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Bandwidth limit completed
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TinoDidriksen I'd like to be able to set a global bandwidth limit so that Galaxy doesn't saturate my connection. And it should be a text field not a dropdown of values, because chosen values are rarely what I want (I sometimes want 800 KB/s, sometimes 1200 KB/s).
Miqigs This definitely hasn't been fixed yet.
I'm currently trying to download a game.
The GoG 2.0.51 client claims that it's downloading at 22-25 mbs.
I've 1000 down 100 Up.
My entire internet is crippled while trying to download.
Youtube doesn't load previews properly.
Steam can't load preview images. my latency is spiking in games.
I have limited the speed in the GoG client to no effect.
Definitely the last time I buy any sizable game on GoG.
K1ll3r_Punch musthave
mattpski Oscar45 you've misunderstood the requirement. Users need to be able to limit the UPLOAD speed to stop asymmetrical connections being drowned into uselessness. 100 mbit will give you a bare trickle downstream if your upstream is 2mbit and the client DESTROYS it. This is a basic feature of any torrent client.
oscar45 Don't know why you guys are still commenting, this was pushed in the 1.2.0 on March 22, 2017.
hippie420 Damn near 2 SOLID years of comments, almost no month was missed where some one was stating the need for this to be implemented and still.....STILL its not put to use...either they messed it up so bad it cant be and they are to scared to admit it or they don't give a shit about their community or how to build a proper program
ftpzs Seriously, This should've been implemented from the START
zulrang Seriously. I have a 70Mbit connection and can't even stream music while installing a game.
Daemoroth It's been TWO YEARS, how is this not implemented yet? Come on GoG, you guys are better than this!
maddNeal This and a Linux version are the two things I want the MOST!
andrelop +1 for this feature. I've a 35Mbp/s link,always get 3.5MBp/s connectins on Steam, nut on Galaxy I'm always getting at maximum 1.4Mbp/s while trying to download The Witcher 3 (38GB total download size).
silent49 Yup, my internet gets destroyed as soon as I hit the download button on Galaxy.
Reneator For me, thats a core-feature of a Software to download games/media, for loading in the background.
Andy4590 The problem is GOG Galaxy is nothing but a torrent program. I am uploading as well as downloading at max speeds with my connection as soon as GOG Galaxy starts.
If I wanted a torrent program to download stuff I would use it. I want to be able to throttle my upload as well as my download instead of maxing my connection.
Crozzwise If I'm forced to use your downloader to install possibly large games I need it to do two things: download stuff, and limit the rate of downloading stuff. That's really all I need. Please.
Leon_Portier A limiter would be great, my Internet connection is limited and there are other people using it
rainwon i say online 0.3MB/S and i have a 1GB/S line :@ whats this??!!!
kvizerad We realy need option for download speed limit. I tried to download Witcher and speed vary form 0,4 kbs to 6 mbs, while I get stable 5 mbs on Steam. C'mon guys it isn't such a hard thing to do.
Nyraeus How is this not already part of the Galaxy program? Jesus.
sneakyloz Its a lovely setting - but for all you people in need of a solution right now there are ways! bwcontrol on sourceforce or a copy of netlimiter will allow you to restrict bandwidth of applications such as GoG
postaldudeyxz81 soo.. i am not too stupid to find it. yay
elrichzann I agree with this, but in the other sense that I should be able to increase my download speed. I get over 8MB/s with Steam, but only 1.5MB/s with this program... I agree that we need to be able to select our own limits.
blacktree1976 Yes please. Like a lot of people, I share my internet with a flatmate. I have to wait for him to go to bed to download with Galaxy because otherwise he can't do anything online all evening.
Odolin Steam, Origin, uPlay... Not having the ability to throttle bandwidth makes Galaxy useless to me and many others, apparently.
ArbitorFallen Wow, came to see if this was supported. Over a year of comments for a basic feature, you have to be kidding me.
Rhein.Haart Come on, I really do not understand why this hasn't more votes already. Steam has it, even uPlay has it by now. If you ever wanted to download stuff in the background while doing anything else on the internet on the same time, bandwidth limitation is a MUST.
stankattack This is a basic requirement for digitally distributed media.
It seems ridiculous that this feature hasn't been added yet!
MayoOnToast83 I find it hard to believe this wasn't implemented from the start and even harder to believe it hasn't been added yet. Even if I'm heading to bed my family is still up and using our internet.
shatto Yea, just went back to Downloader. Got a new lappy and have a couple hundred gigs to download, but I'd like to still have a little b/w available for other things and Galaxy can't do that, which is nuts
Artealol Seriously, though. I'd like to be able to use my internet.
gekomees This is VERY necessary!
eichelt +1
I'm unfortunately unwilling to use a platform (however beautiful its UI may be) without such a basic and necessary feature.
Crowsworth Not bothering to use this garbage until the basic feature is added.
Poboy I enabled "Receive preview updates" just to see if this was a feature in the beta client. No such luck. Please GOG.
Teppichfluse94 Never had a programm that saturated my bandwidth so efficent than GOG galaxy... And this is not a compliment xD
xeubrec implement this +100000 !!!! :D
unholyprint Oh, you can't get Gwent without Galaxy.. Well I guess I won't be playing it then.
unholyprint My Galaxy UX: Start downloading Gwent. My video starts lagging cause not enough bandwidth. Google this thread. Oh I can use GOG Downloader to get Gwent? Uninstall Galaxy.
MIK0 GOG Downloader is still better than Galaxy. This feature should've been there on the first version.
fjgren Really? This feature is a must!
Drakensanger Bandwith limit would be great.
rwwest7 Wow, is GOG in cahoots with Origin?? Such big companies can't do something as simple and download throttle?
blooddragon299 Please implement it asap. Really important feature!
Viciss This needs to be implemented ASAP.
sonarchicken Wow, no bandwidth limit really sucks. When will they implement it?
smoebody with games of 30 gb size it takes a while with my 30Mbit connection. also i share with flatmates, and they are regularily pissed when connection speed is down to good old modem times for HOURS.
monotony come on, guys. galaxy will never close the gap to steam if such important features are STILL missing.
losian This needs to happen.. :( Ironically Galaxy itself chokes when trying to manage games or perform any task while it's downloading because it's such a hog.
jerff Please implement this. This is a very important feature, critical for many users who want to let the people they share the internet connection with to still be able to comfortably browse the web.
Moreover, it should be very easy to implement this feature, so it's really weird that it still hasn't been done.
AluminumHaste Uninstalled for now.
AluminumHaste How in the the hell is this not implemented yet?
Just copy + Paste the code from the gog downloader.
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