Steam needs to start faster

[shak59]

25 seconds from icon click to startup is a joke. Why can't it all be cached and start instantly or at least under 5 seconds. And this is on an SSD.

SSL handshake only takes 500ms, what is all the rest for?

[Satoru]

I feel lik you don't understand how 'caching' works if you're asking to for it when starting up.

I cold booted a system and steam started up on the ssd in like 10 seconds

[shak59]

Originally posted by Satoru:

I feel lik you don't understand how 'caching' works if you're asking to for it when starting up.

I cold booted a system and steam started up on the ssd in like 10 seconds

Maybe, but startup does feel slow right? you can't disagree with that.

Compare it to an iphone app where starting is instant or under 5 seconds.

Also, putting steam into Windows "sleep" is useless because when you do that steam locks up while it waits for relogin/steamcloud/whateverelse it is doing. This lockup takes 3 minutes to pass and for steam to recognise clicks again. There is no way that should be acceptable.

[Satoru]

Wait are we takling about the steam mobile thing or the acutal cleint

I put my laptop to sleep and have never seen it 'lock' in the way you describe. It sounds more like maybe your install is corrupted somehow

[глаза]

ok nice

[shak59]

Originally posted by Satoru:

Wait are we takling about the steam mobile thing or the acutal cleint

I put my laptop to sleep and have never seen it 'lock' in the way you describe. It sounds more like maybe your install is corrupted somehow

I have a lot of games installed (around 1000), I think it is checking cloud saves for all of them when the computer wakes from sleep and that is why it takes so long.

The steam app is terrible and horrible, but they don't have enough programmers to fix that too so I think it's more important to fix the main steam client on Windows PC first.

[Sovietball]

Originally posted by shak59:

Originally posted by Satoru:

Wait are we takling about the steam mobile thing or the acutal cleint

I put my laptop to sleep and have never seen it 'lock' in the way you describe. It sounds more like maybe your install is corrupted somehow

I have a lot of games installed (around 1000), I think it is checking cloud saves for all of them when the computer wakes from sleep and that is why it takes so long.

The steam app is terrible and horrible, but they don't have enough programmers to fix that too so I think it's more important to fix the main steam client on Windows PC first.

Whats so bad about it? I use it almost daily.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

mine boots up in less than 5 seconds. something is wrong with your pc.

[Thornaman]

25 seconds is long, but that is far less important than lag in large battles. For a system apparently designed to please those that enjoy mass-effect FPS games, battle lag is to me far more important to fix. In any event, use the startup time fix a sandwich, or refill a glass.

[Sovietball]

Originally posted by Thornaman:

25 seconds is long, but that is far less important than lag in large battles. For a system apparently designed to please those that enjoy mass-effect FPS games, battle lag is to me far more important to fix. In any event, use the startup time fix a sandwich, or refill a glass.

This isn't a game, it's a client.

[The End]

Originally posted by shak59:

25 seconds from icon click to startup is a joke. Why can't it all be cached and start instantly or at least under 5 seconds.

If that really is an issue, you must be a very busy individual, how often do you start Steam? I do it once every day (24+ hours) and it's ready in about 5-10 seconds (I have 1860+ games)

Originally posted by shak59:

The steam app is terrible and horrible, but they don't have enough programmers to fix that...

It is? I'm using it every day, many hours, and have close to no issues at all.

Sorry, to me, it sounds like your computer need to be fixed.

[donobodude]

my Steam fr takes 20 minutes to boot up, you’re just impatient

[Pscht]

Originally posted by donobodude:

my Steam fr takes 20 minutes to boot up

And your reply is seven years too late.

[Mike]

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