Option to enable always updating regardless the last time a game was played.

[Mosaic]

I prefer to keep the games I have installed up to date at all times regardless if I have played them recently or not. That was what I thought one of the best reasons for digital distribution. Never having to wait to download. Please allow an option to make steam automatically update a game as soon as said update is available regardless of when the game was last played.

Thank you.

[Satoru]

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/593110/view/2074411495515541375

valve arent going to allow for an option that circumvents the entire purpose of why theyre' doing it in the first place

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Originally posted by Mosaic:

I prefer to keep the games I have installed up to date at all times regardless if I have played them recently or not. That was what I thought one of the best reasons for digital distribution. Never having to wait to download. Please allow an option to make steam automatically update a game as soon as said update is available regardless of when the game was last played.

Thank you.

There already is that option, but you will have to change the setting on each game in your library.

Any game that I play often (especially ones that I play with friends) I have set to High Priority. I have never seen the updates for those games stuck in a queue with a scheduled download date. They always download immediately.

Right click on the game's name in your Steam Library. Select Properties. Select UPDATES. Change AUTOMATIC UPDATES to:

High Priority - Always auto-update this game before others
This game and its updates will be automatically acquired as soon as they are available. Steam will prioritize this game over other downloads.

[TEKnowledgy]

it's called high priority though I recommend setting it on a schedule as it takes no prisoners. It can trigger an update while you gaming if you in an competitive MP game well you wont be happy.
But other things could turn on like no background downloads when in a game. I use schedule set it for when i sleep stop round time i plan to wake. But either way is good as the other. The guy above directions will help you. i just thought i'd give heads up on it, it will trigger anytime an update is ready for any game set to high priority. When you got 256 games like me installed can happen very very often lol.