Option: don't stop downloading while playing

ZanyCynic · 01-29-2011, 04:15 AM

Whenever I download a steam game I have to do the following:

Start the download
Start the game I want to play during the download
switch to the desktop
pause the download (which already says it is paused)
resume the download
switch back to my game, which I want to play during the download

My connection is nothing special for where I live and it has 16 Mb, that is a theoretically max of 1.6 MB per seconds and steam give sme normally between 0.7 and 1.5 MB per second.

So I can really play ANY game, singleplayer or multiplayer during the download.

Could we please get an options like: continue downloads during gameplay. Or give the option via the context menu of the downloaded item.
Not just pause and restart and resume or whatever we have there but a "ignore gameplay" or something like that ?

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Even better:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Barthez

We need a option in Settings → Downloads + Cloud:

□ Continue downloading even when in-game
(!WARNING! It may result in crippled performance in multiplayer games)

Tr0n0s · 01-30-2011, 06:35 PM

This post sounds like a lot ... There is a similar ... I strongly agree!

bluescreen · 01-30-2011, 10:22 PM

yeah theres a thread for this already, but thanks for posting a way to get around the issue!

Njord19 · 01-30-2011, 10:48 PM

Oh thanks for this! I wanted to download and play stuff at the same time but never took the time to figure it out. +1 rep for you sir!

01-31-2011, 12:45 PM

+rep

I don't care if there are a lot of similar threads already. I want this feature. Alt-tabbing out of a game and trying to start the download never worked for me.

F_S_M_~96~ · 02-01-2011, 04:40 AM

I support this request.

Crab · 02-01-2011, 05:55 AM

Most every time I do this, I end up redownloading most of what I just downloaded because the cache is bad.

I get the feeling there's a reason why the download stops, and not just because it might interfere with multiplayer.

Would be nice though.

Tohkai · 02-02-2011, 11:33 PM

Yes, please!
I mean, what's the point in stoping downloads in a solo game for instance?
When I play the Witcher I have to alt tab, but some games just don't work well with alt tab. In the witcher, for instance, if you do that while on the menu, you'll have to close the game and relaunch it...

I'd like an in game option to manage downloads, also.

ZanyCynic · 02-03-2011, 01:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Crab

Most every time I do this, I end up redownloading most of what I just downloaded because the cache is bad.
.

I do it even while playing multiplayer with no problem.

I seldom have cache problems. Only if I try fancy things like downloading a game and its extension at the same time.

AU518987077 · 02-03-2011, 04:42 PM

signed, stamped approved and shipped.

schnitzeljaeger · 02-03-2011, 05:38 PM

the whole download manager thingy is only waiting for a huge revamp

WhiteDesertSun · 02-03-2011, 06:35 PM

Its not just waiting, it NEEDS a revamp

Barthez · 02-03-2011, 07:12 PM

We need a option in Settings → Downloads + Cloud:

□ Continue downloading even when in-game
(!WARNING! It may result in crippled performance in multiplayer games)

04-23-2011, 06:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Barthez

We need a option in Settings → Downloads + Cloud:

□ Continue downloading even when in-game
(!WARNING! It may result in crippled performance in multiplayer games)

Or just get a question asking if you would like to continue active downloads.

sinisterene · 04-28-2011, 04:20 PM

BUMP

Because you steam folks need to see this thread and all the others EVERY SINGLE GODDAM DAY

PS. would you happen to have some Grey Poupon?

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01-30-2011, 06:35 PM	#2
Tr0n0s Join Date: Mar 2010 Reputation: 2 Posts: 207	This post sounds like a lot ... There is a similar ... I strongly agree!

01-30-2011, 10:22 PM	#3
bluescreen Join Date: Jan 2009 Reputation: 0 Posts: 5	yeah theres a thread for this already, but thanks for posting a way to get around the issue!

01-30-2011, 10:48 PM	#4
Njord19 Banned Join Date: Nov 2010 Reputation: 18 Posts: 185	Oh thanks for this! I wanted to download and play stuff at the same time but never took the time to figure it out. +1 rep for you sir!

01-31-2011, 12:45 PM	#5
Miles Snowpaw Guest Posts: n/a	+rep I don't care if there are a lot of similar threads already. I want this feature. Alt-tabbing out of a game and trying to start the download never worked for me.

02-01-2011, 04:40 AM	#6
F_S_M_~96~ Join Date: Jul 2010 Reputation: 11 Posts: 195	I support this request.

02-01-2011, 05:55 AM	#7
Crab Join Date: Sep 2010 Reputation: 177 Posts: 873	Most every time I do this, I end up redownloading most of what I just downloaded because the cache is bad. I get the feeling there's a reason why the download stops, and not just because it might interfere with multiplayer. Would be nice though.

02-02-2011, 11:33 PM	#8
Tohkai Join Date: Feb 2011 Reputation: 0 Posts: 6	Yes, please! I mean, what's the point in stoping downloads in a solo game for instance? When I play the Witcher I have to alt tab, but some games just don't work well with alt tab. In the witcher, for instance, if you do that while on the menu, you'll have to close the game and relaunch it... I'd like an in game option to manage downloads, also.

02-03-2011, 04:42 PM	#10
AU518987077 Join Date: Jun 2010 Reputation: 12 Posts: 35	signed, stamped approved and shipped.

02-03-2011, 05:38 PM	#11
schnitzeljaeger Join Date: Dec 2009 Reputation: 193 Posts: 1,727	the whole download manager thingy is only waiting for a huge revamp

02-03-2011, 06:35 PM	#12
WhiteDesertSun Join Date: Feb 2011 Reputation: 0 Posts: 32	Its not just waiting, it NEEDS a revamp

04-28-2011, 04:20 PM	#15
sinisterene Banned Join Date: Nov 2007 Reputation: 20 Posts: 222	BUMP Because you steam folks need to see this thread and all the others EVERY SINGLE GODDAM DAY PS. would you happen to have some Grey Poupon?