Download several languages pack at once for a game

[ChutSpyro_V2]

Steam really needs to add the possibility to download several languages pack at once. The way it works today is really annoying: when a game has languages pack to download, when changing the language the previous pack gets deleted and the new one gets downloaded. But a lot of people go back and fourth between languages. That's why I think it would be better for every one if steam adopted the Battle.net approach to this feature which is that you can individually check what language pack you what to download and then among them you choose which one is the active one.

[BJWyler]

That would be up to game developers to implement, I would think.

[ChutSpyro_V2]

Originally posted by BJWyler:

That would be up to game developers to implement, I would think.

No it's not if the game use the steam implementation of language selection.
Basically you have 4 ways games handle languages:
1 - The game has everything packed in it and you can choose the language directly in game without having to download anything (that's the case for Ori and the will of the wisps for example)

2 - The game allow you to download the language pack individually as a DLC (that's the case for Helldivers 2 for example) this is what is the closest to what i want but it's not ideal since the language pack get mixed up with the actual paid DLC content

3 - The Game has everything packed in it and you can choose the language in the general section of the properties for this game in Steam and you don't have to download anything (that's the case for No Man's Sky for exemple)

4 - You can choose the language of the game in the general section of the properties for this game in Steam and this game has some language pack so Steam downloads the pack of the language you choose and delete the previous one (That's the case for Destiny 2 for exemple).
And it's in this last case that my suggestion applies since that's completely up to steam to make their own implementation of language pack be more convenient!

[Mad Scientist]

Definitely up to the game developer on how they want to program anything especially for optional features. They can list them independently in the store as a free dlc, or within the game allow a selection of one or more.

Ask the Developer/Publisher.