Modify Steam so that it downloads only the selected language files

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ancalimon Feb 22, 2019 @ 7:33am

Games download gigabytes of needless data for many different languages. Sometimes there is an update for a language and Steam downloads gigabytes of more data for a language I never am going to use. Please modify Steam so that it only downloads the selected language files for games.

Last edited by ancalimon; Feb 22, 2019 @ 7:35am

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cSg|mc-Hotsauce Feb 22, 2019 @ 7:35am

Ask the game developers to allow you to choose which language packs you want to download.

Last edited by cSg|mc-Hotsauce; Feb 22, 2019 @ 7:37am

ancalimon Feb 22, 2019 @ 7:37am

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:
Ask the game developers to allow you to choose which language packs you want to download.

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Steam simply downloads games now. There are no installers to choose which languages you want to install like the old days.

Last edited by ancalimon; Feb 22, 2019 @ 7:37am

cSg|mc-Hotsauce Feb 22, 2019 @ 7:37am

Originally posted by ancalimon:
Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:
Ask the game developers to allow you to choose which language packs you want to download.

Steam simply downloads games now. There is no installers to choose which languages you want to install.

More details about in another thread a while ago...

https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/10/282992562606366509/

ALL up to the game devs to implement.

Last edited by cSg|mc-Hotsauce; Feb 22, 2019 @ 7:37am

Frazzledragøn the Trustworthy Feb 22, 2019 @ 8:02am

Game content is entirely on the developer side.
Valve merely acts as distributor.

That's like asking for a fruit salad, and being angry at the waiter that it has Kiwi in it, when the cook made it.

ancalimon Feb 22, 2019 @ 8:26am

Originally posted by Frazzledragøn the Trustworthy:
Game content is entirely on the developer side.
Valve merely acts as distributor.

That's like asking for a fruit salad, and being angry at the waiter that it has Kiwi in it, when the cook made it.

That's why I am asking here for a solution so that Steam can put a rule for this so that developers have to take action.

Making this mandatory will also cut bandwidth costs a huge degree for Steam.

Last edited by ancalimon; Feb 22, 2019 @ 8:28am

cSg|mc-Hotsauce Feb 22, 2019 @ 8:28am

Valve won't force that on them.

Forcing more onto the devs will push them away from Steam. The ability to do things the way they want is one of the reasons why they choose Steam.

ancalimon Feb 22, 2019 @ 8:30am

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:
Valve won't force that on them.

Forcing more onto the devs will push them away from Steam. The ability to do things the way they want is one of the reasons why they choose Steam.

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Are you a representative of Valve? And why would a developer decide not to release their game on Steam because they have to allow Steam to upload only the needed language files to game owners?

cSg|mc-Hotsauce Feb 22, 2019 @ 8:31am

Because most devs are set in their ways and don't like being forced to split up lang packages.

You need to contact them instead.

ancalimon Feb 22, 2019 @ 8:33am

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:
Because most devs are set in their ways and don't like being forced to split up lang packages.

You need to contact them instead.

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Which developers are you talking about? How do you know they don't like it?

Last edited by ancalimon; Feb 22, 2019 @ 8:33am

cSg|mc-Hotsauce Feb 22, 2019 @ 8:34am

Most.

I know because they still force all lang to be DLed regardless of complaints to them through their forums here, their official forums and through the many emails users have submitted directly to them.

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ancalimon Feb 22, 2019 @ 8:36am

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:
Most.

I know because they still force all lang to be DLed regardless of complaints to them through their forums here, their official forums and through the many emails users have submitted directly to them.

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Are you one of them? and please show me a link to one of the sources in which devs are refusing peoples' wishes.

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Start_Running Feb 22, 2019 @ 8:56am

It's basically up to the devs. It's generally just easier and less of a hassle to have everything installed than it is to develop a mechanism to selectively install

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Frazzledragøn the Trustworthy Feb 22, 2019 @ 9:19am

Originally posted by ancalimon:
Are you one of them? and please show me a link to one of the sources in which devs are refusing peoples' wishes.

This is common sense, dude.

It's also a different question of whether they would comply or not, unrelated to if they like/dislike it.

If you were a developer, what is easier? Packaging up everything one by one, having to set up a special download routine, figuring out how to integrate it with Steam's download system (which doesn't seem to even have this functionality yet), or just sending all in one package.

I'm also doubtful of your claim that a single language change can create gigabytes of downloaded files.
You are asking for proof, so let me counter that argument with the same. Where is your evidence?

Last edited by Frazzledragøn the Trustworthy; Feb 22, 2019 @ 9:23am

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