Problem with Steam

I recently updated my Steam client, then my broadband went down for 2 days. I was unable to play any of my games in offline mode. I am seriously unimpressed. I never get the option for offline mode, just something like servers could not be contacted.

I'm beginning to think that there is something wrong with Steam - everyone takes their internet connection for granted, but when it goes, Steam tends to play up for me. It's making me think I should buy retail again...
 
As stated earlier in the thread, this was a global issue with offline mode that has now been fixed.

It's still a damn quirky thing - I need to take my laptop home in the morning to connect to the internet so that I can go offline. Grr.
 
Steam works ok now, i wonder what else to download ? !!!!

i wonder if Future Soldier is fixed enough to play !!! i doubt it, but it might be worth downloading the main game and getting it patched in two weeks time, because Steam usually patches it instantly !

what do you think guys ?
 
I have the same issue, have tried everything under the sun, no updates needed or games partially installed.
Edit: Except reinstalling it, it asked for a steamguard code again, I assume it was running it and bypassing it somehow.

Edit2: Holy ....no words. Okay so after copying back the steamapps games, guess what? Won't work again.

Edit3: I wonder if any of these changes to the files of some source games are interfering with it, loaded up portal2 tonight and it asked to convert to a more efficient file/something type.
Going to launch every single game on steam to make sure it's done, also had a few that never previously needed set up, to be setup.
 
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i game offline only, i dont play MP at all, so i removed that Steamguard thing yesterday, i then logged out twice, logged in twice..... and finally went home.

i came back here today and got straight into DUES EX in offline mode, i tested it again and again... still ok, i then reinstalled VEGAS 2 from its original disc.

I have no other Steam games on my new pc, the other 8 i dont want anymore, so that wasn't the problem either

try logging in and out/ turning off your rig and removing the internet connection etc, you need to get Steam to know that you're gaming from one pc only.
 
win 7 firewall is trying to block me playing Vegas 2, because of this home network security thing, this isn't a Steam game, but it's slowing down the loading times
 
ChrisJSY said:
I also tried that yesterday.
Not to mention your whole bolded quote mentions doing it WHILE in offline mode which I can no longer do.
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No need to be snippy. I was giving information that I didn't know you'd already seen. Sorry it didn't help.

If you have a hex editor, the post above refers to another thread where the creator of the winui fix explains how to manually modify the file to get it working even if you cant enter online mode.
 
Yeah, sorry; I did try it regardless but it seems it's for a similar but not quite issue.
I basically have to resort to not being able to for now, or go sailing near somalia for a chance to play offline without getting burned. *cough*
 
Rroff said:
I don't know if in the OPs case this is a specific bug but regarding steam offline mode generally despite what some people will say you can NOT go into offline mode reliably in steam if you have any pending steam updates or product updates, also some games in your library if not isntalled/not fully installed can stop it going into offline mode reliably if they are in a certain state.

Make sure all updates/patches that are done through steam are fully applied, completely remove or finish the install of any games that aren't installed properly.
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I have never had a problem with steam in off-line mode yet.

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It's common for someone to say they have never had a problem with offline mode. I find this frankly baffling. It doesn't help the person who has the problem, it's just rubbing their nose in it.

I didn't have problems for a long time, back when I manually started steam when i needed it and shut it down when I finished. Once I started using the community features, I let windows manage it. Then I started having problems when offline (which happens often enough with my internet connection). I never made the connection to the fact that steam was now starting up with windows, and wasn't being shut down manually.
For some people, this doesn't cause a problem. For me and some others, it does. Thanks to that thread above, I have a fix now. I hope Chris can find a fix for his problem.
 
MeMeMeMe said:
It's common for someone to say they have never had a problem with offline mode. I find this frankly baffling. It doesn't help the person who has the problem, it's just rubbing their nose in it.

I didn't have problems for a long time, back when I manually started steam when i needed it and shut it down when I finished. Once I started using the community features, I let windows manage it. Then I started having problems when offline (which happens often enough with my internet connection). I never made the connection to the fact that steam was now starting up with windows, and wasn't being shut down manually.
For some people, this doesn't cause a problem. For me and some others, it does. Thanks to that thread above, I have a fix now. I hope Chris can find a fix for his problem.
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It was is reply to Rroff and it shows that its more down to a number of factors that it seems no one has the answer for as every time some says its because of this particular factor with Offline mode when im in that situation its not a problem so it must be more than just that, so it must be more than steam and games updating, there must be another factor to it.
Maybe it should be what is it that makes it constantly reliable on others PCs and what do they have in common.

It could be down to a combination.
PC Crash
UAC being off
Antivirus
Firewalls
Shared network and router setting.
Same account on multiple PCs
Same account on multiple PCs with some PCs having updated steam/games while others don't.
Corrupted Files due to unstable PC.

Verify Integrity of Game Cache ? what screwed it up in the first place would be also on my mind regardless that doing so sorted out the issue of that particular game.

I don't get AMD driver BSOD usually but i started getting them this week and BF3 freezing, the first thing i look at is something being up at my end, killed all overclocking, ran the latest bootable Memtest, pulled the bad sticks, boot up and steam is doing what i posted, looks like the bad sticks was messing up steam quietly as well which steam is correcting.
But i could have not tested the system and just had ago at AMD and steam for being **** this week and there after.

The thing is sometimes the problem is them and sometimes the problem isn't.

Even though its a steam feature having the same account on multiple PCs and wanting to go off-line is going to give problems,
Credentials for off line mode should only be on one PC at a time or there would be nothing to stop someone activating an account on a PC then pulling the internet and boot, steam asking to start in offline mode and doing the same on PC after PC, getting steam email with Access from new computer‏ would not be killing the other offline accounts on the other PCs as they are not connected to the net.
 
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verifying the game cache is something i do ever since Steam last screwed me up..i also start gaming before i quit and go home/ offline.... i never go offline before starting a new game, just in case it isn't fully patched etc, always game for a minute first.

but the big problem is forgetting your login details, because then you create a home network with loads of different computers (without you realising) i have about 6 others !!!!! :eek::eek:

for me Steam works fine now, but there's no way i'm reconnecting to steam until i'm ready to download the next two to three games. because the faults always seem to start again when you switch back into ``online mode``.... i often go offline for 6 months to a year and this really screws you up especially if you forget where you put your login details :D

i'm so pizzed off with Steam :mad: that i might switch to buying discs only, after all, it takes hours on end just to download one game.....i'm on ZEN and it takes about 6 hours to download a game.

Steam is too big, too slow, too complicated, too screwed up, i cant even join the steam forum without it telling me that my latest login details belong to someone else here at home, i just get so tired trying to sort all of this out that i cant be bothered with all of it anymore, life is too short.
 
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