Make offline updates optional!

[UnorthodoxTriceratops]

I live in a terrible area for internet connection, as I'm sure many of you do, so I have to do my downloads at an office in another town (at home I get download estimates of 3 days and nobody else can use the internet).

Wouldn't be too much of a problem - if steam allowed you to play games in offline mode without updating them first. Effectively, as I can't download at home, I am denied access to my purchased content.

I've raised this issue with Steam already and got some half-ass response telling me I need to download all updates before playing.... but it didn't resolve anything as it hasn't resolved my issue at all.

So i suggest being able to pause or cancel updates AND still be able to play those games in offline mode. There is no reason to deny access to our purchased content when we're not playing online and it will likely drive people away from using steam in the future (Origin lets you play games that need updates btw...)

Anyone else want this feature?

[MrL0G1C]

Sounds fair to me.

[Falsus Te Deum]

EA owns and makes most of the games on Origin thats why they can implemate this feature.
Steam owns no game whatsoever.
No, Valve is a dev (Even if they own steam it is not the same company)as all others, steam is only a online platform. Ask each dev to implement such a fetaure (If possibel)
Would not mind the feature, but neither miss it.

[Eldin]

Falsus Te Deum eredeti hozzászólása:

EA owns and makes most of the games on Origin thats why they can implemate this feature.
Steam owns no game whatsoever.
No, Valve is a dev (Even if they own steam it is not the same company)as all others, steam is only a online platform. Ask each dev to implement such a fetaure (If possibel)
Would not mind the feature, but neither miss it.

Google Play Store have option to "Auto-update apps" and "Do not auto-update apps".
And all apps and games works fine even when it's not latest version.
You only have to update online multiplayer games like Clash of Clans for example, because everyone needs to be on the same version of game.
Steam should add this option.

[aiusepsi]

This should have been fixed as of the March 21st Steam client update: http://store.steampowered.com/news/38412/

Fixed an issue where games could no longer be launched in offline mode if Steam had previously started or scheduled an update

If it's not working for you and you're on a Steam client release which is from or later than March 21st, then... well, it's broken again or something weird is happening. Hopefully something weird, because that would be damned fast for it being broken again.

[UnorthodoxTriceratops]

aiusepsi eredeti hozzászólása:

This should have been fixed as of the March 21st Steam client update: http://store.steampowered.com/news/38412/

Fixed an issue where games could no longer be launched in offline mode if Steam had previously started or scheduled an update

If it's not working for you and you're on a Steam client release which is from or later than March 21st, then... well, it's broken again or something weird is happening. Hopefully something weird, because that would be damned fast for it being broken again.

Had the issue on the 7th April with Arma 3 :( Good to know though, might try some of the others I have pending as I am on the latest version of Steam

EDIT: Fallout 4 started no issue on offline mode, but For Honour won't start without updating

Strange that Steam support didn't make me aware of this when when I raised the issue...