The latest updates for Steam include being able to set ”what time of day Steam is allowed” to download app updates, and to ”let other games download while a game is running”.
Feel that? The world just got a little more awesome. Letting background updates run is a ”per-game setting” , but hopefully they’ll add a ‘default’ setting one day - baby steps.
Before this update all background downloads have either not started or have paused if they were already running. Of course this is utter madness if the game you’ve launched doesn’t need anything to do with the Internet. What are we meant to play to pass the time? Solitaire? Go outside in the sunshine? Socialise with chums? Ludicrous.
Steam update changelog:
General
• Add ability to limit what time of day Steam is allowed to automatically update apps
• Add option to let other games download while a game is running (this is a per-game setting)
• Add download regions for Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, and Ottawa in Canada
•Add ‘Copy all text to clipboard’ context menu option in the System Information dialog.
Steam client UI
• Improve downloading status text at the bottom of the main window
Big Picture
• Added ability to opt into game betas and edit launch options
• Added Inbox item under Linux if your machine requires a reboot due to OS level updates
• Fix infinite loop of Cloud sync error dialogs on game launch
• Fixed mouse cursor being visible during startup animation even if it hadn’t moved
Linux
• Fix paste pasting stale text.
• Fix Ctrl+C/Ctrl+V in client-hosted web page text controls.
• Fix incorrect foregrounding of a blank window in some -silent startup cases.
