• FelixCress@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    You can, of course, also disable the game’s ability to auto-update and keep on playing the pre-anniversary update version of it. Instructions as to how to do that on Steam, Epic, and GOG can be found here.

    Fuck you, Steam, and your fucking forces updates constantly breaking my games.

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      2 days ago

      Your quote is how to disable updates. How is this then “forced” on you if it can be easily disabled?

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        Difference in terminology here. He was meaning to say “forced update” not “they are forcing me to update”

        A forced update is an update that is pushed without user approval. Being forced to update means that you do not have an alternative to updating.

        They can push forced updates, but have an option to disable them. Theyre still forced, but theyre not forcing them on you.

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          So then every update for every game is a “forced update” by the description “pushed without user approval”.

          It may be an “unpopular update” but it isn’t forced.

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            2 days ago

            It is 100% forced. Don’t know about this specific game but number of Steam games must be updated to play them and fiddling with versions is hit and miss.

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                2 days ago

                No, it applies to a number of single player games, the same games which don’t need any updates when purchased on GoG. It is Steam forced updates policy in play.

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                  I’ve not come across a single player game where I wanted to pause updates and couldn’t. I guess you found them.

                  In any case, it isn’t a Steam policy, the developer must disable the ability to pause updates on their game as part of the manifest they upload to Steam. So, crappy developers.

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                    2 days ago

                    Complete and utter rubbish. It is exactly the other way around. Steam forces the updates unless developers want to make different versions avaliable.

                    And no, you cannot “pause updates”. You can only choose if you want to update when update is available or wait till you want to play and then update before playing m