Steam offline

Greebo · 27 Jul 2011 at 10:57

We have had no broadband for over a week now and I finished Dead Space 2 last night which was on my EA origin account and let me play it offline no problem.

ALl my other games that I have to play are on my Steam account (including portal 2 which I bought on disk) and Steam won't let me play any of them offline. It starts, tries to update, says failed connection, click here to start in offline mode and then pops up another error about "cannot connect to steam network" and throws me back to desktop.

Anyway I can play any of my 100+ games?

ZombieFan · 27 Jul 2011 at 12:06

Does this help?

https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=3160-AGCB-2555

uv · 27 Jul 2011 at 12:42

You need to have previously launched the game you wish to play whilst in online mode, in order for offline mode to work. You also need to be online to go into offline mode.

orderoftheflame · 27 Jul 2011 at 12:50

uv said:
You need to have previously launched the game you wish to play whilst in online mode, in order for offline mode to work. You also need to be online to go into offline mode.

This.

Greebo · 27 Jul 2011 at 20:42

uv said:
You need to have previously launched the game you wish to play whilst in online mode, in order for offline mode to work. You also need to be online to go into offline mode.

Well I have started all the games I want to play previously and how stupid is neededing to be online to go offline? :mad:

Pighardia · 27 Jul 2011 at 20:45

Greebo said:
Well I have started all the games I want to play previously and how stupid is neededing to be online to go offline?

That's not right is it?

My laptop hasn't been online in about 6 months, but i can play any Steam game as and when i want

Greebo · 27 Jul 2011 at 20:45

ZombieFan said:
Does this help?

https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=3160-AGCB-2555

It does thanks. It means I'm stuffed. Steam obviously needs an update and I have no broadband so no update = no offline mode.

I knew there was a problem with having my games digitally downloaded.

And BT informed me today it will be up to two more weeks before we have broadband back.

Greebo · 27 Jul 2011 at 20:47

Pighardia said:
That's not right is it?

My laptop hasn't been online in about 6 months, but i can play any Steam game as and when i want

I think my problem is the steam client wants an update and unless it is up to date then yu can't go into offline mode. Bad timing I guess.

Pighardia · 27 Jul 2011 at 20:50

Aah, that's a pain then. No neighbours with wifi you could borrow for a short time? It would only be a small download.

TheCenturion · 27 Jul 2011 at 21:00

I can start most of my steam games by navigating to the steam folder and opening the game exe, meaning that it bypasses steam. Have you tried that?

orderoftheflame · 27 Jul 2011 at 21:02

TheCenturion said:
I can start most of my steam games by navigating to the steam folder and opening the game exe, meaning that it bypasses steam. Have you tried that?

I don't think you can.

You can launch from the folder, but Steam will run up to authenticate it.

TheCenturion · 28 Jul 2011 at 14:11

orderoftheflame said:
I don't think you can.

You can launch from the folder, but Steam will run up to authenticate it.

Nope. Just closed steam and launched fallout 3 from its exe and it works fine

Pighardia · 28 Jul 2011 at 14:25

TheCenturion said:
Nope. Just closed steam and launched fallout 3 from its exe and it works fine

That specific game might be different though, as if you have fose it circumvents steam.

Cycrow · 28 Jul 2011 at 14:49

Greebo said:
I think my problem is the steam client wants an update and unless it is up to date then yu can't go into offline mode. Bad timing I guess.

i think it always does that when in online mode.

when i didn't have a connection for a short time it did that for me. But i just left it, eventually it times out and sticks you in offline mode temporaraly. (took awhile thou)

switching to offline mode while still online bypasses the updates so you dont have to wait

TheCenturion · 28 Jul 2011 at 19:06

Pighardia said:
That specific game might be different though, as if you have fose it circumvents steam.

I wasn't launching it through fose that time either

Assassin's creed and killing floor work without steam too.

chaparral · 28 Jul 2011 at 19:16

Greebo said:
It does thanks. It means I'm stuffed. Steam obviously needs an update and I have no broadband so no update = no offline mode.

I knew there was a problem with having my games digitally downloaded.

And BT informed me today it will be up to two more weeks before we have broadband back.

Can you link your PC to your mobile phone and then use your mobile phone internet onnection through your PC to update steam

ThundyCat · 28 Jul 2011 at 19:56

Does work has internet? Maybe take the lappy to work so as to get steam on-line?