Multi-tasking whilst downloading

[Björn ou Ours]

If I were to watch youtube or do something else while I download games will it have a higher chance of corrupting my files?

[SicilianCapo]

No. You don't need to worry about accidentally corrupting files. I can give you an explanation why if you would like, but it wouldn't make any difference regarding your internet activities.

Basically, multi-tasking is handled for you.

[Björn ou Ours]

Cool thanx bro, and no explanation needed I trust

[SicilianCapo]

Falro the Great님이 먼저 게시:

Depends. If you have limited bandwidth, you may not be able to use the internet at all. You can, however, limit the speed at which Steam downloads through the Settings window.

That would be a bottleneck type problem. Even if however, a download should not get "corrupted". Steam clients track/manage packets from the Steam servers. Same reason why you are able to pause and resume downloads.

In the case of limited bandwidth, if a user tries to multi-task (say YouTube and a download), it can be thought of as: both gets a certain proportion of the bandwidth available. If both are active, both will be slow (simply stated).

[Falro the Great]

SicilianCapo님이 먼저 게시:

Falro the Great님이 먼저 게시:

Depends. If you have limited bandwidth, you may not be able to use the internet at all. You can, however, limit the speed at which Steam downloads through the Settings window.

That would be a bottleneck type problem. Even if however, a download should not get "corrupted". Steam clients track/manage packets from the Steam servers. Same reason why you are able to pause and resume downloads.

In the case of limited bandwidth, if a user tries to multi-task (say YouTube and a download), it can be thought of as: both gets a certain proportion of the bandwidth available. If both are active, both will be slow (simply stated).

Yeah, I wasn't thinking to quickly, haha. Sometimes I get too caught up in helping people and forget to think about what I'm typing!

[Björn ou Ours]

The only reason i ask is because lately i've been unable to play steam games due to corrupt files, and i'm trying to narrow down the reasons why :(

[SicilianCapo]

Falro the Great님이 먼저 게시:

Yeah, I wasn't thinking to quickly, haha. Sometimes I get too caught up in helping people and forget to think about what I'm typing!

Haha, yeah, I'm guilty of it too! :P

[SicilianCapo]

Björn ou Ours님이 먼저 게시:

The only reason i ask is because lately i've been unable to play steam games due to corrupt files, and i'm trying to narrow down the reasons why :(

Well, that's definitely a different story. Are your games corrupt after being downloaded, or are games you've known to be good, suddenly are unplayable?

[Björn ou Ours]

both i.e.
Skyrim played it once then stopped working
Arma never played it then stopped working
Witcher never played it stopped working
kingdoms rise never played it stopped working (but works now for some reason)
ac3 never played it stopped working (also works now)
state of decay never played it stopped working
and so on

[Björn ou Ours]

and sorry for the late reply

[Falro the Great]

Björn ou Ours님이 먼저 게시:

both i.e.
Skyrim played it once then stopped working
Arma never played it then stopped working
Witcher never played it stopped working
kingdoms rise never played it stopped working (but works now for some reason)
ac3 never played it stopped working (also works now)
state of decay never played it stopped working
and so on

Question: how old is your hard drive? That may be the issue if already downloaded games are corrupting.

[Björn ou Ours]

less than 2 months

[Björn ou Ours]

No, What is this

[Björn ou Ours]

dude its still going, and it seems it will be going on for a long time. is right?

[Bad 💀 Motha]

the Disk Error Checker does take quite a while, depends on the overall size of disk as well as amount of data on it. Let it finish. For 1TB it can typically take 30-60mins to complete.

Once u get back @ Windows Desktop, go to each game (one at a time) and go to it's properties. Then click on Local Files > Verify Game Cache. This should help to resolve any corrupted game files. If u still continue to have troubles then it is most likely something else.

Such as faulty RAM, Hard Drive; or perhaps even CPU/GPU overheating problems which are causing in-game issues and/or crashing issues.

[Björn ou Ours]

for def. its not ram, and its not GPU/CPU, but i don't know about the hard drive. Hopfully this works though :)