Why is my steam pausing downloads?

[Foxy]

Every time I install the game, an example the american truck simulator, I was updating the game and the 113.83 mb update, it gets to the end it keeps scrolling and pauses the download, what can I do?

[The Mastermind]

Yarrh. Try to clear download Cache or try to change the download speed limit.

[Elucidator]

I'm not a native english speaker and this is one of those times I can basically feel that.
I'm not sure what I am reading.
updating the game 'and' the update, so an update had to be updated?
it goes to the end it keeps scrolling, is that 'and' or 'but', or 'or' or... something else?
too many possibilities to guess..

as to why steam stops downloading, also kinda too many possibilities to guess, but if you provide more info on your system, maybe we can narrow down guesses.

I assume you want it to continuesly download with that last question, though keep in mind some downloads will always look like hops going up hill then instant down and uphill again, because it is separated into multiple parts or spread over locations (and your connection is only to one server).

[Foxy]

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Yarrh. Try to clear download Cache or try to change the download speed limit. :cupup:

Hhmm man i did what you said to clear the cache and change the speed limit but the error keeps happening do you know anything else that can help me?

[The Mastermind]

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Początkowo opublikowane przez Evan:

Yarrh. Try to clear download Cache or try to change the download speed limit.

Hhmm man i did what you said to clear the cache and change the speed limit but the error keeps happening do you know anything else that can help me?

Sorry bro, dont have anything else...

[crunchyfrog]

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Yarrh. Try to clear download Cache or try to change the download speed limit. :cupup:

Hhmm man i did what you said to clear the cache and change the speed limit but the error keeps happening do you know anything else that can help me?

Well, this can commonly happen when you're running low on space too.

A common mistake people make is that you MUST never run your install drive more than 90% full. Also when you download anything on Steam you must allow up to THREE TIMES the total file size, as games are both encrypted and compressed.

So for example, if you have a 1TB drive and you've used 800GB you're at 80% and have about 100GB left to play with. But if you then try to download an 80GB game you won't have enough because you'd need up to three times that.

And guess what happens when you run low on space? Dopwnloads slow down, or start stopping, or don't even start, or may even download on another drive.

[The Mastermind]

Początkowo opublikowane przez crunchyfrog:

Początkowo opublikowane przez Foxy:

Hhmm man i did what you said to clear the cache and change the speed limit but the error keeps happening do you know anything else that can help me?

Well, this can commonly happen when you're running low on space too.

A common mistake people make is that you MUST never run your install drive more than 90% full. Also when you download anything on Steam you must allow up to THREE TIMES the total file size, as games are both encrypted and compressed.

So for example, if you have a 1TB drive and you've used 800GB you're at 80% and have about 100GB left to play with. But if you then try to download an 80GB game you won't have enough because you'd need up to three times that.

And guess what happens when you run low on space? Dopwnloads slow down, or start stopping, or don't even start, or may even download on another drive.

Weird, I have only 9% left and I can still download from steam just fine...

[Elucidator]

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Weird, I have only 9% left and I can still download from steam just fine...

personally I think it really depends on how much GBs you have left and what you try to download, not so much percentage. I haven't have issues below 10% either on small disks. (large ones are very hard to fill)
the only time I got an issue was when there was literally too little space to contain the game. So idk.
but for people who don't know how to PC properly, that is a good point as to when to add a new disk for more storage I guess.
I would be like, if you have an 1TB or larger disk and have 100GB left, get a new disk or make room. xd (even if your disk is 8TB or bigger yes, because 10% is a lot of GBs then)
with smaller ones depends. up to 500GB 50GB is a good point. With smaller disks I'd say between 20 and 50 I guess.

(edit) (and its not due to errors, but, because you need room anyway)

[crunchyfrog]

Początkowo opublikowane przez Evan:

Początkowo opublikowane przez crunchyfrog:

Well, this can commonly happen when you're running low on space too.

A common mistake people make is that you MUST never run your install drive more than 90% full. Also when you download anything on Steam you must allow up to THREE TIMES the total file size, as games are both encrypted and compressed.

So for example, if you have a 1TB drive and you've used 800GB you're at 80% and have about 100GB left to play with. But if you then try to download an 80GB game you won't have enough because you'd need up to three times that.

And guess what happens when you run low on space? Dopwnloads slow down, or start stopping, or don't even start, or may even download on another drive.

Weird, I have only 9% left and I can still download from steam just fine...

Yeah, it's not a perfectly exact cut off, as it'll depend.

What you will notice is that things start to slow down on downloads, and it'll get worse the less space you have.

That's the point.

[Hentai Fangirl ♥]

Początkowo opublikowane przez Foxy:

Every time I install the game, an example the american truck simulator, I was updating the game and the 113.83 mb update, it gets to the end it keeps scrolling and pauses the download, what can I do?

It happens me too, idk why but maybe is a steam problem or our wifi xD

[crunchyfrog]

Początkowo opublikowane przez Elucidator:

Początkowo opublikowane przez Evan:

Weird, I have only 9% left and I can still download from steam just fine...

personally I think it really depends on how much GBs you have left and what you try to download, not so much percentage. I haven't have issues below 10% either on small disks. (large ones are very hard to fill)
the only time I got an issue was when there was literally too little space to contain the game. So idk.
but for people who don't know how to PC properly, that is a good point as to when to add a new disk for more storage I guess.
I would be like, if you have an 1TB or larger disk and have 100GB left, get a new disk or make room. xd (even if your disk is 8TB or bigger yes, because 10% is a lot of GBs then)
with smaller ones depends. up to 500GB 50GB is a good point. With smaller disks I'd say between 20 and 50 I guess.

(edit) (and its not due to errors, but, because you need room anyway)

All I can tell you is that is what Valve recommend.

It's going to have som e variance of course, for the obvious reasons that hardware differes, and the process and games differ.

But while it is going to have variance, you should still follow it as closely as possible. You're just inviting trouble.

[Foxy]

i unistalled the game and installed again to work

i think the next time to update that game is going to be ok

[crunchyfrog]

Początkowo opublikowane przez Foxy:

i unistalled the game and installed again to work

i think the next time to update that game is going to be ok

If you did that it likely deleted some more files that took you over the boundary I detailed (the 90% thing).

Or it cleared some corruption.

Either way as long as you stick within what I told you, you should be good.