference to "ignoring the topic of the thread" whilst posting in the Steam Client Beta forum about how to hack the ui etc. Hardly on topic.