

With the proxy compatibility option disabled, the correct download server chosen, and Steam installed to a fast SSD, most things Steam should be much faster.

The next time you install a game through Steam, you can choose the library folder to which you want to install it. Steam also allows you to configure multiple game library folders. Just move it like you would any other folder. A server a bit farther away could be faster if your local server is more congested, for example. In some cases, the closest server might not be the fastest. You may want to restart Steam and see if your download speeds improve after changing this setting. Also, in the case of high-traffic events like big seasonal sales and huge game launches, you may benefit from temporarily selecting a less-congested server. However, it may not always make the ideal choice. Steam attempts to automatically select the download server nearest to your location. This problem seems to arise from an incompatibility with the Automatically Detect Settings option, which is enabled by default on Windows. But there are some things you can do to speed it up dramatically. Do you struggle with slow download speeds? Or is Steam just slow in general? These tips will help you speed it up. Reply 0.Joinsubscribers and get a daily digest of news, geek trivia, and our feature articles. December Bought The Sims 3 via Steam today. Auto-suggest helps you quickly narrow down your search results by suggesting possible matches as you type. Allocating disk space is taking ages lately. Origin ripping off pretty hardcore This widget could not be displayed. It worked then but another problem is that Steam cannot get licence keys from EA as they have run out so I can't play the game anyway. I left it like that for ages and then just decided to restart. They said "there were more sales than expected" and that they will buy new ones and share with us as soon as possible But we can't play until that. Then just log in and it should download without any problems, but now i have another problem i can't get the product code because it can't connect to get it That's not why, that's because steam apparently sold The Sims 3 copies without actually buying enough keys from EA. You need to open steam and left top corner press steam then settings and go to downloads and there is clear cache memory, press that during the download when u have that allocating disk space thing open. December - last edited December Hey i had this same problem but i found a solution. Steam considers the game as installed, but now it cannot get a CD key. Tried downloading and installing but it gets stuck in Allocating Disk Space even after it's done downloading and installing.
