Steam - Quick Response Needed please...

doodah · 1 Jun 2006 at 20:54

Steam is starting to annoy me - i paid money for a game that refuses to work when im offline. Want to play a LAN game (but cant have inet and LAN working at same time), i have updated CS:S to 100% but it wont load. Also when there is no connection when steam starts - it wont load in offline mode, i thought yuou only needed steam to activate account :mad:

Azagoth · 1 Jun 2006 at 21:04

Same problem here, I can't play HL2 if I'm off-line. I need to connect to the interweb for Steam to fire up before I can play.

Gimpymoo · 1 Jun 2006 at 21:25

I believe you need to run the game at least once before you can use offline mode???

Azagoth · 1 Jun 2006 at 21:26

Gimpymoo said:
I believe you need to run the game at least once before you can use offline mode???

Not here! I've been running the game since the day of release and still can't get it to work off-line!

Gimpymoo · 1 Jun 2006 at 21:31

http://support.steampowered.com/cgi-bin/steampowered.cfg/php/enduser/popup_adp.php?p_sid=gXnZe-8i&p_lva=&p_li=&p_faqid=213&p_created=1094245645&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPTEmcF9zb3J0X2J5PSZwX2dyaWRzb3J0PSZwX3Jvd19jbnQ9NyZwX3Byb2RzPTY0JnBfY2F0cz0wJnBfcHY9MS42NDsyLnUwJnBfY3Y9JnBfc2VhcmNoX3R5cGU9YW5zd2Vycy5zZWFyY2hfbmwmcF9wYWdlPTEmcF9zZWFyY2hfdGV4dD1MQU4*

bledd · 1 Jun 2006 at 21:59

why can't you have LAN and internet at the same time?

CSGAS · 1 Jun 2006 at 22:03

Why does my head bleed when I hit it against the wall?

DaveyD · 2 Jun 2006 at 00:30

What is it you're doing and what is it Steam is telling you?

doodah · 2 Jun 2006 at 00:49

bledd. said:
why can't you have LAN and internet at the same time?

not enough cables, and remember once trying my router at same time i was on uni network and the net wouldnt work.

DaveyD said:
What is it you're doing and what is it Steam is telling you?

Basically, if i log on with no net - steam wont load - could not connect to steam network. Also to get into CS:S i have to be connected to net/uni network - open CS:S and then take out RJ45 out of socket and plug into router. Its just annoying i have to be connected to the net as its quite common for me to run out of my 500Mb daily limit and therefore have to unplugg my LAN cable.

DaveyD · 2 Jun 2006 at 07:55

So there's no "Use Offline Mode" when the Steam popup comes up when it can not find your internet?

When you next disconnect from the internet, have a go at blocking Steam totally through your firewall. That may caox it into getting offline mode working.