BC2 steam purchase, Would this work?

pumaz · 16 Mar 2010 at 19:24

I bought the retail copy of BC2 but now my son wants to buy it through steam.

Would it be possible to copy my game files to his steam apps folder, then he purchases BC2 through steam.

Would it work?

KnightStalker · 16 Mar 2010 at 19:33

Quite possibly yes, it works when you copy the files to another steam installation, so i cant see why it wont.

1mm3 · 16 Mar 2010 at 19:54

Yes this would work BUT you will find you get errors/ problems with the game this way.

I can remember people doing this with i pirate iso and a legit key and they ended up with problems.

Evilsod · 16 Mar 2010 at 20:02

Yes it does work and unlike what 1mm3 says, there are absolutely 0 problems because it is an identical file. I know a few people who do it and if you really want to make sure run an integrity check, it should find nothing.

pumaz · 16 Mar 2010 at 20:16

We went ahead and tried it but it says "This Game is Currently Unavailable"

Any ideas?

Evilsod · 16 Mar 2010 at 20:18

Sure you put it in the right place? Other than it could just be steam on the blink, assuming you both have it bought for the account obviously.

pumaz · 16 Mar 2010 at 20:25

Put it in C:\Games\Steam\SteamApps\Common\Battlefield Bad Company 2

Done an integrity check.

But still says "This Game is Currently Unavailable"

Pac3y · 16 Mar 2010 at 20:38

I think i've had this before. Leave the files in the common folder, but try to download the game. Steam should pick up the files.

KnightStalker · 16 Mar 2010 at 21:10

Yea i would do that and see if steam picks it up, failing that remove the files, start downloading, close steam, and copy the files into the folder, and in theory steam should see it as finished and working.

pumaz · 16 Mar 2010 at 21:33

Fixed it...

I deleted all the files and PB directory inside "Battlefield Bad Company 2" and kept the other directories, restarted steam and let it re-download the files (about 5mins) now it works perfectly.

He's very happy and it runs very well on his 5770

Gimpymoo · 16 Mar 2010 at 21:35

If all else fails, revert to old faithfull..

Delete .blob file in Steam folder and restart Steam.

As said above..

Begin download, copy files into the folder is created.

Close Steam, reopen it then verify file integrity.

1mm3 · 16 Mar 2010 at 22:39

I was right though... he did end up with problems

Evilsod · 16 Mar 2010 at 22:53

1mm3 said:
I was right though... he did end up with problems

Pff, semantics

gizmoy2k · 16 Mar 2010 at 22:56

Hi just so others know i also did this with a mates copy and it did work after a verify files, only said it needed 10 or so files and has been fine since