Any way to force specific update parameters in steam?

[yummypiee]

TLDR: I want better control over updates than just automatic or "update on launch"

For a lot of single-player games waiting for 7-8gb of updates to play for a mood and then having to go and reinstall mods and firmware to get games running properly again is a nightmare.

Can i disable updates Entirely? Or is this something steam is never going to do and i need to look at alternate platforms or going back to using a distributed launch folder network?

[DarkCrystalMethod]

I know that Steam will check and attempt to update every game that I have installed. It will take as long as it takes, in sequence until all are done.
So... I simply install ONLY the games I'm actively playing and usually launching every day. That way the wait time is minimal (obviously still depends on the game) but not as bad as all of my games updating at the same time.

[yummypiee]

DarkCrystalMethod の投稿を引用：

I know that Steam will check and attempt to update every game that I have installed. It will take as long as it takes, in sequence until all are done.
So... I simply install ONLY the games I'm actively playing and usually launching every day. That way the wait time is minimal (obviously still depends on the game) but not as bad as all of my games updating at the same time.

This is more of an issue in the context of wanting to run a specific update/version of a game or wanting to remain behind on updates for 2-3 weeks to keep using community content additions and accessibility mods. Carpel tunnels an absolute pain and a lot of stuff isn't playable without 3-4 mods that make changes to things to reduce click counts and button spam.

New updates also often require changes to mod managers and that will fairly often lead to corrupted save files or items.

[Start_Running]

yummypiee の投稿を引用：

Can i disable updates Entirely? Or is this something steam is never going to do and i need to look at alternate platforms or going back to using a distributed launch folder network?

Disabling will likely never be a thing. And there is no officially supported way of doing it. Steam reserves such option fior dev/puibs

DarkCrystalMethod の投稿を引用：

I know that Steam will check and attempt to update every game that I have installed. It will take as long as it takes, in sequence until all are done.
So... I simply install ONLY the games I'm actively playing and usually launching every day. That way the wait time is minimal (obviously still depends on the game) but not as bad as all of my games updating at the same time.

YUpdate at launch is your best bet. Though keep in mind the uopdate scheduler will stagger updates, only really focusing on the games you're actually playing alot, and scheduling your less played games to instal at a later date.

[Satoru]

If you have a game you want always updated

Right clikc ->Properties
Updates-> automatic updates -> High Prioirty auto-update this game before others

[Paratech2008]

If it's updating the game you want to play, nothing can be done. You can pause updates for games, but you can't play games that require updates until they are updated.

Games that don't require an update can be played during that time updating of other games is paused.

[yummypiee]

Start_Running の投稿を引用：

yummypiee の投稿を引用：

Can i disable updates Entirely? Or is this something steam is never going to do and i need to look at alternate platforms or going back to using a distributed launch folder network?

Disabling will likely never be a thing. And there is no officially supported way of doing it. Steam reserves such option fior dev/puibs

DarkCrystalMethod の投稿を引用：

I know that Steam will check and attempt to update every game that I have installed. It will take as long as it takes, in sequence until all are done.
So... I simply install ONLY the games I'm actively playing and usually launching every day. That way the wait time is minimal (obviously still depends on the game) but not as bad as all of my games updating at the same time.

YUpdate at launch is your best bet. Though keep in mind the uopdate scheduler will stagger updates, only really focusing on the games you're actually playing alot, and scheduling your less played games to instal at a later date.

Looks like i'll be looking at alternatives to steam then.

I know origin has the same problems. Best bet is probably just to go back to .exe's and shortcuts at this point. Already has to be done for some games that just don't run properly even in single player without consistent internet connection.

[Start_Running]

yummypiee の投稿を引用：

Start_Running の投稿を引用：

Disabling will likely never be a thing. And there is no officially supported way of doing it. Steam reserves such option fior dev/puibs



YUpdate at launch is your best bet. Though keep in mind the uopdate scheduler will stagger updates, only really focusing on the games you're actually playing alot, and scheduling your less played games to instal at a later date.

Looks like i'll be looking at alternatives to steam then.

I know origin has the same problems. Best bet is probably just to go back to .exe's and shortcuts at this point. Already has to be done for some games that just don't run properly even in single player without consistent internet connection.

You do realize the only difference between Steam and others is that Steam actually can enforce the terms that allow this. Other platforms ghave the same terms but simply lack the ability (at the moment).

Besides it's not Like there are that many games that update that frequently, especially not with gigabyte+ uploads..