Update Downloads Scheduled Excessively Far Into Future

[CheezyWeezle]

I am having an issue where update downloads are being scheduled way too far into the future instead of downloading them in the same day they come out. I currently have 5 updates, and the closest one is scheduled for 6:48am on Saturday (about a day and a half out). 1 of them is scheduled for this coming Sunday, 2 of them for next weekend, and one of them for May 1 (More than 2 WEEKS in the future!!!)

Why in the world is Steam scheduling my updates this far in the future? What even is the point of scheduling them at that point? I don't think I've ever had Steam actually automatically start a scheduled update since they introduced this whole scheduling thing a few years back anyways...

Is anyone else having this issue? Anyone had any luck in solving/mitigating it? Thanks.

[Hodman]

Probably this:

https://steamcommunity.com/games/593110/announcements/detail/2074411495515541376

[CheezyWeezle]

Originally posted by Hodman:

Probably this:

https://steamcommunity.com/games/593110/announcements/detail/2074411495515541376

Yes that would explain why some of the updates are being scheduled a few days into the future, but if I am reading that correctly it still shouldn't be scheduling the downloads two weeks out. I think they might have accidentally made the scheduling system a bit overzealous in it's delays.

Thanks.

[Zekiran]

They have all been at least that long out on my feed, so it's probably on purpose.

I mean you can just click it and boom there you go.

[The Giving One]

Yes, they are just not automatic, but you can still update the game. Understandably, this will help with bandwidth, as the updates will only come to when people actually click to play the game, or on that scheduled date. So it's a good method, really.

[rawWwRrr]

Because idiots like myself that install ALL OF THE GAMES!!! That and increased download bandwidth due to the COVID crisis, need to balance the loads.

My list has about 30 games that have updates, all scheduled through now to the end of the month. The large majority of those I have no intention of playing any time soon, so I don't care too much. If there is a game in the list that I want to get updated ahead of time, I simply click on the Download Now button and get it rolling.

[The Giving One]

Originally posted by rawWwRrr:

The large majority of those I have no intention of playing any time soon, so I don't care too much.

That is a good point that I never thought about. There will be many game updates that people don't even need right now, so this is better for everyone overall in that regard, too.

[Turkey King]

I need to download a specific game at a specific time. If Starlink users download outside of a specific time window they can be penalized. I intend to play a game requiring a 14GB update, and its scheduled to be updated 7 days from today. The only way around this is for me to remember to manually kick the update off at 10PM. This should be near trivial to implement.

[rawWwRrr]

Originally posted by Turkey King:

I need to download a specific game at a specific time. If Starlink users download outside of a specific time window they can be penalized. I intend to play a game requiring a 14GB update, and its scheduled to be updated 7 days from today. The only way around this is for me to remember to manually kick the update off at 10PM. This should be near trivial to implement.

Settings > Downloads >> Schedule Auto-updates
Enable that and then select the desired update window with "Restrict updates to between"

That might not change the update time/date that is shown on the Downloads page. But, that should prevent the update from occurring outside of your desired update window.

[Holiday Haver Neren]

This is one of the top Google results for scheduled updates on Steam
When I saw the words "excessively far into the future," I was hoping to see some genuinely absurd length like 2 years...
Disappointed :(

[Bill]

This thread was quite old before the recent post, so we're locking it to prevent confusion.