Steam question

Mr.Nick · 4 Oct 2009 at 18:59

Would It be possible to add my Crysis maximum Edition to Steam so that it would update itself, but not just add the shortcuts?

Thanks

TheVoice · 4 Oct 2009 at 19:00

Nope.

Mr.Nick · 4 Oct 2009 at 19:12

Oh well

I suppose I would had to have bought it off of Steam to do this.

regulus · 4 Oct 2009 at 19:15

I'm slowly rebuying all my games I currently have from Steam again. Set myself a limit of £30 a month. Just yesterday I bought Bioshock and Dead Space again with the FEAR 'xpac' thrown in as well for 2 quid. Probably a waste of money but I find the convenience of Steam just too great to ignore.

Mr.Nick · 4 Oct 2009 at 19:16

I agree really, If I can buy the game off of Steam, I will.

Winnter · 4 Oct 2009 at 19:39

i think steam is great also,If you ever changed your mobo,then you would never lose all your games,because they would be on your steam account

Tute · 4 Oct 2009 at 19:42

regulus said:
I'm slowly rebuying all my games I currently have from Steam again. Set myself a limit of £30 a month. Just yesterday I bought Bioshock and Dead Space again with the FEAR 'xpac' thrown in as well for 2 quid. Probably a waste of money but I find the convenience of Steam just too great to ignore.

Sorry, I don't mean to mock, but are you paying extra to bind your games to a service that can, without any notice, remove access to said games?

Tombo · 4 Oct 2009 at 19:43

Tute said:
Sorry, I don't mean to mock, but are you paying extra to bind your games to a service that can, without any notice, remove access to said games?

When have you ever known that to happen?

Tute · 4 Oct 2009 at 19:47

Tombo said:
When have you ever known that to happen?

http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2088

TheVoice · 4 Oct 2009 at 19:55

Winnter said:
i think steam is great also,If you ever changed your mobo,then you would never lose all your games,because they would be on your steam account

My games are on my shelf, bit difficult for me to lose those.

snowdog · 4 Oct 2009 at 19:57

Tute said:
http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2088

Err they never ban accounts afaik, only VAC ban's which are hardly affecting EA games such as crysis...

Winnter · 4 Oct 2009 at 19:58

TheVoice said:
My games are on my shelf, bit difficult for me to lose those.

what i mean is,I f you need to use a serial to when you install the game,Cos on another mobo,that serial will not work!!

xplosiv · 4 Oct 2009 at 20:00

Silly question but can u just add your cd key to steam and u get the game?

snowdog · 4 Oct 2009 at 20:01

Only on ''steam only'' games. Not general games like EA game, 2k games, etc...
There are some small exceptions.

TheVoice · 4 Oct 2009 at 20:15

Winnter said:
what i mean is,I f you need to use a serial to when you install the game,Cos on another mobo,that serial will not work!!

Yes it will.

Mr.Nick · 4 Oct 2009 at 20:27

TheVoice said:
Yes it will.

Don't think it will if you register them.

edit: Oh wait, they will be able to tell by email that it is yours.

Pudney · 4 Oct 2009 at 20:30

The point is technically according to the EULA changing mobos means you would need to buy another license to the game. There's nothing that actually physically stops you playing the game. As my many computer upgrades attest to.

Tute · 4 Oct 2009 at 20:35

snowdog said:
Err they never ban accounts afaik, only VAC ban's which are hardly affecting EA games such as crysis...

Seems a VAC ban means re-buying the games.

http://uk.gamespot.com/pages/forums/show_msgs.php?topic_id=26365424

Also, if your account gets hacked, you lose all your games. No comeback. That's some customer service that. :rolleyes:

snowdog · 4 Oct 2009 at 20:41

No, you lose Valve/VAC games access to VAC secured servers, Crysis/Warhead is not one of them nor are any of the EA games.

Only games such as source games, all cs(based) games, Red orchestra, etc are affected and you're only not allowed into VAC secured servers any more, you don't lose access to your games and you can still enter servers with no VAC and/or using a custom anti cheat app...

Tombo · 4 Oct 2009 at 20:43

Tute said:
Seems a VAC ban means re-buying the games.

http://uk.gamespot.com/pages/forums/show_msgs.php?topic_id=26365424

Also, if your account gets hacked, you lose all your games. No comeback. That's some customer service that.

As with any online game, you can be banned and will have to re-buy the game.

Again if your account is hacked you can easily retrieve it, just follow the procedure in the support section.