# Unreal Engine 4.6 download speed dropping to 0MB/s

**URL:** <https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/unreal-engine-4-6-download-speed-dropping-to-0mb-s/300771>\
**Category:** Getting Started & Setup\
**Tags:** unreal-engine, Installation, question\
**Created:** [December 6, 2014, 2:34pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/unreal-engine-4-6-download-speed-dropping-to-0mb-s/300771 "2014-12-06T14:34:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Thornius\_1](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Thornius\_1](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Thornius_1)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2014, 2:34pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/unreal-engine-4-6-download-speed-dropping-to-0mb-s/300771/1 "2014-12-06T14:34:15Z")

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When I start the download/resume the download, it’s the normal speed I get everywhere at first (1.8MB/s), but then after maybe 30 seconds, it drops to 0KB/s, and then maybe rises to 500KB/s every once in a while for a couple seconds.

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**Author:** ![Thornius\_1](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Thornius\_1](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Thornius_1)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2014, 6:44am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/unreal-engine-4-6-download-speed-dropping-to-0mb-s/300771/2 "2014-12-07T06:44:37Z")

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I’ve had similar problems in Uplay, in Uplay, it was simply a case of it eating up my bandwith. (It also slows down my internet when it goes down to 0.0KB/s). This may be easily fixed, if I can set up a limit to the DL speed. Is there a way to do that? If not, could that be added?

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**Author:** ![TJ\_V](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/tj_v/32/1008648_2.png) [@TJ\_V](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/TJ_V)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2014, 4:47pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/unreal-engine-4-6-download-speed-dropping-to-0mb-s/300771/3 "2014-12-08T16:47:18Z")

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Hi Thornius,

Try the troubleshooting steps under the ‘Unable to download’ section. Something there may help bypass whatever is causing the issue.

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**Author:** ![Thornius\_1](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Thornius\_1](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Thornius_1)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2014, 5:04pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/unreal-engine-4-6-download-speed-dropping-to-0mb-s/300771/4 "2014-12-08T17:04:19Z")

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One of the steps delayed the download from slowing down, but it didn’t prevent it. That step was:

Right-click your Launcher shortcut and choose Properties. At the end of the Target path, add: -HTTP=Curl then apply and restart your Launcher.

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**Author:** ![Thornius\_1](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Thornius\_1](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Thornius_1)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2014, 5:22pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/unreal-engine-4-6-download-speed-dropping-to-0mb-s/300771/5 "2014-12-08T17:22:40Z")

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Seems to be downloading smoothly now. I just turned Avast! to silent mode/gamemode.