Schedule installation of a game (Particularly one without Preload)

[Daemeous]

The ability to schedule this would be fantastic. You select a time, a location, make it skip/ignore any license agreements until launch.


Background:
I want to play Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth. But it releases 20 minutes after I need to leave my house, and I'll be going somewhere I can't get internet to use remotely install it. At 155 GB it's a huge download. Possibly taking several hours as the servers could possibly get hammered with others downloading it. So getting that done whilst I'm out would be fantastic, rather than having to start it when I when I get home at 21:30 and not be able to play it until morning.

This would also be great for downloading other Asian titles that release at like 3 AM. I wouldn't even care if you were put into a background download lower priority/limited bandwidth. To reduce the strain you'd be putting on the server, competing against the other people desperately waiting for their download to finish so they can play straight away.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

You won't have access to your phone?

[Daemeous]

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

You won't have access to your phone?

:nkCool:

Originally posted by Daemeous:

I'll be going somewhere I can't get internet to use remotely install it.

Not Exactly. I could have access to it, but no internet access, a couple of KM under the ground. and I'd rather not risk smashing it against something anyway.

I know this issue certainly won't be resolved for me in time, obviously. But it shows a good use case. I can imagine many others. For example, my father worked at a sensitive military base and had to surrender his phone. And my mother is in a third world country with practically no mobile internet: Wales.

(I jest, the Welsh are alright, just very much lacking in modern infrastructure)

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Originally posted by Daemeous:

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

You won't have access to your phone?

Originally posted by Daemeous:

I'll be going somewhere I can't get internet to use remotely install it.

Not Exactly. I could have access to it, but no internet access, a couple of KM under the ground. and I'd rather not risk smashing it against something anyway.

Oh no.

I agree with this suggestion.

[Daemeous]

Cool

[AmsterdamHeavy]

So in 20 minutes youll be from your door to "KMs underground"?

Use your phone and start the DL in the parking lot or something.

[Daemeous]

Originally posted by AmsterdamHeavy:

So in 20 minutes you be from your door to "KMs underground"?

Yup, accommodations practically on site at the mine. It's really bad timing.

I tried to work out a whole thing with task scheduler and stuff but that only starts the install process. It won't bypass any License Agreements and doesn't seem to let me set the install location and start the download. So I'm looking for an expansion to that. I know I'm out of luck being able to play it the day of release. So instead of crying about it, I'm trying to find a resolution for the future.

[AmsterdamHeavy]

I wouldnt have an issue with the functionality being added. Personally, I'd almost certainly never use it.

[Daemeous]

Originally posted by AmsterdamHeavy:

I wouldnt have an issue with the functionality being added. Personally, I'd almost certainly never use it.

Why? Not even if some big title you're hyped for releases at 3 AM (or another time you'll be sleeping, I don't judge) without a preload. And you wanted to play it in the morning, but instead had to wait a few hours for a download because it's huge and/or the servers are overloaded?

[AmsterdamHeavy]

Originally posted by Daemeous:

Originally posted by AmsterdamHeavy:

I wouldnt have an issue with the functionality being added. Personally, I'd almost certainly never use it.

Why? Not even if some big title you're hyped for releases at 3 AM (or another time you'll be sleeping, I don't judge) without a preload. And you wanted to play it in the morning, but instead had to wait a few hours for a download because it's huge and/or the servers are overloaded?

I dont recall the last time I bought a new release for release day so no, none of that is a priority for me.

No Mans Sky maybe. I refunded it.