Shame on you for using STEAM !

[Mephisto]

I see suporters of steam here, all of tham say "i have 10-80 games", it keeps pc gaming alive, and so on.
Well, i must say that il2, bf 1942 and bf2 were the games worth playing, and pc gaming has no quality since. They are on my home comp and on my qosmio laptop.
To see Cliffs of Dover close to publishing, brings warm feelings to my hearth.
I have large estate out of city, and ejoy summer, sometimes winter months there. And i dont have internet there. Why? Because lan gaming has some special feeling. To bring frends in live contact is above any steam or battlenet or any other anti social software.
So, steam? No way. Not at home, not on my estate.
I do fine without auto updates, i like my comps without startup software, comercials, virus like software that keeps haunting you with various offers.
Lets keep things cousy and warm.
Steam is for other type of games, not this sweetie we all have been waiting for. Or give us option at least.

[JG52Krupi]

Originally Posted by Mephisto

Steam is for other type of games, not this sweetie we all have been waiting for. Or give us option at least.

Not gonna happen and it's the fault of hackers that these drm software are in use, it's the typical case of a few ruining it for everyone else.

I think all you need to do is activate the game once install steam then turn on play offline and you can have your LAN game. Inconvenient yes, a show stopper? not unless you are too stubborn to accept the inevitable.

[tintifaxl]

Originally Posted by JG52Krupi

Not gonna happen and it's the fault of hackers that these drm software are in use, it's the typical case of a few ruining it for everyone else....

All Steam games where cracked on day of release. You can get illegal copies of every game that's out there, so the only thing drm successfully supresses is the market for used games.

[=XIII=Shea]

IMHO ubisoft and 1c should have done it like dcs a-10,you put in your serial for install and then you can play offline no probs,but when in multiplayer you have to log into your account which has your serial stored on their website,and that with people who pirated the game cannot access multiplayer.

[Codex]

Originally Posted by =XIII=Shea

IMHO ubisoft and 1c should have done it like dcs a-10,you put in your serial for install and then you can play offline no probs,but when in multiplayer you have to log into your account which has your serial stored on their website,and that with people who pirated the game cannot access multiplayer.

LOL ... that is EXACTLY what Steam does.

[=XIII=Shea]

Originally Posted by Codex

LOL ... that is EXACTLY what Steam does.

yea but with steam you need an online connection to go offline

[TheGrunch]

Only once, ever. Is that an insurmountable difficulty these days?

[meshuggahs]

Originally Posted by =XIII=Shea

yea but with steam you need an online connection to go offline

Actually if you start it up without an internet connection you can start it up in offline mode straight away

[Codex]

Originally Posted by =XIII=Shea

yea but with steam you need an online connection to go offline

No you don't.

A common problem when people don't know what steps are needed to play in offline mode:
http://forums.steampowered.com/forum...d.php?t=675439

You only ever need to connect ONCE to the Steam Network and do the following:

1. Enter in your CD key or what ever code that is required.
2. Have the game updated to it most current patch.
3. Ensure that your login details are saved on your PC via the Settings page.

From that point on you can physically unplug your net connection, open up Steam itself or run a Steam linked game from a desktop icon and you'll be presented with this:



You can now play in offline mode till your dying day.

[JG52Krupi]

@tintifaxl Yes but those cracked games only allow single player so intake it you don't want multiplayer