[quote who="StevenAus" reply="274" id="3184761"]Why haven't they made the most of Steam's multiplayer options for Rebellion then? If they are not going to majorly make use of Steam's extra options for Rebellion, then there is no case for making Elemental games Steam only (especially since, unlike Rebellion, they are not MP focused).[/quote] Beats me, ask Frogboy I imagine. The Single nature part of it may be why he veto'd it for Elemental. Either w
[quote who="StevenAus" reply="272" id="3184685"]Still, the people who don't use Steam are a significant enough amount that it would make sense for all Elemental strategy games and RPGs to be Steam-optional, especially since they are mostly single player focused.[/quote] That depends. As Brad lined out in his posts before, there are significant advantages for his Team and the development of the game in using Steamworks. For the 7% of people here who really will absol
[quote who="DGB246" reply="269" id="3184371"]@Pheace I did find the search button after you mentioned it - doesn't exactly stand out does it? Still can't find a solution to the issue. Will try phoning 2K support instead as they actually have a contact number so I might be able to sort out the issue in 30 minutes as opposed to dealing with Valve. To be honest I can't be bothered to debate this further with you and your sort - I think their customer servi
[quote who="GFireflyE" reply="262" id="3183981"] Pheace, I see you are a major proponent for Steam, steam-run games, and game accessability with steam. I can respect that. There can be a lot of good with a downloadable gaming engine. Problem is Steam just ISN"T that engine. [/quote] I've been using Steam for years with little to no complications and a huge amount of convenience in return, so in that sense I'm certainly a proponent yes. It's not ideal, th
[quote who="DGB246" reply="264" id="3184023"]@Pheace Firstly Civ 5 is not found under C it's actually found under S. Secondly, they have merged all the Civ games into one forum when actually they should be separate due to different tech issues for each game Thirdly, there are 200 pages within that forum and I'm looking for a specific issue which I'm not even sure has been covered in there - do they seriously expect people to trawl through all
[quote who="DGB246" reply="259" id="3183843"]Oh, and to all the fanboys who cite Steam forums as a source of support, have you seen how many threads that forum has running and how unclear and inaccessable it is? Seriously, you people are blinkered[/quote] Yeah, forums sorted by alphabet and by game are really unclear and inaccessible...
[quote who="Voqar" reply="252" id="3181291"]I think a lot of people blindly love Steam when it's nothing that special compared to other digital distribution systems, they just don't know any better.[/quote] If you want to maintain that people that use Steam do so out of ignorance, that's your prerogative, but I'd personally say that says more about you than those people. A lot of us are plenty informed about the alternatives thank you.
[quote who="DGB246" reply="241" id="3177863"]@Pheace It's a known issue with civ5 about directx10/11 being greyed out if steam has been restricted via compatability mode - see halfway down this forum page: http://forums.2kgames.com/showthread.php?88587-Common-Problems-*PLEASE-Read-Before-Posting* For some reason my version of Windows decided to stick Steam on compatability mode - more info here: http://joshmccarty.com/2012/01/t
[quote who="DGB246" reply="238" id="3177671"] edit: OK I've found out a bit more about this and of course it's a nightmare to fix - apparently Windows 7 will stick Steam straight into compatibility mode now which means I can't run associated games in anything beyond direct X9 - to fix it I can a) right click properties - but the compatability toggle is greyed out or b ) go through regedit and delete the file there - but I'm denied access to my own registry [/quote] <
[quote who="Konming" reply="233" id="3176786"] Also those who are into old school turn based strategy on a PC are not exactly "younger generations". If you want to cater to "younger generations" only you might as well forget about PC and switch to console only. [/quote] I think anyone who is/was into TBS is/was probably pretty much a semi/hardcore gamer. Casuals don't really tend to pick up games like that. I'm in my mid 30's myself now
[quote who="Jalicos" reply="227" id="3175643"] Maybe I get hacked and Valve won't do anything about it. Maybe a virus or bug trips the cheat-detection while I'm playing TF2 and they ban me. [/quote] All you need to recover your account from a hack is some form of proof of purchase of any game, or receipt, or paypal transaction ID etc. Cheat detection never prevents single player, VAC only blocks multiplayer, and even then Valve supported servers.
[quote who="arkhometha" reply="224" id="3175339"] Quoting Pheace, reply 223 You *need* to be online at some point to do the checks, but this stuff is initial setup, not *every time* I didn't say you need to be online every time. I said that to get Steam to work on offline mode you have to be online first, as you admited, and that being necessary to go online for you to activate offline mode defeats the purpose of offline mode. I have one computer that I don'
[quote who="arkhometha" reply="218" id="3175071"] I will let steam support answer that for me: Using Offline Mode on a PC. Please follow the instructions below to configure Offline Mode on your PC: Start Steam online - make sure the Remember my password box on the login window is checked Verify that all game files are completely updated - you can see the update status for a game under the Library section (when the game shows as 100% - Ready it i
[quote who="arkhometha" reply="216" id="3175020"]And to get Steam to work on offline mode you have to be online first - which is stupid and defeat the purpose of offline mode. [/quote] Hilarious how persistent a myth can be, even when the contrary is already stated in the same thread.
[quote who="Lord KiRon" reply="214" id="3174717"]Steam is a good system. However there is one thing that kills all the "fun" from it - you have to be online to play. Couple of time I had internet outages and especially in the time I wanted to find something besides internet to do I couldn't play. The "Go offline" option in this case it not good enough since you have to go offline in advance! Other then this Steam is a great thing , even given th
[quote who="Lavo_2" reply="201" id="3174224"] Quoting Pheace, reply 201Needing to be online to go into offline mode is a myth. There's bugs with the offline mode sure, but the feature is intended to work if and when you lose internet, and when properly set up and used it works that way. I can pull my cable right now and I'll be able to go into offline mode without problems and play my games. Oh? Are there any special settings to ensure this? If so, please t
[quote who="GFireflyE" reply="200" id="3174188"] Well, I don't use steam, so I'm not feeling abused. If I used steam, I most certainly would feel abused. - I was looking in Bestbuy one day at the new (at the time) Skyrim. Wow! Then I saw the back: "Needs Steam to Run". But I was holding the disk in my HAND! Abused. - Saw others playing Skyrim. It has worse graphics and gameplay than it's predecessor Oblivion so that it can run on
[quote who="GFireflyE" reply="194" id="3174117"] Unfortunately zechio has got it spot on. Steam abuses its customers and it's sad that most customers don't even know they're getting abused. [/quote] Strong words. How exactly do you feel 'abused' by Steam?
[quote who="Lavo_2" reply="192" id="3173763"]Quoting zechio, reply 191However, I bought the SSD for a reason: Many games see dramatic improvements from it, and I would love to put whatever games I feel like, when I feel like it, onto my SSD. Steam tells me no. You could put a symbiotic link between the Steam\steamapps\common\*game in question* folder and said folder on the SSD. I know I use this in order to keep my Sins mods in a different location than the default partition, which
[quote who="DavidFalcon" reply="187" id="3173477"]or another download provider like GoG.com or GMG (GreenMan Gaming) who try to avoid the DRM scene. [/quote] Greenmangaming avoiding the DRM scene? They sell Steam/Origin keys and the rest requires their "Capsule" client. [quote who="Savyg" reply="166" id="3171542"] While I'm here, that's another myth. SOME games European users pay more. Some games are cheaper for European u
