Some things that Steam COULD bring to the table

[Bryan21cag]

Sorry for the previous long post i will try and remember to hit enter more

Thanks for telling me that there is an offline mode for all the steam games that does make me feel a little better but i guess it still does bother me a bit that even when i found the game files the executable's only error without first running the third party program. Just seems like an extra step considering I have already activated the game

I do have a question about offline mode.

Once the game is unlocked the first time and then put in to offline mode do you then have to ever put it back into online mode to play the game again? Or can i just leave it in off line mode forever until either a new patch is needed or i want to buy a new game? or does it default to online mode every time i try and start the game and then i have to turn it off each time? i wouldn't do this any way but just curious.

I have been leaving mine online all the time and it doesn't seem to make a difference.

hmm I guess this also fixes my other concern that if for some reason Steam goes down or out of business or just disappears off the face of the earth (it could happen) then i can still play the games i bought i would just have to make sure my installation of steam was in offline mode and they would all run just fine correct?

[Les]

Originally Posted by Bryan21cag

...Once the game is unlocked the first time and then put in to offline mode do you then have to ever put it back into online mode to play the game again? Or can i just leave it in off line mode forever until either a new patch is needed or i want to buy a new game? or does it default to online mode every time i try and start the game and then i have to turn it off each time? i wouldn't do this any way but just curious.

I have been leaving mine online all the time and it doesn't seem to make a difference.

hmm I guess this also fixes my other concern that if for some reason Steam goes down or out of business or just disappears off the face of the earth (it could happen) then i can still play the games i bought i would just have to make sure my installation of steam was in offline mode and they would all run just fine correct?

Once you've put Steam into offline mode, it will always start up in offline mode until you manually restart it in online mode.

If Steam ever does just disappear, then yes, you'll still be able to play all your games offline. The only way I can think of for them to prevent that, would be for them to actually delete content off your computer, and if anyone thinks that's really likely, well, whatever.