Please allow us to NOT update games again. Thankls.

[GamingWithSilvertail]

I am currently on a limited connection and play mostly single player. Normally steam gives option to keep games up to date or to not update untill I ask for it. b Me pressing launch is not aslking for it.

So if a game updates, I am kinda screwed atm if a game does update.

This used to be a thing where you can opt in to update, yet still play the games I want to play games.

Right now, if singleplayer games get updated like Dragon's dogma 2 or Horizon games, I am unable to play the game...

[ReBoot]

Originally posted by GamingWithSilvertail:

This used to be a thing where you can opt in to update

This has never happened. The "best" option you ever had was to postpone updates until you actually start a game. That option is still there. Set it for your SP games and switch Steam to offline before starting one of those.

[GamingWithSilvertail]

Originally posted by ReBoot:

Originally posted by GamingWithSilvertail:

This used to be a thing where you can opt in to update

This has never happened. The "best" option you ever had was to postpone updates until you actually start a game. That option is still there. Set it for your SP games and switch Steam to offline before starting one of those.

That still tells steam to update games even if I use my mobile hotspot for due to ISP giving me headaches.

The point is, That only works if I completely stop pull my connection off the PC.

[ReBoot]

Originally posted by GamingWithSilvertail:

Originally posted by ReBoot:

This has never happened. The "best" option you ever had was to postpone updates until you actually start a game. That option is still there. Set it for your SP games and switch Steam to offline before starting one of those.

That still tells steam to update games even if I use my mobile hotspot for due to ISP giving me headaches.

That's why I said

Originally posted by ReBoot:

This has never happened. The "best" option you ever had was to postpone updates until you actually start a game. That option is still there. Set it for your SP games and switch Steam to offline before starting one of those.

That way, you won't get any updates for your SP games.

[GamingWithSilvertail]

Alas, it dont work that way cause I am on a mobile hotspot. It only works thaT way if steam cant check for updates regardless if offline or not.

I would have to completely pull my connection off, which is unaccaptabnle because I need to be able to check my mail and whatsapp.

[BJWyler]

Steam was started as an easy and convenient means to keep games up to date. It's a core pillar of the platform. It's not going to change, nor should it. If you don't want to update games, then you need to ask the devs to enable versioning for the game, if it doesn't already have it, and stick to playing one of the previous versions.

[ReBoot]

Originally posted by GamingWithSilvertail:

Alas, it dont work that way cause I am on a mobile hotspot. It only works thaT way if steam cant check for updates regardless if offline or not.

I would have to completely pull my connection off, which is unaccaptabnle because I need to be able to check my mail and whatsapp.

If putting Steam offline doesn't help, your next best option would be to use the firewall to block outbound connections for Steam.exe.

You can create a script to create a block-outgoing-for-Steam.exe rule and a script to delete that rule. That way, you can block/unblock Steam with a doubleclick each.

[GamingWithSilvertail]

Originally posted by BJWyler:

Steam was started as an easy and convenient means to keep games up to date. It's a core pillar of the platform. It's not going to change, nor should it. If you don't want to update games, then you need to ask the devs to enable versioning for the game, if it doesn't already have it, and stick to playing one of the previous versions.

ll Steam is and was is a digital download platform. it wasnt started as an easy way to keep things up to date. It was started as a DRM to replace WON while allowing to digitally download games.

Versioning does not exist on steam. The beta branch is not intented for that either.

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[SpeedFreak1972]

Not against it, however it very much depends on which game for instance a MMO or online shooter needs to be up to date. I have no problems with implementing this in a SP game

[skOsH♥]

For most games there are a few different versions you can play. They differ usually by very little, but if you want a game to stop receiving updates, I think you can just turn updates onto manual and pick a prior version of the game

[GamingWithSilvertail]

Originally posted by SpeedFreak1972:

Not against it, however it very much depends on which game for instance a MMO or online shooter needs to be up to date. I have no problems with implementing this in a SP game

Well yeah, offcourse MMO's are fine cause theyr online only.

I am playing games like Horizon, Palword singleplayer untill my ISP fixes things which is possible untill first of april.

Untill then, I have to do bassically do with 4 GB a day via my mobile hotspot, which nowdays, is not much, at all.

Originally posted by skOsH♥:

For most games there are a few different versions you can play. They differ usually by very little, but if you want a game to stop receiving updates, I think you can just turn updates onto manual and pick a prior version of the game

That would still require me to possible re-download, and thats not somethign I am willing to do.

[rawWwRrr]

Originally posted by GamingWithSilvertail:

Originally posted by skOsH♥:

For most games there are a few different versions you can play. They differ usually by very little, but if you want a game to stop receiving updates, I think you can just turn updates onto manual and pick a prior version of the game

That would still require me to possible re-download, and thats not somethign I am willing to do.

Steam provides developers a way to supply different versions through branches. If they've done that, you would just pick the branch you want to play from the game's beta settings. It may require an initial re-download or update, but as long as the dev isn't also updating all the old versions it shouldnt require any more data after that.

This assumes the game is set up that way and not all devs are doing that. A good example of a dev that has is Motion Twin with Dead Cells. They branched every update they made.

[Complete Domination]

Originally posted by BJWyler:

Steam was started as an easy and convenient means to keep games up to date. It's a core pillar of the platform. It's not going to change, nor should it. If you don't want to update games, then you need to ask the devs to enable versioning for the game, if it doesn't already have it, and stick to playing one of the previous versions.

Steam was started as a user friendly platform and it's always about giving people choices. Users used to be able to choose not to update ever if they want, now I find four games automatically update on their own despite not setting them as such.

[xBCxRangers]

Just keep your account offline, and when you go online, just pause the update. I have SP games waiting to be updated for more than a year. But then again, Steam is not my main platform.

Xbox i learned we can disable updates with a prompt. Don't why they don't have it here.

[AustrAlien2010]

This one has explained how prevent updates:
https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/0/6516193260172699944/#c6516193260172773606

Unsure if that will also clear any stalled game updates, but may be worth a try.


But you need to remember to remove the command, whenever you are ready to update. Otherwise you won't ever receive any updates.

[BJWyler]

Originally posted by GamingWithSilvertail:

Originally posted by BJWyler:

Steam was started as an easy and convenient means to keep games up to date. It's a core pillar of the platform. It's not going to change, nor should it. If you don't want to update games, then you need to ask the devs to enable versioning for the game, if it doesn't already have it, and stick to playing one of the previous versions.

ll Steam is and was is a digital download platform. it wasnt started as an easy way to keep things up to date. It was started as a DRM to replace WON while allowing to digitally download games.

Versioning does not exist on steam. The beta branch is not intented for that either.

+:lunar2019laughingpig:

Originally posted by Complete Domination:

Originally posted by BJWyler:

Steam was started as an easy and convenient means to keep games up to date. It's a core pillar of the platform. It's not going to change, nor should it. If you don't want to update games, then you need to ask the devs to enable versioning for the game, if it doesn't already have it, and stick to playing one of the previous versions.

Steam was started as a user friendly platform and it's always about giving people choices. Users used to be able to choose not to update ever if they want, now I find four games automatically update on their own despite not setting them as such.

Steam was started as a way to keep the current line-up of Valve games updated and playable through a single platform/launcher. It did not begin to transition to the store/platform it is now until a year or two after it went live.

Versioning does exist on steam - as the beta branch and a way for devs to keep older versions of their game available and playable for people who opt into that branch. Updates were never opt out - they were always enforced and could only be delayed so long as the game in question was not launched - at which point in time it would update before launching. Those are the facts fellas. It would be good to learn them.