"Check for updates" option for games

stevethepocket · 05-10-2012, 07:17 PM

Sometimes when a game update is released, Steam doesn't notice until hours later. A few times I could even start the game and get as far as trying to connect to a server before it helpfully informed me that I was using a different version of the game than the server. And then after I exit the game, it still doesn't notice that there's an update.

I seem to recall that in the old (pre-2010) version of Steam, there was an option to check for an update on a game. Well, there isn't one now, and there probably should be. Who's with me?

kraze1994 · 05-10-2012, 10:03 PM

This was most likely removed because Steam automatically updates games. I believe Steam rolls out updates to certain areas at certain times, that way there servers do not get killed with 5 million people downloading all at once.

However in some cases this can lead to a delayed gaming session, like you mentioned above.

I am not sure on the progress of Steams new CDN network they announced some time back but after that is finished and rolled out you should no longer see that.

Zack771 · 05-10-2012, 11:07 PM

This was a good idea to add this

DaMaGe007 · 05-10-2012, 11:14 PM

in the meantime you could exit steam, and restart it...

When it first connects it checks for updates for all your games.

DMG

05-10-2012, 07:17 PM	#1
stevethepocket Join Date: Apr 2008 Reputation: 247 Posts: 1,818	"Check for updates" option for games Sometimes when a game update is released, Steam doesn't notice until hours later. A few times I could even start the game and get as far as trying to connect to a server before it helpfully informed me that I was using a different version of the game than the server. And then after I exit the game, it still doesn't notice that there's an update. I seem to recall that in the old (pre-2010) version of Steam, there was an option to check for an update on a game. Well, there isn't one now, and there probably should be. Who's with me?

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05-10-2012, 10:03 PM	#2
kraze1994 Join Date: Jun 2010 Reputation: 10 Posts: 350	This was most likely removed because Steam automatically updates games. I believe Steam rolls out updates to certain areas at certain times, that way there servers do not get killed with 5 million people downloading all at once. However in some cases this can lead to a delayed gaming session, like you mentioned above. I am not sure on the progress of Steams new CDN network they announced some time back but after that is finished and rolled out you should no longer see that.

05-10-2012, 11:07 PM	#3
Zack771 Join Date: May 2012 Reputation: 0 Posts: 11	This was a good idea to add this

05-10-2012, 11:14 PM	#4
DaMaGe007 Join Date: Mar 2011 Reputation: 15 Posts: 96	in the meantime you could exit steam, and restart it... When it first connects it checks for updates for all your games. DMG