Steam - Remote download

orderoftheflame · 5 Jun 2012 at 13:41

Apologies if I've missed the boat on this, amazed this went through beta without me noticing.

http://www.engadget.com/2012/05/17/steam-remote-downloads-exit-beta/

Was just browsing the games list on my community page and noticed it looked really different. Seems steam now has remote control, something I've wanted for a while.

Anyone actually used it yet? Does it work?

FrenchTart · 5 Jun 2012 at 13:45

That's pretty damn awesome. I'll have to give it a try shortly.

shootersam · 5 Jun 2012 at 13:46

Had no idea you could do this. Going to be using this a lot if it works well.

poker_999 · 5 Jun 2012 at 13:59

yes it works, pretty pointless for most people though.

orderoftheflame · 5 Jun 2012 at 14:07

poker_999 said:
yes it works, pretty pointless for most people though.

I think it's a pretty good idea to be honest. Plenty of times I've had a mate send me a text say "fancy playing XYZ tonight?", gotten home to find I need to download 10gb or so before we can start.

Would be great to just flick my phone up, check to see if it's installed, click a button to set it going if it isn't and be all ready to go when I get in.

Also, will be great to be able to buy games from the website away from my games PC, and start them downloading right away.

V_R · 5 Jun 2012 at 14:13

Thats a great idea.

HangTime · 5 Jun 2012 at 15:52

Good idea but should really be a lot lower on the list of priorities for download enhancements, behind stuff like:

-Queuing downloads (including ordering)
-Ability to switch off pausing of downloads when starting a game
-Scheduling i.e. set it to automatically download between certain hours

Feature isn't much use to myself because chances are my PC will be switched off if I'm not at home.

Gimpymoo · 5 Jun 2012 at 16:35

poker_999 said:
pretty pointless for most people though.

haz_pro · 5 Jun 2012 at 16:54

I just use logmein to access steam when i am away from the PC.

Semiskimmed · 5 Jun 2012 at 17:03

this deffo has its uses, another notch on my bedpost for teh gabe

MeMeMeMe · 6 Jun 2012 at 05:08

It's not very useful if you have 2 or more computers you load your steam games onto (my desktop, laptop, and HTPC, for instance). Since only one of them can be online at once.

HangTime said:
Good idea but should really be a lot lower on the list of priorities for download enhancements, behind stuff like:

-Queuing downloads (including ordering)
-Ability to switch off pausing of downloads when starting a game
-Scheduling i.e. set it to automatically download between certain hours

+1, 2, and 3. These three features ought to be top priority for any work on the steam client IMO.

ic1male · 6 Jun 2012 at 12:26

orderoftheflame said:
I think it's a pretty good idea to be honest. Plenty of times I've had a mate send me a text say "fancy playing XYZ tonight?", gotten home to find I need to download 10gb or so before we can start.

Would be great to just flick my phone up, check to see if it's installed, click a button to set it going if it isn't and be all ready to go when I get in.

Do you leave your PC on all the time then?

orderoftheflame · 6 Jun 2012 at 12:28

ic1male said:
Do you leave your PC on all the time then?

Not so much at the moment. It's easy to get someone in the house to turn it on though. Much easier than instructing them how to start something downloading on Steam.

ic1male · 6 Jun 2012 at 12:29

orderoftheflame said:
Not so much at the moment. It's easy to get someone in the house to turn it on though. Much easier than instructing them how to start something downloading on Steam.

Ah, I see.

gronf · 6 Jun 2012 at 12:48

Would scarcely use this, but appreciated still.

Semiskimmed said:
this deffo has its uses, another notch on my bedpost for teh gabe

+1