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Estimated Time remaining while Downloading completed
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Engerek01 It would be awesome if we could see the remaining time while downloading. Also it would be wonderful if we could see the download speed graph like Steam has.
pippo-san Finally implemented!
Corpus17 big relaunch of your awesome new launcher and yet you still can`t be bothered to implement the most fundamental QoL function?!
sjwon8888888 OMG i cant believe this is actually a problem, came in to see if i had tick some box to see est. time. JESUS CHRIST
Person who wrote the below comment, you are a moron. STFU
Olkris
Estimated times are never accurate and don't really indicate anything. If you've been downloading stuff for a few months already you should be a god at predicting times based on the size and the current internet speed.
kvbkvb It is absolutely insane that this is not a feature. This is like base level, one of the simplest features that literally all download managers should have. How does it feel to have less features than Internet Explorer, GOG?
Persojet They could even provide a very rough one with just current left of download divided by download rate, it would fluctuate ALOT but still better than nothing.
wdndrgo It's like living in the dark ages! Estimated time to completion timers have been around longer than the internet has.
Hiperon I was asking google, how to enable it. Shocked, found this topic, saying it's still not here.
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@Olkris - of course they are not accurate, but damn sure they indicate a lot. If YOU can predict times based on the size and current internet speed, computer who is made for computing should make it better, faster and more reliable (for example by taking avarage of last 15 minuts or whatever).
And like you said, it's estimated.
So, going back - how the hell it's still not implemented even in the most basic way?
dosage1 how has this still not been added?
ButcherTibi C'mon Steam does it well, complete with disk usage graphs
Olkris Estimated times are never accurate and don't really indicate anything. If you've been downloading stuff for a few months already you should be a god at predicting times based on the size and the current internet speed.
Valkyr-Aesir Personally, I prefer how it shows how much space is being taken up by the downloads in total to the estimated time left. Simply put, with my internet, most downloads from any site on the web of 80gb are finished in 15-20 minutes depending on if the wife is watching tv and playing a game on her phone at the same time. Not trying to be rude so sorry if anyone takes it that way, but with technology being such a massive part of daily life and internet a basic need almost now, you should be able to calculate within seconds in your head what the time left on a download would be with your internet speed. I hope it stays how it is.
stray_pengo It's nearly 4 years since the first post. Come on GOG, let computers do the computing they are designed for ;-)
sailor219 The download speeds are given but are in hours and I mean hours. I have had my latest game taking above 24 hours leaving the computer alone until finished, as I found out if I tried to do anything else it needed starting the load again.
greenhowie Found this page simply trying to find how to view the data... I know you can estimate it yourself with some quick sums but it's a little shocking that such a simple and useful feature has been left out not only on initial release, but over a year after the issue was first highlighted on official forums. Maybe it's harder to implement than I thought...?
swoidowski oh.. haven't seen this before.. it's the same wish i had for an update. :) Good luck with it
RaderCad How about using a multiple part download client similar to Internet Download Manager. Couple this with a user defined speed limiter so we don't end up with perturbed users on our local network? When you take up the entire 50Mb bandwidth for a couple of hours people tend to get perturbed.... They really don't seem to mind if I use around 25 to 30 Mb of bandwidth.
George.L.Spencer The GOG downloader gives the download speed, but the guess-etimated time of finishing would be a useful addition. As would info in the downloader of the size of the package.
elgonzo Schmurfy, time estimations make sense, given you know the current download speed.
Giving information of current download speed plus estimated time is more useful than just current download speed plus remaining amount to download.
An example:
If i know the current download speed is 320 kB/s and estimated remaining download time is 20 minutes, then i will know that it takes twice the time (40min) if the the download speed drops to roughly 160kB/s.
If i just would know current download speed of 320kB/s and a remaining amount of 1.2GB to download, how would i easily know when the download would finish if the download speed would remain at the current rate or drop down by half... Now everybody would need to start calculating... 1.2GB divided by 320kB/s makes so-and-so-much seconds, which would be so-and-so much minutes and hours... ouch, my head is hurting... ;)
schmurfy I don't find time estimation to be that useful especially when multiple applications are using your internet connection, any number provided will always be wrong in that case...
What would be nice and is always correct is showing how much has been downloaded/how much left and what is the current speed.
PS: As a good example of how useless an estimation can be just look at the file copy dialog of various windows implementation (and other OSes too): 2min left, 20min left, no wait it might take 1week, ... That's exactly the same issue, multiple applications are using the hard drive.
johnnylive88 yes this is a must have
Psytronic Time remaining and current transfer speed are a must.
Loose_Control having a proper download view would be even better so please vote for this wish too :) www.gog.com/wishlist/galaxy/add_download_tab
Azarous That would be good to have....
iJacks +1 for the current download speed, and perhaps a graph showing how this speed has changed over the download(s). However providing an ETD (that is anywhere near accurate) is probably more hassle than is worth at this moment in time. As SoanoS stated, sudden drops (or increases) throws all calculations out of the window.
VikingDream Yeah I'd like to see a Down load speed and time remaining feature added, as of right now I have no idea how long a 24GB download will take and on other digital platforms I could see this and make up mind what to do while i wait. ;)
SoanoS Well, would be nicve to see the progress in terms of numbers (XMB of YMB at Z KB/s) and download speed. Those always allow me to make a rough estimate of time remaining.
Having a piece of software trying to guess the time remaining according to the last download speed indication is fairly useless as in some cases it can "count backwards" if the download stalls and the average speed drops. Making a guesstimate from the data remaining and current speed is more accurate.
jsjrodman As a bonus, the graph and estimates could be roughly accurate, unlike steam.
jcalof I totally agree about a graph and speed.
Galactic_Cyborg I would like both of these features as well. I would really like to see the download speed.
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