Ladron De La Noche on 12/12/2010 at 07:57
Quote Posted by Koki
[Edit] If I add the non-Steam games to my games list via the add shortcut thing, will they show up to other people on my games list?
Yes, friends will be able to see what you are playing.
EvaUnit02 on 12/12/2010 at 08:20
Koki, you can use your retail Crysis CD key to download the game from EA via the EA Download Manager.
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http://eastore.ea.com)
Quote Posted by Digital Nightfall
Isn't it true that if you have a fresh never-installed copy of a store-bought game, that's also sold on Steam, you can put that CD key into steam and it becomes part of your Steam Account? I am fairly sure I have done this before, and that Steam's interface allows it, but I can't think of an example.
Unless the game uses Steamworks, then no.
Here's of Steamworks supported games that can be and/or must be activated on Steam:-
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https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=7480-WUSF-3601)
Koki on 12/12/2010 at 08:29
Quote Posted by "Ladron De La Noche"
Yes, friends will be able to see what you are playing.
But they won't be able to see it on my games list.
Fucking awesome Valve, fucking awesome.
Quote Posted by EvaUnit02
Koki, you can use your retail Crysis CD key to download the game from EA via the EA Download Manager.
Or I could put in the DVD and click setup.exe
EvaUnit02 on 12/12/2010 at 09:28
I was giving you a solution for that particular example. For Crysis at least there is a service provided for you to register your retail key and download digital backups later on, it just isn't through Steam.
june gloom on 12/12/2010 at 11:03
Quote Posted by Koki
Fucking awesome Valve, fucking awesome.
Oh my god just fuck off, tardbat. As stated before, there is no earthly reason why Valve should ever have to make every game on their servers accessible by retail CD-keys, at great cost to bandwidth and in spite of specific licensing deals from specific (mostly indie) publishers, just so dumb queef-surfers like you can show off your e-penis.
Koki on 12/12/2010 at 11:20
Because they do sell these games on Steam anyway you dickwad. Even the price is same as fucking retail. At the very least they'd let you add the game to your games list. Without it the whole "Add a non-Steam Game" is fucking pointless. It's like making a shortcut to the .exe on your desktop, except it takes 100MB of your RAM to click it. Whoop de fucking doo.
Tards aside, anyone has any experience with paysafecard?
voodoo47 on 12/12/2010 at 11:37
why in the world would someone want to infest a normally working,standalone game with steam is beyond my comprehension-its like shouting "hey waiter,there are no flies in my soup.please add a couple,would you kindly? and some maggots for my sandwich,while you are at it." :tsktsk:
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http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/7165/steampita.gifAl_B on 12/12/2010 at 11:58
Quote Posted by Koki
Because they
do sell these games on Steam anywayThe difference is that if you buy it separately from steam you haven't given Valve any money to support downloading the game from their servers.
I haven't used the "Add non-steam game" feature myself but I've always looked on it as a way to allow those in your friends list to see that you're playing something and shouldn't be disturbed.
Koki on 12/12/2010 at 17:00
So to sum it up, you can't add games you didn't buy on Steam to your games list, all settings are stored locally and not Steam-side, the UI is horrible with zero support for skins and you can't choose where Steam downloads anything.
Is this seriously world's biggest and most popular digital delivery service?
[Edit]No, wait. The avatar is stored Steam-side.
Al_B on 12/12/2010 at 17:36
I'm not going to say that steam is perfect - the fixed download location is particularly annoying as you say. I personally don't have a problem with the UI and as I've said I don't use the facility to add non-steam games.
However, I've found it to be excellent for installing my games on new computers and keeping them up to date with patches. There is a good TTLG community on steam and I've been able to pick up many games on special offers. It sounds as if you have a problem with steam, but I think it's one of the best things to happen to PC gaming when games are becoming scarce on the high street.
