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Albrat Jul 21, 2021 @ 12:12am

Button to check for updates

As mentioned in the title.
I request that there is a button added to the library to check for recent game updates.

I am part of an early access team and we got informed of an update to the client / game. But steam only checks every 30 minutes or so... So it can take a while to detect the updates.
Currently I have to shutdown steam and restart it to trigger an update. It would actually save a client restart if we could just trigger an update check by button click.

There is currently a steam client update check option in the Steam menu, would it be possible to get a check for library updates. (it is done on client start anyway.)

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DarkCrystalMethod Jul 21, 2021 @ 6:36am

Unfortunately the best we currently have is several clicks deep by validating game files.

Psymon² Jul 21, 2021 @ 7:01am

something to force a refresh would be nicer than restarting the client, good suggestion.

Nx Machina Jul 21, 2021 @ 9:46am

Were you informed the update was live or incoming?

You can in the meantime right click on the game, poperties, local filies, verify and it will trigger an update after verifying if there is one.

Last edited by Nx Machina; Jul 21, 2021 @ 10:04am

Albrat Jul 21, 2021 @ 9:54am

Originally posted by Nx Machina:
Were you informed the update was live or incoming?

You can in the meantime right click on the game, poperties, local filies, verify and it will trigger an update after veerifying if there is one.

Informed the build was live and to wait for steam to update.
Standard way is close client and restart. AS there is no button to check for updates.
Verify files verifies the Current version as its still live. No update triggers until you manually restart and trigger a update check.

Nx Machina Jul 21, 2021 @ 10:04am

Originally posted by Albrat:
Informed the build was live and to wait for steam to update.
Standard way is close client and restart. AS there is no button to check for updates.
Verify files verifies the Current version as its still live. No update triggers until you manually restart and trigger a update check.

Verify will trigger an update if there is one as the version and files will not match what is on your PC and what is on the server. I have used this several times when an update is live but not triggered upon restart.

Last edited by Nx Machina; Jul 21, 2021 @ 10:39am

Albrat Jul 21, 2021 @ 10:23am

Originally posted by Nx Machina:
Originally posted by Albrat:
Informed the build was live and to wait for steam to update.
Standard way is close client and restart. AS there is no button to check for updates.
Verify files verifies the Current version as its still live. No update triggers until you manually restart and trigger a update check.

Verify will trigger an updare if there is one as the version and files will not match what is on your PC and what is on the server. I have used this several times when an update is live but not triggered upon restart.

True But Verify takes more time than a restart with 20 GB games. Hence the Button suggestion. I mean a 20 minute verify is not better than a 2 - 5 minute (depending on steam server response times) restart... I'm asking for a button that does a 30 second check...

I don't need to know ways to do it without a restart (that take longer than a restart.) I am suggesting a Button to trigger a check. (I have had online games launch without the update and fail to log-in because steam did not find the update. eg. GTA V thats 90 GB to check and verify...)

Nx Machina Jul 21, 2021 @ 10:51am

Originally posted by Albrat:
True But Verify takes more time than a restart with 20 GB games. Hence the Button suggestion. I mean a 20 minute verify is not better than a 2 - 5 minute (depending on steam server response times) restart... I'm asking for a button that does a 30 second check...

I don't need to know ways to do it without a restart (that take longer than a restart.) I am suggesting a Button to trigger a check. (I have had online games launch without the update and fail to log-in because steam did not find the update. eg. GTA V thats 90 GB to check and verify...)

If you cannot wait for an update is restarting Steam numerous times any quicker than a verify.

Games are not structured the same way so two 20gb sized games will not take the same time to verify.

Whether you need to know is irrelevant as to the reality that a verify can trigger an update as confirmed by yourself.

I am not against the suggestion but I am not here to affirm it either as Valve time is endless and a suggestion is simply "please consider this".

Last edited by Nx Machina; Jul 21, 2021 @ 1:24pm

Quint the Alligator Snapper Jul 21, 2021 @ 12:44pm

A button to check for updates would be a pretty decent idea, and would also go quite well with an option to decline updates. Together they'd allow for fine manual control of the updates that get delivered to one's machine, which would be quite an improvement to the platform.