Slow download speed, and how I fixed it in 2 steps

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I had 5 mbs and after doing this it went down to 200 kbs while the internet was prefectly fine

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Just did both these steps, my download speed went from 200kb/s to 3mb/s. TYVM! :slight_smile:
Also @valaetoshiru the download throttle is in settings of Epic Games itself

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I didn’t expect this to work 3 years later, on a Mac… but it did!
5 MB/s → 50 MB/s is a substantial improvement! :slight_smile:

For the fellow Mac users, the file you’re looking for is inside the package contents (right click the EGS icon → show package contents) and then /Contents/UE4/EpicGamesLauncher/Config/DefaultEngine.ini

My file had too many things (even had a different [HTTP] tag with different params), I just ignored it and pasted the params from this post at the bottom and it worked!

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holy cow! thank you for saving my day . from 13 hors download to 90 mins .
Thank you so much

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This just saved me. I also wanted to share changes to the process. Be sure to make copies of any files you modify and save them somewhere you remember, to prevent any potential issues.

“Engine.ini” has changed name and file location

  • New Name: “DefaultEngine.ini”
  • File Location: “DefaultEngine.ini” was located in my UE5 projects folder. Mine was
    “D:\Projects\"Your Project Name"\Config” ← The file is in this folder.
    • To find your project folder: Open the UE5 launcher and hover over any active projects you have. A window will pop up, and the “Path” section will be your file location.

  1. Close UE5 if open.

  2. Copy and paste the quoted text anywhere at the bottom of the “DefaultEngine.ini”. Don’t add the quotation marks
    " [HTTP]
    HttpTimeout=10
    HttpConnectionTimeout=10
    HttpReceiveTimeout=10
    HttpSendTimeout=10

    [Portal.BuildPatch]
    ChunkDownloads=3
    ChunkRetries=20
    RetryTime=0.5 "

  3. Reopen UE5

Other fixes that have worked Reddit Post: Credit - BABABOEH

1-Open task manager
2-Right click Epic Games and select properties (expand Epic Games if you cant select properties)
3-Head to “security” section
4-You’ll see “To change permissions, click edit”
5-When you click edit you need to mark the “Full control” option and save
6-Restart Epic to make sure its working

Hope this helps!