Is there a way to play Steam games while they are updating?

[Agnes]

Hello,

A new update was released for Payday 2 today that is 2 gigabytes in size. However, my internet connection can be pretty bad, so that will take me 12 hours. Is there any way I could play offline while the game is updating?

Thanks in advance.

[Jigokunoinu]

No.

[Def-Warrior]

Not really you need to wait til they are updated. This isn't like Origin. Origin can download updates while playing the game. Not every
game can do that.

[Agnes]

Aww, that sucks.
Thanks for the quick response!

[Manguas]

I think it depends on game.
I have Fallout 4 and Rocket League updates now. I noticed that, I can play Fallout 4 while updating, but cannot play Rocket League.
Maybe it is something developer sets, or Steam automatically allows it for single-player only games.

[Cathulhu]

You must be mistaken, it's not possible to play a game where an update is downloaded.
The last Fallout 4 patch was about two months ago.
http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Fallout_4_patches

[Jigokunoinu]

Originally posted by Cathulhu:

The last Fallout 4 patch was about two months ago.

Beta patches have been more frequent than that.

Maybe they were running FO4 using F4SE and that allowed it to run ... ?

[Manguas]

I found why I can play Fallout 4 while there is a download. The download was "Contraptions Workshop DLC", it is released today. First time DLC downloads don't prevent to play.

[Muppet among Puppets]

Payday 2 writes the whole game as a copy each time it updates.
If that makes any sense it would do so, to be able to be played meanwhile. Which it doesnt.

[NookieCrusher]

No