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I've been pretty surprised at how good a job steam does at this. When I release an update for my game, the download size is typically quite tiny relative to all
by TrevorJ 8y ago
I've been pretty surprised at how good a job steam does at this. When I release an update for my game, the download size is typically quite tiny relative to all the files I've touched.
- hamilyon2 8y agoSteam itself however downloads full installation, as it seems. Which is interesting.
- gmueckl 8y agoSelf-updating on Windows is a horrible thing to get right. I wouldn't be surprised if they did this to keep the complexity of the process as low as possible.
- makomk 8y agoIf a game update goes wrong, they can just send down another update. If a Steam update goes wrong... (This has sort of happened. Valve managed to roll out a version of the launcher for Linux a while back which used instructions not available on older CPUs, and crashed before it reached the point where it could check for updates. Was a pain. Normally, if Steam exits uncleanly they force an update check immediately on next restart, but if it never gets that far you're screwed.)