Downloading Half of Game in One Place then Another

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Matthewlawson3 Jul 14, 2020 @ 9:47am

I am currently downloading Death Stranded...is it possible to download half of the game on one PC then download half on another PC and then install the game? I may have to move locations and PCs because of my internet connection.

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Judgmental Amaterasu Jul 14, 2020 @ 9:55am

No. It has to be on the same PC. The download isn't stored in a magic internet box that can mystically merge a split download from 2 different PCs

Cathulhu Jul 14, 2020 @ 9:55am

No.

nullable Jul 14, 2020 @ 9:55am

If you're asking "can I download 1-50% on PC A and 51-100% on PC B and combine them?" No, Steam doesn't work like that.

However I suppose you could download part of the game on one internet connection, pause it, connect it to a different internet connection and resume. Alternatively it could be possible to download part of the game, throw the files on a usb drive of some sort, drag it to a new PC copy those files over to a Steam library and install the game there. In theory Steam should recognize the existing files and just download things that are missing.

I would say it would be simpler to move your PC from Internet to Internet connection, fewer variables that way.

I'm not disagreeing with Fiddle or Cathulhu either. What you're trying to do is really edge case and not terribly practical. Which is why I am thinking dragging your PC to the other Internet connection would be the best solution in a group of crummy options.

Last edited by nullable; Jul 14, 2020 @ 10:00am

Matthewlawson3 Jul 14, 2020 @ 10:12am

Thank you for your responses. Unfortunately, my gaming PC is really huge and would not be best to carry around. I guess I could download on my laptop then move the game folder to my steam folder on my gaming PC.

rawWwRrr Jul 14, 2020 @ 10:41am

Originally posted by Matthewlawson3:
Thank you for your responses. Unfortunately, my gaming PC is really huge and would not be best to carry around. I guess I could download on my laptop then move the game folder to my steam folder on my gaming PC.

That is a viable option. Just make sure that you are also copying over the game's appmanifest file as well or else it may start the download all over again on the gaming PC.