steam scheduling updates...

MaXxBoulton · 9 May 2020 at 09:44

how do i stop steam from scheduling updates every time i go to play a game it tells me i have updates to run..

there is no chance my system will be powered on at 05:46. so the next time i try to play i have an update.

now i know i can run the update now, but if i wasn't looking i wouldn't have seen it. I have steam run on system boot so it get the updates out of the way but as you can see its stopped doing updates.
how to make it start updates when the program opens.

ic1male · 9 May 2020 at 10:45

I think they changed it due to coronavirus to ease their servers.

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/...e-bandwidth-usage-during-coronavirus-outbreak

MaXxBoulton · 9 May 2020 at 11:30

ic1male said:
I think they changed it due to coronavirus to ease their servers.

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/...e-bandwidth-usage-during-coronavirus-outbreak

Oooooo.. Well that dose make sense.

LoadsaMoney · 9 May 2020 at 18:38

Been like that for me, for ages now, long before corona, i just set em away manually.

bazzabear · 9 May 2020 at 18:46

This frustrates me. When I first turn my computer on Steam starts immediately. Generally speaking I won't start gaming for at least 30 minutes, if not longer. That would be the very best tiem for it to be making updates.

Is there no way to tell it to just go ahead with updates instead of the scheduling rubbish?

And, for me at least, it's not COVID related. It's been doing this for months.

NZXT30 · 9 May 2020 at 18:53

ic1male said:
I think they changed it due to coronavirus to ease their servers.

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/...e-bandwidth-usage-during-coronavirus-outbreak

Nonsense. Its been like that for me and tons of people for ages. Valve being shady as usual.

Yaayuh! · 10 May 2020 at 08:32

NZXT30 said:
Nonsense. Its been like that for me and tons of people for ages. Valve being shady as usual.

Indeed, it’s been like this for literally years for me.

bazzabear · 10 May 2020 at 08:44

I'm not sure about shady - what's shady about it? Just a bad design decision.

NZXT30 · 10 May 2020 at 09:29

bazzabear said:
I'm not sure about shady - what's shady about it? Just a bad design decision.

Using the pandemic to justify a cost-cutting change they made way before.

ThundyCat · 10 May 2020 at 09:49

bazzabear said:
This frustrates me. When I first turn my computer on Steam starts immediately. Generally speaking I won't start gaming for at least 30 minutes, if not longer. That would be the very best tiem for it to be making updates.

Is there no way to tell it to just go ahead with updates instead of the scheduling rubbish?

And, for me at least, it's not COVID related. It's been doing this for months.

Just set steam to not start in windows at startup. :confused:

bazzabear · 10 May 2020 at 10:30

ThundyCat said:
Just set steam to not start in windows at startup.

Eh? How does that help the games get updated at a time when I'm not trying to play them?

I don't have a problem with Steam running, it makes no difference anyway. I have a problem with it not using that opportunity to run the updates.

it1uk · 10 May 2020 at 10:53

Yaayuh! said:
Indeed, it’s been like this for literally years for me.

Been like this for me too. I just have a look every so often to see what needs doing when I’m not playing anything.

TNA · 11 May 2020 at 18:12

Not had this issue. But then again I never really have more than a handful of games ever installed at once.