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[Briggsy16]

Really? Every game I've ever tried has worked fine, fair enough.

[Criptfeind]

Have you done it when steam is not working?

[Briggsy16]

I've done it when the internet is off, aye. Worked with Football Manager and a few other games that I can't remember right now..

[engy]

I've done it when the internet is off, aye. Worked with Football Manager and a few other games that I can't remember right now..

This man speaks the truth.  If it doesn't have DRM, you can launch the .exe without any issues.

If it has DRM you can launch it in offline mode in Steam without any issues.

If you encounter a bug with offline mode you should submit it to them so they can fix it.

[miauw62]

Oh, and they fixed the offline mode bug, so now you can simply shut down your computer and offline mode will work.

[justinlee999]

Oh, and they fixed the offline mode bug, so now you can simply shut down your computer and offline mode will work.

,
Oh?
Sweet.

[JanusTwoface]

Oh, and they fixed the offline mode bug, so now you can simply shut down your computer and offline mode will work.

Really? When was that? Because it wasn't working for me last time I had to try... Granted, that was more than a month ago now.

[Tellemurius]

offline mode still requires steam to connect to the net.
Civ 4 piracy: 10%
civ 5 piracy(after steam): 60% say they did.

questions?

Civ 5 also is considered a crapshoot game in the series. nothing is DRM safe, i was running Skyrim for a while till i bought the game. For civ5 they require one time steam activation so its easy to distribute after that.

[lemon10]

Oh, and they fixed the offline mode bug, so now you can simply shut down your computer and offline mode will work.

Really? When was that? Because it wasn't working for me last time I had to try... Granted, that was more than a month ago now.

Steam client update released

- Fixed broken offline mode if Steam process didn't shutdown correctly
- Fix jittery scrolling in Steam client web views
- Fixed pre-load UI for games using new content system
- Reduced disc load while updating games using the new content system
- Grid view supports more kinds of PNG images (e.g. grayscale, grayscale with alpha)
- Fixed back/forward buttons not working correctly when searching in the store or viewing workshop discussions
- Fixed "Open link in new tab" in overlay browser
- Fixed creating shortcuts for games with Unicode names

Yup, no clue why it took them so long, but that should be it for that stupid bug.

[DrPoo]

consitering that steam is a raving asshole that MUST be shot, how the hell is this GOOD?

You sound like a iliterate raving asshole that MUST be shot, how the hell is this post GOOD?

You must be diving below the 90 treshold IQ.

[Levi]

Greenlight is a go!  Now where is Towns and phr00t's games.   

Edit:  And I already hate how greenlight seems to order things randomly.  How am I supposed to check out new entries without reviewing everything each time I visit! 

[miauw62]

This game sounds a bit like DF. I'll be keeping an eye on it.

[Flying Carcass]

That exploding robots game does look pretty nifty.
Towns is there.

There are a few titles on greenlight that look interesting, but it seems to me that most of the titles are zombie games, parody games, clones, and/or trash.

[Catastrophic lolcats]

I'm confused. Why did they let anyone upload games on to Greenlight instead of having the developers have to go through Valve? There's a whole bunch of games (like SCP: Containment Breach) that have been uploaded by random people. What's the point in letting people upload games when the developer might not have any interest in having their games on Steam?

Seems like the system is a little flawed now. Also the amount of zombie games and MS Paint concept art is pretty hilarious.

[Felius]

I'm confused. Why did they let anyone upload games on to Greenlight instead of having the developers have to go through Valve? There's a whole bunch of games (like SCP: Containment Breach) that have been uploaded by random people. What's the point in letting people upload games when the developer might not have any interest in having their games on Steam?

Seems like the system is a little flawed now. Also the amount of zombie games and MS Paint concept art is pretty hilarious.

They seem to be removing the games that aren't uploaded by the copyright holders. It's not going through valve I guess to reduce the manpower required and let even the smallest devs go for it.