Urgent Help Required With @~£$%^R&% STEAM.

Steam just isn't as good a system as its fanboys would like you to think it is. It should work offline. There shouldn't be any issue with steam working offline and yet there is. Wonder why that would be?
 
Robert_G said:
Ironically I only discovered Steam because I bought a hard copy of a game and it promptly told me that I needed a Steam account when installing. Before that I had never heard of it.
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Yeah...I never considered the

"Why don't you just buy a physical copy of the game" suggestion worth responding to.

It has been at least 7-8 years since it has become almost impossible to get games that don't require STEAM drm or some alternative form of the same kind of thing. Under what sort of rock has any gamer been living who would suggest "just buy physical copy of games".

Roll on The Witcher 3.....that will be my game for my next trip and with the added bonus of No DRM.

This is why I shall buy the Witcher 3 (already pre-ordered) and why I will steal GTA V (was about to order until I discovered it had Always On DRM).
 
MatTheCat said:
Yeah...I never considered the

"Why don't you just buy a physical copy of the game" suggestion worth responding to.

It has been at least 7-8 years since it has become almost impossible to get games that don't require STEAM drm or some alternative form of the same kind of thing. Under what sort of rock has any gamer been living who would suggest "just buy physical copy of games".

Roll on The Witcher 3.....that will be my game for my next trip and with the added bonus of No DRM.

This is why I shall buy the Witcher 3 (already pre-ordered) and why I will steal GTA V (was about to order until I discovered it had Always On DRM).
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Steal? :confused:

Since you're so adamant, why not just buy your games and then use "No-CD" patches on them? Then you can stop getting all upset that your on-demand internet delivery method services you're using bug out sometimes.

But as someone else has shown you, if you maintain correct exiting procedures with Steam, you won't get the issue where your Offline Mode fails.
 
spoffle said:
But as someone else has shown you, if you maintain correct exiting procedures with Steam, you won't get the issue where your Offline Mode fails.
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What the hell are you talking about and what exactly is your role in life?

How many people have you seen who have came forward and suggested that only people who don't really *need* a proper offline mode believe that Steam's offline mode does what it says on the tin.

How many people have stated that they have discovered much to their chagrin that even in offline mode, Steam will want to phone home at least once a fortnight and that if it can't, then no more gaming for Johnny Nae Internet Connection?

Why do you feel compelled to side with a big dirty money grabbing company and shower condescension and derision on the little guy who is getting **** upon and having the gall to complain about it?

Steam's offline mode is time limited. Even if they say it isn't. It actually is. I know this. Other people who have been in similar positions to me know this and in the off chance that it really is down to Steam not being exited properly, than that is just not bloody good enough. Computers crash. Laptops especially crash often. Sometimes the end user just doesn't have time to manually close everything. Sometimes Alt-F4 is the only way. Sometimes the power button is the only way, or even taking the battery out.

I am sure there are bigger nastier companies than Steam that you can go and join intellectual forces with in a crusade against some little guys. Is there not some oil company sponsoring a civil war in Africa or something? Clever mulitnational corporation! Stupid uneducated bushmen!

Go and find a 'better' cause.
 
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I used to be a big supporter of Steam but over time, instead of being a solution to the problem, they are slowly becoming part of the problem which is a shame.

Humble Store and GOG all the way.

Humble Store for some games will give a DRM free version and a Steam key.
 
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MatTheCat said:
Why do you feel compelled to side with a big dirty money grabbing company and shower condescension and derision on the little guy who is getting **** upon and having the gall to complain about it?
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Yes, getting denied access to video games when you're at sea for more than two weeks is "getting **** upon", and makes Valve a "big dirty money grabbing company".

Get a grip.
 
Might be worth double checking if there's a setting for 'periodically check for updates to the steam client' or similar, that's causing the attempted connections.

I agree it should be turned off in Offline mode, but it's the kind of thing that might be auto set to "check every 20 days" or something, so might be worth checking.
 
I think the people who are so defensive have never had to deal with this issue.

I can tell you what "Procedure" I followed before I went away this year.

I updated every game I had installed. I disabled Automatic updating, then I set steam to offline mode.

Then it worked for about a week or 2 (10 power cycles lets say) and they it began asking me to login as Offline mode was no longer available.

"But as someone else has shown you, if you maintain correct exiting procedures with Steam, you won't get the issue where your Offline Mode fails. "

Well regarding this, its absolute crap. Because its so easy to let a laptop battery die when youre away and distracted by work. Its also not unusual for a PC to crash or fail to wakeup requiring a hard reset.

The OP is frustrated by it. This is understandable. If I had a 2k laptop and couldnt play my games that I purchased on demand Id also be pretty peeved.
 
MatTheCat said:
What I have been doing is turning off my Laptop's WiFi each and everytime before I log into Steam...but this time I forgot. Steam made some sort of contact with 'home', but couldn't connect fully and therefore has blocked me from my games until it can re-verify itself with Valve's servers.
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You should block Steam.exe using Windows Firewall.

How to Create an Outbound Rule for the Windows Firewall

http://www.howtogeek.com/school/windows-network-security/lesson5/all/
 
spoffle said:
How would that be ironic?
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Did you even read the comment I replied to? Specifically this part: "you know what Steam is and you have the option to buy physical media"

It's ironic because even when you buy hard copies of games you still need to install steam.
 
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